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Shortcut links provide a quick way of linking to resources frequently referenced from Confluence. When you create a shortcut link, you are assigning a key to a URL so that when a user edits Confluence documents they can type the key instead of the complete URL. Here is an example: Most Google searches look like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=. If you create a shortcut for this search with the key 'google', every time a user needs to use http://www.google.com/search?q=searchterms, they can just type [searchterms@google] instead. Here is a screenshot showing the shortcuts currently defined on http://confluence.atlassian.com:
Shortcut links are added and maintained by Confluence administrators from the Administration Console. To create a shortcut link,
Using Shortcut Links Specify in the link what should go on the end of the shortcut URL, followed by an at-sign (@) and the key of the shortcut. Shortcut names are case-insensitive. So, for example, using the keys shown in the above screenshot:
Shortcut links can have titles just like any other link:
Deleting Shortcut Links Once you have created a shortcut link, it is listed under 'Shortcut Links' in the 'Administration Console'. Click 'Remove' to delete the shortcut. RELATED TOPICS
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Comments (5)
Apr 14, 2007
Evgeny Roubinchtein says:
Is it possible to have multiple replaceable parameters in a shortcut link. ...Is it possible to have multiple replaceable parameters in a shortcut link. For example, say I have a URL to (a web interface to) an LDAP database I want to query using a person's first and last name. Can I make a "shortcut link" like: http://host/path?firstName=FIRST&lastName=LAST, where FIRST and LAST would _both_ be replacable. If I name the above shortcut myLDAPQuery, I would like to be able to write
[John Doe|THE_SYNTAX_I_WANT_YOU_TO_SHOW_ME@myLDAPQuery]
and have it expanded to
http://host/path?firstName=John&lastName=Doe
Apr 14, 2007
David Peterson [CustomWare] says:
Unfortunately not. Basically, it just throws it on the end of the URL. If you wa...Unfortunately not. Basically, it just throws it on the end of the URL. If you want this kind of customisation, the best option is to create a User Macro. Let's say you create one called "my-ldap-query", it would have the following body:
And would be used like this:
{my-ldap-query:John|Doe}John Doe{my-ldap-query}Apr 29, 2007
Don Willis says:
Just a quick clarification: The search term only goes on the end of the URL if...Just a quick clarification:
The search term only goes on the end of the URL if there is no %s in the URL. If you specify %s in the URL, then the search term will replace it.
In all other regards David's advice is correct.
May 15, 2007
John Allen says:
Does using Shortcut Links circumvent the Trackback functionality from working? ...Does using Shortcut Links circumvent the Trackback functionality from working?
Our current testing seems to indicate that they do.
May 21, 2007
Ivan Benko says:
It would be appreciated if you could create a support case and describe your env...It would be appreciated if you could create a support case and describe your environment and exactly what is the situation that you are experiencing . Thaks,Ib
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