This page last changed on Jun 08, 2009 by ggaskell.

The Tip Macro allows you to highlight a helpful tip on a Confluence page.

It creates a green-coloured box surrounding your text as shown below.

Tip Macro Example
This text is rendered inside the tip macro.

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the tip 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 tip macro, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type What you will get
{tip}Join the Confluence mailing-list!{tip}
Join the Confluence mailing-list!

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 Required? Default Description
Optional Title
(title)
no none The title of the tip. If specified, will be displayed in bold next to the icon.
Show Tip Icon
(icon)
no true If "false", the icon will not be displayed.
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