XWiki Syntax Guide

Last modified by superadmin on 2022/05/03 16:56

XWiki Syntax 2.1: Programming

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

For the full list of available macros check the Extensions wiki.

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
formula	Formula	Content	Displays a mathematical formula.	Global
wikimacrocontent	WikiMacro Content	Development	Display editable content of a wikimacro.	Global
blogPostLayoutFull	Blog Post Layout Full		This macro is used to display a full blog post	Current Wiki
example	Example	Formatting	Shows an example and its source code.	Current Wiki
mention	User Mention	Notifications	Inserts a user mention.	Current Wiki
watchlist	Watchlist		Show the content of your current watchlist.	Current Wiki
blogPostLayoutImage	Blog Post Layout Image		This macro is used to display a full blog post with a thumbnail image	Current Wiki
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
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
rss	RSS	Content	Output latest feed entries from a RSS feed.	Global
blogs	Blogs Livetable		The blogs macro is used to list on a livetable all the blog available on the wiki	Current Wiki
success	Success Message	Formatting	Displays a success message note.	Global
calendarPanel	calendarPanel			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
notificationsEmailPreferences	Notifications Email Preferences	Notifications	Display the preferences of the current user about notification emails.	Current Wiki
tagcloud	Tag Cloud	Content	Displays the cloud of tags in this wiki or in the specified space, if any.	Current Wiki
activity	Activity	Content	The Activity Macro provides information about recent activities done by the users inside the XWiki instance. It lists the create, edit and delete events for pages, as well as comments, attachments and annotations.	Current Wiki
blogPostLayoutLink	Blog Post Layout Link		This macro is used to display a blog post as a simple link	Current Wiki
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
html	HTML	Development	Inserts HTML or XHTML code into the page.	Global
content	Content	Content	Allows writing content in any wiki markup	Global
blogPostLayoutCards	Cards Blog Post Layout		This macro is used to display a blog post using the 'Cards' layout	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
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
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
menu	Menu	Navigation	Displays a menu created using simple wiki syntax (nested lists and links).	Global
blogPostLayoutCompact	Blog Post Layout Compact		This macro is used to display a full blog post in a compact mode	Current Wiki
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.	Current Wiki
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.	Current Wiki
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
wikimacroparameter	WikiMacro Parameter	Development	Display editable parameter of a wikimacro.	Global
groovy	Groovy	Development	Execute a groovy script.	Global
footnote	Footnote	Content	Generates a footnote to display at the end of the page.	Global
code	Code	Formatting	Highlights code snippets of various programming languages	Global
calendar	Calendar	Content	Displays a Calendar	Current Wiki
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