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The Source Editor for Confluence is designed to be lightweight but contains a set of features that allows easy and intuitive editing of a Confluence page source.

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Every feature in the aboveĀ image is marked with a number to help you identify it. The following table describes the features:

Number

Editing feature

Description

Automatic indentation and syntax highlighting

Automatic indentation and syntax highlighting are available and enabled

1

Preview

Click this button to view a preview of the Confluence page as it will be rendered. Most macros are not rendered and <script> tags are disabled during page preview.

2

Beautify

Click this button to make your code more readable.

3

Wrap text

Click this button to wrap the long code into the next line.

4

Find/Replace

Click this button to easily search for and replace code in the editor or use the Regex button to allow a regex string input.
For more information see, Find/Replace.

5

Help

This button allows you to quickly find the important links that you might want to access.

6

Code folding

Use the markers next to the line numbers to fold XHTML tags.

7

Lights off/on

Click this button to switch between the dark and light modes of the window.

8

Expand/Collapse

Click this button to minimize or maximize the source editor window.

9

Page preview

This section allows you to know which part of the code you are editing.

10

Save

Click this button to save the edits you have made.

11

Cancel

Click this button to not save the edits you have made.

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