XWiki Syntaxes
Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2022/03/21
XWiki Syntax 2.1 » Programming » Macros
XWiki Syntax 2.1: Macros
2.0 Macros
There is only one kind of macro in XWiki Syntax 2.1, which is called by the syntax: {{macroname param1="value1" ... paramN="valueN"}}...{{/macroname}}. For macros without content there's a short notation: {{macroname param1="value1" ... paramN="valueN"/}}
| Feature | XWiki Syntax 2.1 | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Rendering Macro with a content | {{code language="java"}}
System.out.println("Hello World!");
{{/code}}
| System.out.println("Hello World!"); |
| Rendering Macro without content | {{include reference="Space.Page"/}} | The referenced page is included in the current page |
Macros in this wiki
| Id | Name | Categories | Description | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity | Activity (legacy) | Notifications | Provide a macro implemented with the Notifications Application to keep a backward compatibility with Activity Stream. | Current Wiki |
| ajax | ajax | Delays the content of this macro as an Ajax Request call | Current Wiki | |
| async | Async macro | Content | Execute asynchronously and/or cache the macro content. | Global |
| attachmentGalleryPicker | Attachment Picker | Development | Grid based attachment picker. | Global |
| attachmentSelector | Attachment Selector | Development | A control to be used for object properties of the current page that are supposed to contain the name of an attachment from the current (or target) page. Allows uploading new attachments, and deleting attachments from the target page. If no target page is specified, the current page will be used. Object properties are only saved to the current page. | Current Wiki |
| backwardCompatibilityReport134 | API Backward Compatiblity Report | content | Uses Revapi ignores defined in XML format. | Current Wiki |
| backwardCompatiblityReport | API Backward Compatiblity Report | content | Current Wiki | |
| backwardCompatiblityReportXml | API Backward Compatiblity Report | content | Uses Revapi ignores defined in XML format. | Current Wiki |
| blogpostcreate | Blog Post Create | The Blog Post Create macro is used to insert a post creation form. The macro takes a blog descriptor document as parameter. The new blog posts will belongs to the blog specified in the parameter. | Current Wiki | |
| blogPostLayoutCards | Cards Blog Post Layout | This macro is used to display a blog post using the 'Cards' layout | Current Wiki | |
| blogPostLayoutCompact | Blog Post Layout Compact | This macro is used to display a full blog post in a compact mode | Current Wiki | |
| blogPostLayoutFull | Blog Post Layout Full | This macro is used to display a full blog post | Current Wiki | |
| blogPostLayoutImage | Blog Post Layout Image | This macro is used to display a full blog post with a thumbnail image | Current Wiki | |
| blogPostLayoutLink | Blog Post Layout Link | This macro is used to display a blog post as a simple link | Current Wiki | |
| blogpostlist | Blog post list | The BlogPostMacro is used to search and display blog posts based on some parameters, the results can be displayed using customizable templates. | Current Wiki | |
| blogs | All Blogs Livetable | The blogs macro is used to list on a livetable all the blog available on the wiki. | Current Wiki | |
| box | Box | Formatting | Draw a box around provided content. | Global |
| browser | Browser | Displays a browser entry containing the browser's icon, name and version. Meant to be used in Release Notes or Support browsers sections. | Global | |
| cache | Cache | Development | Caches content. | Global |
| chart | Chart | Content | Displays a graphical chart generated from miscellaneous data sources | Global |
| check | Check Macro | Displaying a check or cross icon | Current Wiki | |
| children | Children | Navigation | Displays a tree of children pages of the current page | Current Wiki |
| code | Code | Formatting | Highlights code snippets of various programming languages | Global |
| codePres | codePres | Current Wiki | ||
| comment | Comment | Development | Allows putting comments in the source content. This macro doesn't output anything. | Global |
| container | Container | Layout | A macro to enclose multiple groups and add decoration, such as layout. | Global |
| content | Content | Content | Allows writing content in any wiki markup | Global |
| context | Context | Development | Executes content in the context of the passed page | Global |
| contributors | Top Contributors | Current Wiki | ||
| dashboard | Dashboard | Layout | A macro to define a dashboard to fill with gadgets. | Global |
| database | Database | Displays a database entry containing the database's icon, name and version. Meant to be used in Release Notes or Support databases sections. | Global | |
| diagram | Diagram | Content | Displays a diagram. | Current Wiki |
| display | Display | Content | Display other pages into the current page. | Global |
| displayChanges | Display Changes | content | Display Release Changes | Current Wiki |
| displayIcon | Icon | Content | Display an icon. | Global |
| documents | Pages | Content | Displays a list of pages in a Livetable | Current Wiki |
| documentTree | Page Tree | Navigation | Displays the tree of XWiki pages. | Current Wiki |
| error | Error Message | Formatting | Displays an error message note. | Global |
| example | Example | Formatting | Shows an example and its source code. | Current Wiki |
| faq | FAQ | Lists FAQ entries | Current Wiki | |
| footnote | Footnote | Content | Generates a footnote to display at the end of the page. | Global |
| gallery | Gallery | Layout | Displays the images found in the provided content using a slide-show view. | Global |
| getChanges | Get Changes | development | Collect Release Changes into an XWiki Context variable | Current Wiki |
| groovy | Groovy | Development | Execute a groovy script. | Global |
| html | HTML | Development | Inserts HTML or XHTML code into the page. | Global |
| html5video | HTML5 Video | Content | Play videos using the native HTML5 player. | Current Wiki |
| iconPicker | Icon Picker | Development | Select an icon within the XWiki icon set. | Current Wiki |
| id | Id | Navigation | Allows putting a reference/location in a page. In HTML for example this is called an Anchor. It allows pointing to that location, for example in links. | Global |
| image | Image | content | Displays an image in a box | Global |
| imagePres | imagePres | Current Wiki | ||
| include | Include | Content | Include other pages into the current page. | Global |
| info | Info Message | Formatting | Displays an info message note. | Global |
| jira | JIRA | Content | Fetches information from a JIRA server and displays them as a table, list or enumeration. | Global |
| language | Language | List the flag and name for a given list of languages | Global | |
| latestBlogPosts | Latest Blog Posts | Shows the latest blog posts articles | Global | |
| liveData | Live Data | Content | Display dynamic lists of data. | Global |
| mention | User Mention | Notifications | Insert a user mention. | Current Wiki |
| menu | Menu | Navigation | Displays a menu created using simple wiki syntax (nested lists and links). | Global |
| messageSender | Message Sender | Social | A control that allows users to enter messages that are handled by the MessageStream module. | Current Wiki |
| missingLicenseMessage | Missing License Message | Display an error message when the extension does not have a valid license. | Global | |
| notifications | Notifications | Notifications | Display notifications about events happened on the wiki. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsApplicationsPreferences | Notifications Applications Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification applications. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsAutoWatchPreferences | Notifications Auto Watch Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about auto watched pages. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsCustomFiltersPreferences | Notifications Custom Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about custom notification filters. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsEmailPreferences | Notifications Email Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification emails. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsFiltersPreferences | Notifications Filters Preferences (deprecated) | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification filters. This macro is now deprecated in favor of Custom Notifications Filters Preferences or System Notifications Filters Preferences. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsSystemFiltersPreferences | Notifications System Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about system notification filters. | Current Wiki |
| office | Office Document Viewer | Content | View office attachments (doc, ppt, xls, odt, odp, ods etc.) inside wiki pages without downloading or importing them. | Global |
| pdftoc | PDF Table of Contents | Internal | Generates the table of contents for the PDF export. | Global |
| pdfviewer | PDF Viewer | Content | PDF Viewer based on Mozilla pdf.js | Current Wiki |
| plantuml | PlantUML | Content | Convert various text input formats into diagram images using PlantUML. | Global |
| pollsrecent | Recent Polls | Displays the N most recent polls. | Current Wiki | |
| poweredBy | Powered By | Displays a random reference summary | Global | |
| productVersions | Product Versions | content | Display product versions for testing | Global |
| putFootnotes | Put Footnotes | Content | Displays all the footnotes from the page. If missing, all footnotes are displayed by default at the end of the page. | Global |
| python | Python | Development | Executes a python script. | Global |
| releasenotechanges | Release Note Changes | content | Current Wiki | |
| remotecode | Remote Code | Displays the code (using the code macro) of a remote file | Global | |
| scm | scm | Documentation | Produce scm link | Global |
| script | Script | Development | Execute script in provided script language. | Global |
| showhide | showhide | content | Show Hide Macro | Global |
| spaceindex | Space Index | Deprecated | Lists the pages in a space. | Current Wiki |
| spaces | Spaces | Deprecated | Displays all the spaces in this wiki. | Current Wiki |
| success | Success Message | Formatting | Displays a success message note. | Global |
| tagcloud | Tag Cloud | Content | Displays the cloud of tags in this wiki or in the specified space, if any. | Current Wiki |
| template | Template | Development | Insert a template. | Global |
| toc | Table of contents | Navigation | Generates a table of contents. | Global |
| todo | Todo | content | Todo macro | Global |
| translation | Translation | Content | Display a translation message. | Global |
| tree | Tree | Navigation | Displays a tree hierarchy defined by the macro content or the source parameter. | Current Wiki |
| uiextension | UI Extension | Development | Insert a UI extension. | Global |
| uiextensions | UI Extensions | Development | Insert UI extensions. | Global |
| useravatar | User Avatar | Content | Allows displaying the avatar for a specific user. | Global |
| velocity | Velocity | Development | Executes a Velocity script. | Global |
| version | Version | Content | Specifies since which versions of XWiki the content of the macro corresponds to. | Global |
| videoCard | Video Card | Displays a card with an embedded video | Current Wiki | |
| warning | Warning Message | Formatting | Displays a warning message note. | Global |
| wikimacrocontent | WikiMacro Content | Development | Display editable content of a wikimacro. | Global |
| wikimacroparameter | WikiMacro Parameter | Development | Display editable parameter of a wikimacro. | Global |
| wikis | Wikis | Navigation | List all wikis | Current Wiki |
| workspaces | Workspaces (Legacy) | Deprecated | Deprecated macro that should not be used here for compatibility reasons. Please use the "wikis" macro instead. | Current Wiki |
