Description

A field for entering larger amounts of textual data which can include line breaks. Rich text is supported.

Parameters

Name

Required

Default Value

Description

Field name

  • (/)

A descriptive name for this field. A random name is generated by default.

You can also key in your own field name, which can be useful when integrating Scaffolding with other apps such as Reporting for Confluence Cloud. The field name is mandatory, and must be unique.

Helper Text

  • (X)

Gives context or additional information about a field input. It will appear at the bottom of the field.

The helper text will only appear when you edit the content, not when viewing it.

Required

  • (X)

If checked, the user must key in some text (mandatory) and this field cannot be empty.

Editor View

Macro Edit View

Notes

If you enable the Required option, you will not be able to Save Changes in editor mode until you have entered some text. An example error message is shown below. Alternatively, you can click Cancel to discard the changes.

Supported features

The paragraph editor supports most of the features you would normally find in a standard Confluence Cloud editor.

The following is a detailed list of the features and the availability status.

  • Look out for icons highlighting limitations of the rich text data migration if any in the table below.

    • (tick) - Available

    • (error) – Unavailable

    • (warning) – Partially available

Feature

Available

Fonts

  • Normal text

  • Heading 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  • Bold, italic, underline

  • Strikethrough

  • Code

  • Superscript, subscript

(tick)

Text alignment

(tick)

Text colour

(tick)

Lists

  • Bullet

  • Numbered

(tick)

Action item

(tick)

Link

(tick)

Files & images

  • Migrating files & images from server to cloud (tick)

  • Adding files & images on cloud  (tick)

Mention

(error)

Emoji 

(warning) Partially Available:

  • Bit emoji (tick)

  • Confluence specific emoji (error)

Expand

(error)

Table

(tick)

Layouts

(tick)

Quote

(tick)

Code snippet

(tick)

Panel

  • Info

  • Note

  • Success

  • Warning

  • Error

(tick)

Decision

(tick)

Divider

(tick)

Date

(tick)

Status

(tick)