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Resolution: Won't Do
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NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion.
First of all: yes, we can use the "copy page" function and then delete content not necessary.
But: unwillingly this is not how a user works. Most of the content-writer likes to / are addicted to use C'n'P (Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V).
Old {section} and {row}/{column} macros had a big advantage: layouted Content was able to be copied selective.
so: It would be great to get a possibility, to "copy selection including applied layout"
Might be implemented as:
- copy a single section from a page with all columns
- Ctrl-A not just selects the active layout column content but the complete page
Current known "workarounds": (not applicable to "normal" users!)
- use labs source editor plugin https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor
- edit / copy content via WebDAV
P.S: hope this is no duplicate, but can't even find any matching issue
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[CONFSERVER-38592] Copy and paste (partial) page content including layouts
We have a similar situation as described. We're have a slew of pages created from a template. We also use tags and page property reports to show these pages in other places. We've created a new template and want to upgrade the existing pages to use the new template. It would be simpler for us to create a new page from the new template and copy data into the new template. This can take a few days in some cases. We'd like to be able to copy the new page into the old page and then delete the new page. This helps preserve history and ensures tags are correct. Users cannot add tags to the new page during creation or we would have duplicate entries which can mess up other automation, so there is an opportunity to forget to update the tags when deprecating the old pages.
How can I check when it is supposed to have been implemented (what does this hover-message: check the transition tabs on the status means? ahah Fix/Version= None but status=Resolved
I still have this need/ issue. I want to copy the whole content of a page including layout/ sections: I can not select the whole page i.e. all sections with Ctrl+A.
Why is it resolved?
What a pity. It makes the layout feature much less valuable. I would recommend not to use it in this case.
Thank you for raising this suggestion.
We regret to inform you that due to limited demand, we have no plans to implement it in the foreseeable future. In order to set expectations, we're closing this request now. Sometimes potentially valuable tickets do get closed where the Summary or Description has not caught the attention of the community. If you feel that this suggestion is valuable, consider describing in more detail or outlining how this request will help you achieve your goals. We may then be able to provide better guidance.
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Confluence Product Management
From time to time I have to copy across confluence instances. Copy Page function does NOT help in this case! The behavior of CTRL+A when using page layouts is very unintuitive.
Layouts are already annoying to me due to the fact that they make diff views too large and hard to really see what changed. The fact that they also hinder copy-pasting a whole template page only adds fuel to the fire.