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      it would be cool to be able to view the wiki source for any page in any space - whether you've edit rights or not.

      Often you see a page and wonder how to wiki-format like it.

      e.g. this one

      http://docs.codehaus.org/display/TIMTAM/News

      I wanna know how to do that!

      I've found myself seeing nice pages in other spaces and just wanting to cut-n-paste the magic wiki-malarkey. Would a 'view wiki source' type link be reasonable to add by default?

            [CONFSERVER-1106] Provide a 'view as source' link when navigating wikis

            Done - a 'View Source' link is now available in page info. This link opens a popup holding the source.

            It can be placed elsewhere by using themes.

            Nick Faiz [OLD] (Inactive) added a comment - Done - a 'View Source' link is now available in page info. This link opens a popup holding the source. It can be placed elsewhere by using themes.

            Fix for 1.4 DR7 if achieveable within 30 minutes.

            Nick Faiz [OLD] (Inactive) added a comment - Fix for 1.4 DR7 if achieveable within 30 minutes.

            If we implement edit-locks properly, that won't be a problem. It's more that we put a lot of effort into un-cluttering the interface, and have to be constantly vigilant against re-cluttering it, especially with largley redundant functionality.

            Charles Miller (Inactive) added a comment - If we implement edit-locks properly, that won't be a problem. It's more that we put a lot of effort into un-cluttering the interface, and have to be constantly vigilant against re-cluttering it, especially with largley redundant functionality.

            Tim Colson added a comment -

            Also – view raw is a great "poor mans export" for a single page.

            Tim Colson added a comment - Also – view raw is a great "poor mans export" for a single page.

            Tim Colson added a comment -

            I disagree with that last impl note –

            http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Comparison+Matrix

            Often I just want to look at the content, NOT edit. Perhaps to copy/paste part of it into another page.

            In Twiki, if you edit, it locks the page. Often I do NOT want to lock or change the page, I just want to borrow some markup. If Confluence adds a "page is being edited" feature... then I'll want to have a view only rather than edit even more.

            Tim Colson added a comment - I disagree with that last impl note – http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Comparison+Matrix Often I just want to look at the content, NOT edit. Perhaps to copy/paste part of it into another page. In Twiki, if you edit, it locks the page. Often I do NOT want to lock or change the page, I just want to borrow some markup. If Confluence adds a "page is being edited" feature... then I'll want to have a view only rather than edit even more.

            Implementation note: only show the view-source link if the user doesn't have edit access. Having a view-source link when you can just go to the edit page seems like pointless clutter.

            Charles Miller (Inactive) added a comment - Implementation note: only show the view-source link if the user doesn't have edit access. Having a view-source link when you can just go to the edit page seems like pointless clutter.

            I'm not sure I like the need for extra permissions on such a niche feature. Could we make this a pref instead?

            Random thought: we should move a lot of the global prefs down to the space level (camelcase, trackback, comment threading...)

            Charles Miller (Inactive) added a comment - I'm not sure I like the need for extra permissions on such a niche feature. Could we make this a pref instead? Random thought: we should move a lot of the global prefs down to the space level (camelcase, trackback, comment threading...)

            Add "view source" to the permissions scheme (in addition to view, modify, administer.

            Nick Minutello added a comment - Add "view source" to the permissions scheme (in addition to view, modify, administer.

            While allowing people to view the Wiki markup definately has some good points, sometimes there are reasons that people are only given 'view' access, since things like macros may contain more sensitive information that the general viewer shouldn't see. Not that wiki markup should be considered to be very secure (it's not), but I don't think it should be quite that easy. So, while I like the idea, it would be good to be able to turn it off if desired, perhaps on a Space-by-Space level.

            David Peterson added a comment - While allowing people to view the Wiki markup definately has some good points, sometimes there are reasons that people are only given 'view' access, since things like macros may contain more sensitive information that the general viewer shouldn't see. Not that wiki markup should be considered to be very secure (it's not), but I don't think it should be quite that easy. So, while I like the idea, it would be good to be able to turn it off if desired, perhaps on a Space-by-Space level.

            Hi Chaps

            This issue has been open since April!!

            Is there a a problem in implementing this ?
            If not, can we please add this to 1.4

            Zohar Melamed added a comment - Hi Chaps This issue has been open since April!! Is there a a problem in implementing this ? If not, can we please add this to 1.4

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