Show If

Description

This macro will show its contents to the viewer if the context matches the parameters specified.


Parameters

NameRequiredAvailable InDefault ValueDescription

Match Using

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Server & Cloud

any

If set to all, then all items listed must match.

Users

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The list of user(s) to match, separated by comma e.g.: 'bob,marley' will match both bob and marley.

Special Username

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The user to match, using special usernames:

  • @anonymous - No user is currently logged in
  • @authenticated - Any authenticated user is logged in.
  • @self - The current user.

User Groups

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The group(s) to match, separated by comma.

e.g.: 'confluence-users' will match all logged in users.

Space Permissions

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This property allows you to define whether the content inside this macro is hidden to a certain user based on his space permissions. This can be done by either of the following:

  • Using @self to specify current space, followed by ":", then followed by permission type e.g. @self:view
  • Using Space Key then followed by ":" and permission type. e.g. PROJ:admin

These are the permission types:

  • view - (default) The user can view the space.
  • edit - The user can edit pages.
  • admin - The user can administer the space.
  • news - The user can post a blog entry.

Content Types

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 The (list of) page types. May be:

  • page
  • news
  • comment
  • spacedescription

Display Types

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This property allows the user to show content only in a document that has been exported to PDF or Word and not on the Confluence page.

The (list of) display modes:

  • default - content is displayed in both Confluence and the exported PDF or Word document 
  • printable - content is displayed only in the exported PDF or Word document


Current Space

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Server

 

The (list of) spaces this will be displayed in.

Action Types

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The action taking place: 

  • view - The content is editable and is currently being viewed.
  • edit - The content is editable and is currently being edited.
  • template - The content is a template being previewed.
  • dashboard - The content is the dashboard.

Labels

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Server

 

The list of labels to test are present or absent.

HTTP Headers

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Server

 

The list of request header "name:value" pairs to check for.

This can either be of the form "name:exact value" or "name::regular expression" (note the double "::" for regular expressions).

For example, to check if the current browser is FireFox, set to 'header=User-Agent::.*Firefox.*'

This will confirm that the 'User-Agent' header contains 'Firefox'. What headers are available will depend on the browser being used. 

Scope

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Server

 

(Since 1.6.0) Tests if the current location is in the specified scope.

You can specify a particular page, or set the scope to the children, descendants or ancestors of another page:

  • > children - The direct children of the specified page. e.g.: 'scope=My Page > children'
  • > descendants - All descendants of the specified page. e.g.: 'scope="My Page" > descendants'
  • > ancestors - All ancestors of the specified page. e.g.: 'scope=My Page > ancestors'

Trim

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Server

true

If set to false, the content will not be trimmed before being output (if appropriate). 

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