Confluence Docs 3.0 : Rich Text-Creating and removing a link This page last changed on Jun 16, 2009 by ggaskell. This page tells you how to add a link to your Confluence page. A link, or hyperlink, is a word or phrase which, when clicked, will direct the user to another web page or other location.
| Wiki Markup mode and Rich Text editor You can click the 'Insert Link' icon in either Wiki Markup mode or the Rich Text editor. The functionality described below is essentially the same for both editing modes.
On this page: Creating a link Removing a link ## Creating a link To create a new link, Place your cursor at the point where you want to insert the link. Click the 'Insert Link' icon in the toolbar. Alternatively, if the right-click context menu is enabled, you can right-click and choose 'Insert/Edit Link' from the context menu. The 'Insert Link' window will appear. In the 'Link' text box, enter the URL (location) of the link. Use the tabs to help you find the URL: Search – Search the spaces in your Confluence site for a particular term or phrase, then select your link location from the search results. History – Select your link location from recently-visited pages. Recently Modified – Select your link location from pages recently modified by yourself or other Confluence users. External Link – Enter the URL of an external location. Attachments – Select one of the attachments to the current page. You can also browse for a file and attach it to the page, then select it to create the link. If you want your link to display specific words on the page, rather than the actual URL, enter the desired text in the 'Alias' text box. If you want your link to display a short popup help tip, enter the desired text in the 'Tooltip' text box. Click the 'OK' button to add the link.
| You can also conveniently convert existing text into a link: Instead of performing step one (above) you can highlight one or two or more consecutive words before proceeding directly to step two. By doing this, the words you selected will automatically appear in the 'Alias' text box of the 'Insert Link' window.
To create a link via keyboard shortcut, Press Ctrl-K (Internet Explorer in Windows). See Keyboard Shortcuts for key combinations used on other browsers and operating systems. This will open up the 'Insert Link' window. Follow the instructions in the sections above to complete the link creation. Screenshot: Creating a new link ## Removing a link You can easily remove a link using the right-click context menu. To remove a link via the right-click context menu, Right-click over the link you want to remove and choose 'Unlink' from the context menu. The link will be removed from your text. The 'Unlink' item only appears on the right-click context menu when you right-click over an existing link. ##### RELATED TOPICS Rich Text-Linking to a Page Rich Text-Inserting an image Rich Text-Linking to an Attachment Take me back to the Confluence User Guide. Attachments: confluence-3-0-insert-link.png (image/png) confluence-3-0-insert-link.png (image/png)

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