Tabs
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Macro overview
This macro allows for the creation of a tab panel. It replaces the Tab Group and Tab macros in the Beta version. See Switching to the new Tabs macro.
Adding the macro
Either search and select Tabs from the macro browser, or use the keyboard shortcut ( "/" for the new editor or "{" for the old editor).
Each tab allows you to add a title and formatted content. You can also drag and drop the tab titles to rearrange them.
Creating tabs using the Insert Tabs macroIn a tab, if a table with more than 16 columns is added, it may not display all the columns when resizing the page. To avoid this, enable the Full page editor option to resize the columns efficiently after the page is published.
If you have many tabs or if your tabs have long names, the tabs automatically spill over to another line.
Example of too many tabsWhen you are done adding tabs and text, click Insert and Publish the page.
Adding files and images
In the Insert Tabs Macro window, click the dropdown button (see 1 in the image) and then click Files & Images (see 2 in the image).
Click the Upload a file button to add the file or image to the tab.
Alternatively, drag and drop an image or file anywhere within the file upload window.
Click Close after the files and images have been uploaded.
Customizing the tabs
The tabs editor offers flexibility to match your design preferences, with options to adjust tabs' position, style, font size, and color. Click the expand arrow on the left to access the Tabs customizations menu (see the screenshot below).
The table below shows all the options in the Tabs customizations menu, including what they do, the choices you can pick, and the default settings.
Option | Description | Choices | Default |
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Tab position | Specify where the tabs are positioned on the page. | Top, Side | Top |
Tab style | Choose the visual theme for your tabs. | Default, Blocks, Top highlight | Default |
Tab font size | Adjust the size of the text on the tabs. | Small, Medium, Large | Small |
Tabs color | Customize the colors for active and inactive tabs. | First line: Active tab colors | Dark blue (Active tab), Blue (Inactive tab) |
Supported features
The macro editor supports most of the features you would normally find in a standard Confluence cloud editor.
The following is a detailed list of the features and the availability status:
Feature | Available |
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Fonts
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Text alignment | |
Text color | |
Lists
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Action item | |
Link | |
Files & images | |
Mention |
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Emoji |
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Expand | |
Table | |
Layouts |
Support for this feature was removed in the April 8, 2025 release. |
Quote | |
Code snippet | |
Panel
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Decision | |
Divider | |
Date | |
Status |
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