XWiki Syntax Guide
Last modified by Rico Kieboom on 2022/04/11 14:16
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 | Category | Description | Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| toc | Table Of Contents | Navigation | Generates a Table Of Contents. | Global |
| iconPicker | Icon Picker | Development | Select an icon within the XWiki icon set. | Current Wiki |
| blogPostLayoutFull | Blog Post Layout Full | This macro is used to display a full blog post | Global | |
| wikimacrocontent | WikiMacro Content | Development | Display editable content of a wikimacro. | Global |
| example | Example | Formatting | Shows an example and its source code. | Global |
| mention | User Mention | Notifications | Inserts a user mention. | Current Wiki |
| gdprSettings | Gdpr settings | Get what kind of cookies the current user has consented to. (preferences, statistics or marketing) | Global | |
| blogPostLayoutImage | Blog Post Layout Image | This macro is used to display a full blog post with a thumbnail image | Global | |
| async | Async | Content | Asynchronous and cached execution of wiki content. | Global |
| spaceindex | Space Index | Deprecated | Lists documents in a space. | Current Wiki |
| box | Box | Formatting | Draw a box around provided content. | Global |
| spaces | Spaces | Deprecated | Displays all the spaces in this wiki. | Current Wiki |
| error | Error Message | Formatting | Displays an error message note. | Global |
| video | Video | Content | Display in your wiki page any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Google Video or Vimeo. |
Also play a video attached to your wiki page using Video.js library. mp4, webm and ogv formats are supported.
The video macro can also plays a DASH video (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP).|Current Wiki
| warning | Warning Message | Formatting | Displays a warning message note. | Global |
| messageSender | Message Sender | Social | A control that allows users to enter messages that are handled by the MessageStream module. | Current Wiki |
| children | Children | Navigation | Displays a tree of children pages of the current page | Current Wiki |
| workspaces | Workspaces | Deprecated | Deprecated macro that should not be used, here for compatibility reason. Please use the "wikis" macro instead. | Current Wiki |
| display | Display | Content | Display other pages into the current page. | Global |
| translation | Translation | Content | Display a translation message. | Global |
| context | Context | Development | Executes content in the context of the passed document | Global |
| info | Info Message | Formatting | Displays an info message note. | Global |
| tree | Tree | Navigation | Displays a tree hierarchy defined by the macro content or the source parameter. | Current Wiki |
| liveData | Live Data | Content | Display dynamic lists of data. | Global |
| blogs | Blogs Livetable | The blogs macro is used to list on a livetable all the blog available on the wiki | Global | |
| success | Success Message | Formatting | Displays a success message note. | Global |
| documentTree | Document Tree | Navigation | Displays the tree of XWiki documents. | Current Wiki |
| template | Template | Development | Insert a template. | Global |
| notificationsAutoWatchPreferences | Notifications Auto Watch Preferences | Notifications | Current Wiki | |
| chart | Chart | Content | Displays a graphical chart generated from miscellaneous data sources | Global |
| container | Container | Layout | A macro to enclose multiple groups and add decoration, such as layout. | Global |
| tagcloud | Tag Cloud | Content | Displays the cloud of tags in this wiki or in the specified space, if any. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsEmailPreferences | Notifications Email Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification emails. | Current Wiki |
| activity | Activity (legacy) | Notifications | Provide a macro implemented with the Notifications Application to keep a backward compatibility with Activity Stream. | Current Wiki |
| blogPostLayoutLink | Blog Post Layout Link | This macro is used to display a blog post as a simple link | Global | |
| python | Python | Development | Executes a python script. | Global |
| comment | Comment | Development | Allows putting comments in the source content. This macro doesn't output anything. | Global |
| blogPostLayoutCards | Cards Blog Post Layout | This macro is used to display a blog post using the 'Cards' layout | Global | |
| content | Content | Content | Allows writing content in any wiki markup | Global |
| html | HTML | Development | Inserts HTML or XHTML code into the page. | Global |
| youtube | YouTube | Content | Securely embed a YouTube video through https iframe. This prevents breaking HTML5 video compatibilty. | Current Wiki |
| script | Script | Development | Execute script in provided script language. | Global |
| useravatar | User Avatar | Content | Allows displaying the avatar for a specific user. | Global |
| displayIcon | Icon | Content | Display an icon. | Global |
| office | Office Document Viewer | Content | View office attachments (doc, ppt, xls, odt, odp, ods etc.) inside wiki pages without downloading or importing them. | Global |
| gallery | Gallery | Layout | Displays the images found in the provided content using a slide-show view. | Global |
| notificationsSystemFiltersPreferences | Notifications System Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about system notification filters. | Current Wiki |
| uiextension | UI Extensions | Development | Insert a UI extension. | Global |
| uiextensions | UI Extensions | Development | Insert UI extensions. | Global |
| dashboard | Dashboard | Layout | A macro to define a dashboard. | Global |
| putFootnotes | Put Footnote | Content | Displays the footnotes defined so far. If missing, all footnotes are displayed by default at the end of the page. | Global |
| wikis | Wikis | Navigation | List all wikis | Current Wiki |
| attachmentSelector | Attachment Selector | Development | A control to be used for object properties of the current document that are supposed to contain the name of an attachment from the current (or target) document. Allows uploading new attachments, and deleting attachments from the target document. If no target document is specified, the current document will be used. Object properties are only saved to the current document. | Current Wiki |
| notificationsApplicationsPreferences | Notifications Applications Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification applications. | Current Wiki |
| cache | Cache | Development | Caches content. | Global |
| blogPostLayoutCompact | Blog Post Layout Compact | This macro is used to display a full blog post in a compact mode | Global | |
| menu | Menu | Navigation | Displays a menu created using simple wiki syntax (nested lists and links). | Global |
| notificationsCustomFiltersPreferences | Notifications Custom Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about custom notification filters. | 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. | Global | |
| 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. | Global | |
| documents | Documents | Content | Displays a list of documents in a Livetable | 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 |
| notifications | Notifications | Notifications | Current Wiki | |
| velocity | Velocity | Development | Executes a Velocity script. | Global |
| faq | FAQ | Lists FAQ entries | Current Wiki | |
| wikimacroparameter | WikiMacro Parameter | Development | Display editable parameter of a wikimacro. | Global |
| footnote | Footnote | Content | Generates a footnote to display at the end of the page. | Global |
| groovy | Groovy | Development | Execute a groovy script. | Global |
| code | Code | Formatting | Highlights code snippets of various programming languages | Global |
| 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 |
| include | Include | Content | Include other pages into the current page. | Global |