This article provides information on the following topics:
Features
The content slider lets you create each slide in a container, with full Confluence editing and formatting functionality:
Use the content slider macro to slide through page content like text, links or even charts instead of just images. Whether you want to create interactive step-by-step guides or just a simple news ticker, it's now possible with the content slider macro.
Build a content slider with each slide as its content container. You can place as many entries as you want inside a Content Slider macro block by using the Content Slider Entry macro.
Parameters
Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Width | 500px | Width of the slider in pixels or percents. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size. e.g. 100%, 500px |
Height | 300px | Height of the slider in pixels. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size. |
Background Color | WhiteSmoke | The background colour of the content slider. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML colour name. |
Slider Effect | Fade | Choose between multiple transition effects. Valid values are:
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Auto Slide Display Time | 3000 | Time (ms) how long each image will be shown. 0 value turns the auto slider off. |
Content Padding | selected | Enable to add padding to slide content. |
Show Navigation | selected | Choose to show the prev/next navigation. |
Show Bullets | selected | Choose to show bullets at the bottom of the slider. |
Creating Content Slider macro
Go to the page where you want to slide the images and click edit.
Click the + icon. Search for the Image Slider macro.
(or) you can type { lmage, the list with latex macro suggestions is displayed, select the Image Slider macro.Select Image Slider macro. The Image Slider macro is displayed.
Click the macro body and select Edit. The Image Slider macro is displayed.
Click the Select Images Locations button. The Select Individual Images window is displayed.
Choose the Space and Page name from where you want to pull images from.
(Optional) To pull images based on the labels specify Attachment Labels.
(Optional) You also select images by location. To select images by location perform the following:
Go to Select Image Location tab.
Choose the Space and Page name from where you want to pull images from.
(Optional) To pull images based on the labels specify Attachment Labels.
Click Add Location. The images are loaded.
Click Get Images. The images are loaded.
Select the images that you want to use in the image slider.
Click View Selected. The images selected are displayed.
Click Close.
Customize the way the image slider you want to view the slider. For more information, see Parameters.
Click Apply.
Publish the page. The Image slider is rendered on to your page.