Introduction
This feature aims to introduce you to the various macros (small pre-set programmes) that are available within Confluence. They are designed to help you with the layout and functionality of your content. Expand is a very basic macro with one specific use. You may rarely use it but has the capacity to make a page more more user friendly.
Application(s)
Expand has one function:
- hide items until the user clicks on the link to reveal them
How to add Expand
Simply...
- Place the cursor where you want the Expand macro to appear
- Click on Insert (in the tool bar above) then Other Macros from the drop-down menu
- In the pop-up window, type Expand into the search box
- Set the variables up as you wish (see below for examples)
- Click Save
How to use Expand
Look at any part of a page that might useful be hidden until the reader specifically indicates that they want to see it. This could be:
- a large block of text
- a list
- instructions/help
- answer/hint to a question
- further examples
- references/bibliography
- credits
Examples
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To see these examples in action, go to: https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/FEDSA/Expand