Table of Contents

Introduction

This page includes a description how to add table of Contents or Table of Children display to a Confluence page.
These macro's provide quick access and a overview of pages.


Table of Contents

The Table of Contents macro scans the headings on the current Confluence page to create a table of contents based on those headings.
This helps readers find their way around lengthy pages, by summarizing the content structure and providing links to headings. 

Step-by-step guide Add Table of Contents:


  1. From the editor toolbar, choose Insert  > Other Macros.
  2. Choose Table of Contents from the Confluence content category.
  3. Use the parameters below to specify which pages to display.
  4. Choose Insert.

You can then publish your page to see the macro in action. 


More detailed information regarding Table of contents can be found on the following link: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-table-of-contents-macro/

Table of contents Childrens Display

Add the Children Display macro to a page to display a list of pages from a specific part of the page hierarchy.  You can choose to display pages that are a child of the current page, or a child of any other page in a space. 

This macro is great for providing quick access to:

Because it relies on the page hierarchy, the list of pages is automatically updated when pages are added, deleted, or moved.  You can even show an excerpt from the page for extra context. 

Step-by-step guide: Add the Children Display macro to your page

To add the Children Display macro to a page:

  1. From the editor toolbar, choose Insert  > Other Macros.

  2. Choose Children Display from the Confluence content or Navigation category.
  3. Use the parameters below to specify which pages to display, and how you want them to look. 
  4. Choose Insert. 

You can then publish your page to see the macro in action. 

More detailed information regarding Table of Children's Display can be found on the following link: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/children-display-macro-139501.html


Change the macro parameters

Macro parameters are used to change the behavior of a macro.

To change the macro parameters:

  1. In the editor, click the macro placeholder and choose Edit.
  2. Update the parameters as required then choose Insert.


Related articles

Related articles appear here based on the labels you select. Click to edit the macro and add or change labels.

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