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The Expand macro displays an expandable/collapsible section of text on your page.
Here is an example:
This text is hidden until you expand the section.
Using the Expand Macro
To insert the Expand macro into a page using the macro browser:
- In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros
- Find and select the required macro
Speeding up macro entry with autocomplete: Type { and the beginning of the macro name, to see a list of suggested macros. Details are in Autocomplete for links, files, macros and mentions.
To edit an existing macro: Click the macro placeholder and choose Edit. A macro dialog window will open, where you can edit the parameters of the macro.
Parameters
Parameters are options that you can set to control the content or format of the macro output. Where the parameter name used in Confluence storage format or wikimarkup is different to the label used in the macro browser, it will be listed below in brackets (example).
Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Title | Click here to expand... | Defines the text that appears next to the expand/collapse icon. |
Code examples
The following examples are provided for advanced users who want to inspect or edit the underlying markup for a Confluence page.
Macro name: expand
Macro body: Accepts rich text.
Storage format example
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="expand">
<ac:parameter ac:name="title">Expand me...</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>This text is hidden until you expand the section.</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>Wikimarkup example
{expand:This is my message}
This text is _hidden_ until you expand it.
{expand}Notes
- Text is expanded in PDF and HTML exports. When you export the page to PDF or HTML, the text between the macro tags is expanded so that readers can see it in the PDF and HTML versions of the page.
- Nesting your Expand macros. You can put one Expand macro inside another, and Confluence will correctly show and hide the contents of all Expand macros, including the nested ones.
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