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This is the documentation for Server version of the application. If you're looking for the cloud version, see here.

The Image Slider plugin for Confluence lets you auto-scroll multiple images in a simple and beautiful display frame.


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Available Macros

  • Image Slider macro
    Use the Image Slider macro to display multiple images in a simple and beautiful image slider.
    • Automatic (timed) or manual slider transitions.
    • Customizable timing.
    • Thumbnail navigation
    • Fade or slide transitions.

  • Content Slider macro
    Use the Content Slider macro to slide through page content like text, links or even charts instead of just images.
    • Use as a news-ticker, tutorial presenter, with any content form any page.
    • Maintain content without re-configuring the macro.

Note: All macros are fully responsive, mobile compatible, touch-enabled and support keyboard navigation.

Feature Highlights

  • Display all image attachments of a wiki page in a beautiful image slider.

  • Image picker to select images that you want to be displayed.

  • Collect images from any space, page, filter by labels.

  • Use attachment comments as image captions.

  • Link images to the pages or blog posts they are attached to, e.g. to create a blogpost teaser on your dashboard.

  • Set responsive width to let the slider adapt to the available space automatically.

  • Choose from different transition effects, image fitting options.

Image Slider Macro 

Display optional thumb nails with a single click:

        

Use the native Confluence comments to display captions for each image:

Use the Image Slider macro on a page to display selected image attachments from any space or page in a nice looking image slider.

Use attachment comments as image captions to display more information in the image slider. You can even link the images to the pages or they are attached to. There are also multiple transition effects you can choose from and lots of configuration options like image fitting, responsive or static width and height, gallery mode with thumbnails, different navigation types, etc. to adjust the image slider to your needs.

Image Slider Configurable Parameters

Configuration flexibility lets users decide the rate of transitions, the footprint on the page, and more:

ParameterDefaultDescription
WidthNone - size of the first image will be used

Width of the slider in pixels or percents. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size. e.g. 100%, 500px

HeightNone - size of the first image will be usedHeight of the slider in pixels. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size.
Image FittingStretchChoose whether images should be stretched to fit or scaled from the center and cropped to fit. Values are:
  • Stretch - Stretch images to fit slider.
  • Scale And Crop - Scale width of images from the center to fit slider, then crop height accordingly.
Sort Images ByCreation DateThe order the images should be sorted by. Values are:
  • Creation Date - Sort by creation date of attachment.
  • File Name - Sort by file name of attachment.
  • Comment - Sort by attachment comment.
  • Random - Sort randomly.
Use attachment comments as Caption

Choose whether attachment comments should be used as image captions or external links. Values are:

  • None - Caption is not displayed
  • Caption - Comments are displayed as captions
  • Link - Comments are used as external links
  • Caption and Link - Comments are used as captions and external links. Use a vertical bar "|" in the comment to separate the caption from the link.
    Example: Caption|http://xyz.com
Slider Effect

FadeChoose between multiple transition effects. Valid values are:
  • Fade
  • Slide
Auto Slide Display Time3000Time (ms) how long each image will be shown. 0 value turns auto slider off.
Show NavigationselectedChoose to show prev/next navigation.
Show ThumbnailsselectedChoose to show thumbnails of the images at the bottom of the slider.
Show Bulletsselected (if thumbnails are disabled)When thumbnails are disabled, choose to show bullets at the bottom of the slider.


Content Slider Macro

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.

Place as many entries as you want inside a content slider macro block by using the content slider entry macro.

Content Slider Configurable Parameters

ParameterDefaultDescription
Width500px

Width of the slider in pixels or percents. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size. e.g. 100%, 500px

Height300pxHeight of the slider in pixels. Leave blank to let the slider automatically choose the best size.
Background Color
whiteSmokeBackground color of the content slider. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name.
Slider Effect

FadeChoose between multiple transition effects. Valid values are:
  • Fade
  • Slide
Auto Slide Display Time3000Time (ms) how long each image will be shown. 0 value turns auto slider off.
Content PaddingselectedEnable to add padding to slide content.
Show NavigationselectedChoose to show prev/next navigation.
Show BulletsselectedChoose to show bullets at the bottom of the slider.


Build a content slider with each slide as its own content container:




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