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  2. CONFSERVER-57613

Plans to remove the View Source option

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      Atlassian status as of March 2019

      The ... (more actions) menu includes a View Source option. Users expect this to provide an editable view of the storage format of a page, but instead it provides a view of the page, as it would appear in the editor.

      We had planned to remove this screen in Confluence 7.0, but we've heard your feedback, and will not make any changes at this time.

      This feature is not to be confused with the Atlassian Labs Source Editor plugin, which does allow you to edit the storage format of a page.

      Feel free to comment on this issue if this change will have a significant impact on your Confluence site.

      Find out more about our other planned changes in Confluence 7.0

            [CONFSERVER-57613] Plans to remove the View Source option

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            Sara Kamen added a comment -

            I often use the View Source window to copy content from one page to another for the following reasons:

            1. It opens faster than the edit view.
            2. I can copy macros, which I cannot do in the regular view.
            3. Content copied from the source view pastes cleaner than copying from the regular view. For example, pasted text from the source view does not add extra span tags or change relative links to absolute links.

            But I have a problem—for pages that use layouts, I cannot copy content from the source view (Chrome and Firefox). Can you fix this?

            Sara Kamen added a comment - I often use the View Source window to copy content from one page to another for the following reasons: It opens faster than the edit view. I can copy macros, which I cannot do in the regular view. Content copied from the source view pastes cleaner than copying from the regular view. For example, pasted text from the source view does not add extra span tags or change relative links to absolute links. But I have a problem—for pages that use layouts , I cannot copy content from the source view (Chrome and Firefox). Can you fix this?
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            Tobias Ravenstein added a comment -

            Thanks for keeping this.

            Tobias Ravenstein added a comment - Thanks for keeping this.
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