XWiki Syntax Guide
Last modified by Edwin Chen on 2022/04/25 00:14
XWiki Syntax 2.1 » Programming
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 |
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 |
| mention | User Mention | Notifications | Inserts a user mention. | Current Wiki |
| example | Example | Formatting | Shows an example and its source code. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 (legacy) | Notifications | Provide a macro implemented with the Notifications Application to keep a backward compatibility with Activity Stream. | 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 |
| 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 |
| uiextension | UI Extensions | Development | Insert a UI extension. | Global |
| notificationsSystemFiltersPreferences | Notifications System Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about system notification filters. | Current Wiki |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
HTML
2.0 HTML
| XWiki Syntax 2.1 | Result |
|---|---|
| {{html}}<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>{{/html}} | HTML |
Scripts
2.0 Scripts
| Feature | XWiki Syntax 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Velocity script |
{{velocity}}
#set ($var = "whatever")
{{/velocity}}
|
| Groovy script |
{{groovy}}
def var = "whatever"
{{/groovy}}
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