This page last changed on Dec 07, 2009 by ggaskell.

Use Confluence's Attachments Macro to display a list of attachments that belong to the current page. It will generate a table like the image shown below.

Screenshot: List of attachments from 'Attachments' macro

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the attachments macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

  1. Open your desired Confluence page, then click the 'Edit' button. The 'Edit Page' mode opens.
  2. Next, click the Macro Browser icon on the editor toolbar. The Macro Browser will open in the middle of the screen.
  3. In the Macro Browser, type the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the centre pane. Click on the desired macro to see its options screen. Here, you can set the macro parameters then click 'insert' to put the macro into the page.

Once you've found the attachments macro, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type What you will get
{attachments}
Name Size Creator Creation Date Comment  
JPEG File office1.jpg 94 kB Vidya Madabushi Aug 09, 2005 20:13    
JPEG File waterfall.jpg 1.27 MB Vidya Madabushi Aug 09, 2005 20:13    
File editProfile.png 33 kB Sarah Maddox [Atlassian Technical Writer] Oct 08, 2007 00:02    

Parameters

Parameters are settings for Confluence macros that allow the user to control their content or presentation. The table below lists relevant parameters for this macro.

Parameter names are displayed differently in the macro browser interface and in wiki markup. Below, parameter names used in the macro browser are indicated in Bold text, while their equivalents in wiki markup are indicated in (bracketed) text. If the latter is not shown, then in wiki markup, the parameter's name should be omitted and only its value should be added immediately after the colon symbol (:).

Parameter Default Description
Filename Patterns
(patterns)
all Specify which attachments to display using filename patterns.
Include Old Attachment Versions
(old)
false Include old attachments versions in the list.
Sort By
(sortBy)
date Specify the sort order for attachments. Valid values are "date", "size" and "name".
Allow Upload
(upload)
false Adds functionality to allow the upload of new attachments.

Examples

1. Filter Attachments by File Name

{attachments:patterns=.*jpg,.*gif}

Use a comma-separated list of regular expressions to specify the filenames of the attachments you want displayed.

Note
The patterns are regular expressions, so to match a file suffix of 'jpg', use .*jpg, not *.jpg.

Here's a detailed tutorial on regular expressions.

2. Include Old Attachments

{attachments:old=true}

An optional true/false value determines whether to show old versions of attachments. This is set to false by default.

Viewing and Editing Files from the Attachments Macro

If an attachment is an Office or PDF file, you will see a 'View' link as shown in the screen snippet below. Furthermore, if the attachment is an Office file, it will also have an 'Edit in Office' link.

Screenshot: Office and PDF file page attachments with 'View' and 'Edit in Office' links



Click the 'View' link to view the content of the Office file within Confluence.

Click the 'Edit in Office' link to edit the content of the Office file in your Office application. You must have a compatible Office application installed to do this. Refer to Working with the Office Connector for more information.

Attachment Information Icon

When a page you are viewing contains attachments, a small paperclip icon like this:     appears next to the page byline. Clicking the paperclip will take you to the 'Attachments View', where the full list of attachments is displayed.

RELATED TOPICS

Working with Attachments Overview
Working with Macros

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