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Using the Tip macro, you can highlight a helpful tip on a Confluence page. The macro creates a green-coloured box surrounding your text as shown below.
Tip Macro Example
This text is displayed inside the tip macro.
Using the Tip macro
To add the Tip macro to a page:
Speeding up macro entry with autocomplete: To edit an existing macro: Click the macro placeholder and choose Edit. A macro dialog window will open, where you can edit the parameters of the macro.
Parameters
Parameters are options that you can set to control the content or format of the macro output. 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).
Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Optional Title | none | The title of the tip. If specified, it will be displayed in bold next to the icon. |
Show Tip Icon | true | If cleared, the icon will not be displayed. |
Code examples
The following examples are provided for advanced users who want to inspect or edit the underlying markup for a Confluence page.
Macro name: tip
Macro body: Accepts rich text.
Storage Format example
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="tip">
<ac:parameter ac:name="icon">false</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="title">My title</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>This is my hint.</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
Wiki markup example
{tip:icon=false|title=My title}
This is my hint.
{tip}
