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  2. CONFCLOUD-78513

Nest Expand or other Bodied Macros in another Macro

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      Status Update 5 March 2024

      Hi everyone,

      Thank you for sharing your feedback in this ticket around the nesting limitations of the Editor. I'm pleased to share an update that we've just released to both Jira and Confluence Cloud.

      1. Actions can now be placed inside Lists (numbered, bulleted)

      2. Lists can now be quoted, including with actions inside them

      3. Panels - media, code blocks, actions, dividers, and decisions can be nested within a panel

      4. Nested Expands - nest lists, actions, code blocks, panels, quotes, dividers and decisions within a nested expand

      To find out more about all these content nesting enhancements, check out the Community post.

      These changes will be rolling out over the coming weeks to all accounts, so if you don't see them straight away, they'll be there soon! 

      Thanks so much for your feedback and patience.

      Regards,

      Kieran Gray
      Product Manager, Atlassian Editor

      Description

      There's currently no way to nest an bodied macro (like the Expand Macro) into another bodied Macro. This suggestion will help to track the interest for building this out.

      In the previous editor, nesting Expand Macros was made possible as a result of CONFCLOUD-24201.

            [CONFCLOUD-78513] Nest Expand or other Bodied Macros in another Macro

            Glenn Wark added a comment -

            I created a ticket that is related to this one:  Add an excerpt macro within a table cell.
            It's specifically for adding an 'excerpt' macro source to table cells.

            Glenn Wark added a comment - I created a ticket that is related to this one:   Add an excerpt macro within a table cell. It's specifically for adding an 'excerpt' macro source to table cells.

            Laura added a comment -

            Would love the ability to nest an expand in an excerpt

            Laura added a comment - Would love the ability to nest an expand in an excerpt

            Amy Carey added a comment - - edited

            Tables within table would be a great improvement. Also, tables within panels and expands within panels.

            Amy Carey added a comment - - edited Tables within table would be a great improvement. Also, tables within panels and expands within panels.

            Philippe PEREZ added a comment - - edited

            I add my 18300 users votes to Susanne's comment above. We are exactly in the context she describes (Excerpt/include unusable inside a Scroll Conditional Content macro)

            Philippe PEREZ added a comment - - edited I add my 18300 users votes to Susanne's comment above. We are exactly in the context she describes (Excerpt/include unusable inside a Scroll Conditional Content macro)

            Ian Bantilan added a comment -

            Do we have anything new enhancements around nesting? Last updatd was from March last  year

            Ian Bantilan added a comment - Do we have anything new enhancements around nesting? Last updatd was from March last  year

            Jesper Jordan added a comment -

            Nice, a month after End of Support it is announced that this is not going to be adressed. Thanks

            Jesper Jordan added a comment - Nice, a month after End of Support it is announced that this is not going to be adressed. Thanks

            Susanne Ertle added a comment -

            Please address this issue, it is seriously hindering working with Confluence.

            Our documentation needs to work with variants, as not all our customers are on the same software version.

            The Excerpt/Excerpt include macro is completely useless for me because I cannot use the Scroll Conditional Content macro, another bodied macro, inside it. And that makes the whole "no need for copy and pasting and repetitions" argument useless for us. 

            Susanne Ertle added a comment - Please address this issue, it is seriously hindering working with Confluence. Our documentation needs to work with variants, as not all our customers are on the same software version. The Excerpt/Excerpt include macro is completely useless for me because I cannot use the Scroll Conditional Content macro, another bodied macro, inside it. And that makes the whole "no need for copy and pasting and repetitions" argument useless for us. 

            Mark Lennon (Inactive) added a comment -

            https://getsupport.atlassian.com/browse/MOVE-147601

            Mark Lennon (Inactive) added a comment - https://getsupport.atlassian.com/browse/MOVE-147601

            alavoine_spiria added a comment -

            Please address this issue. It severely limits basic layout functionality in Confluence. Nesting macros is a fundamental feature that should be available. Without it, we lose much of the purpose behind using layouts to create well-structured, visually appealing pages.

            alavoine_spiria added a comment - Please address this issue. It severely limits basic layout functionality in Confluence. Nesting macros is a fundamental feature that should be available. Without it, we lose much of the purpose behind using layouts to create well-structured, visually appealing pages.

            Sam Rothwell added a comment -

            Hi - This would fundamentally improve how were are using confluence for our knowledge sharing across the studio

            Sam Rothwell added a comment - Hi - This would fundamentally improve how were are using confluence for our knowledge sharing across the studio

              5dd6d3cdd988 Kieran Gray
              sxu3@atlassian.com Sunny Xu (Inactive)
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