This summer, a group of interns has developed a newly released Color Theme Designer extension, and we’re hoping that making custom themes just got a whole lot simpler for beginner and advanced designers alike. If you were brave enough to create your own theme, you had to edit elements one by one from an unorganized list of 3,000+ vaguely named color tokens.
One of the only ways to import themes was to download the older Color Theme Editor extension. Lucky for us, we’ve just redesigned the process of creating and importing custom themes.
The language will no longer appear in the Code Macro.Sometimes the default themes for Visual Studio just aren’t enough. Go to User-installed Apps and locate the app for your uploaded language - it will appear like this 'Custom Code Macro Highlighting for.'.To disable or remove a user-installed language: You can see examples in /confluence/includes/js/third-party. Language files must be correctly formatted JavaScript files and adhere to the Custom Brush syntax. Locate your language file and enter a Name for the new language (this will appear when selecting the language).Select a Default Theme and Default Language.Īll new code blocks will use the default theme and language unless you specify otherwise.Go to > General Configuration > Configure Code Macro.To set the default appearance of code blocks in your site: You need Confluence Administrator permissions to change the default theme and language and System Administrator permissions to upload new languages. You can configure the Code Block macro to use a specific language and theme by default and also upload new languages. 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). However, you can also choose from one of the following other popular themes: The default theme is Confluence (also known as Default), which is typically black and colored text on a blank background. Many of these themes are based on the default color schemes of popular integrated development environments (IDEs). Specifies the color scheme used for displaying your code block. When Show line numbers is selected, this value defines the number of the first line of code. If selected, line numbers will be shown to the left of the lines of code. If false, the code macro's content is always displayed in full. Clicking the expand source link allows you to view this content. If selected, the code macro's content will be collapsed upon visiting or refreshing the Confluence page. If specified, the title will be displayed in a header row at the top of the code block. The default language is Java but you can choose from one of the following languages/environments:Īdds a title to the code block. Specifies the language (or environment) for syntax highlighting. Here's a list of the parameters available in this macro.
Update the parameters as required then choose Insert.In the editor, click the macro placeholder and choose Edit.Macro parameters are used to change the behaviour of a macro. This is to provide the writer with flexibility over code indentation. Note that any white space contained in the placeholder is not manipulated in any way by the Code Block macro. Note: You type the code block directly into the macro placeholder in the editor. Screenshot: Choosing syntax highlighting language and theme in the Code Block macro You can then publish your page to see the macro in action. Type or paste your code into the macro placeholder.Use the parameters below to customise how the code block should appear on your page.Choose a language for syntax highlighting.Choose Code Block from the Formatting category.From the editor toolbar, choose Insert > Other Macros.