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This page describes the Space Jump Macro, provided with the Documentation theme. You can use space jumping to link from a page in one space to a page with the same name in another space, without knowing the name of the page when you create the link.

The Space Jump macro inserts a link onto the page. When the reader clicks the link, they will jump to a page that has the same name in another space. You specify the space when you insert the Space Jump macro.

Example: We use the Space Jump macro to put a standard message at the top of our archive spaces, telling people that they’re reading an old version of the documentation and letting them jump quickly to the same page in the latest documentation. See the words 'this page in the current documentation' in the screenshot below.

Screenshot: One way of using the Space Jump macro

On this page:

Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the Space Jump macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

  1. In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros.
  2. Find and select the required macro.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type

What you will get

{spacejump:CONF31|alias=This page in the Confluence 3.1 documentation}

This page in the Confluence 3.1 documentation

Parameters

When editing, you can click on the macro placeholder and choose Edit to display the parameters for this macro in the Macro Browser.

Parameters are options that you can set for Confluence macros to control the content or format of the macro output. The table below lists parameters for this macro that can be set in the Macro Browser.

Parameter

Default

Description

Alias
(alias)

None

The text to display as the hyperlinked text. If you do not supply an alias, Confluence will display the page name.

Examples

To jump to a page in the 'MYSPACE' space, displaying the page name as the linked text:

{spacejump:MYSPACE}

To jump to a page in the 'MYSPACE' space, displaying 'another version of this page' as the linked text:

{spacejump:MYSPACE|alias=another version of this page}

More Information

What happens if there is no page with the same name in the target space?

For the space jump to work, the target space must contain a page with the same name as the page that renders the {spacejump} macro. If the target space does not contain such a page, you will see a broken link. Confluence handles this in its usual manner: the link is coloured red. If you click the link, Confluence offers to create the page for you.

Can I use the Space Jump macro in any space?

Yes. You can use the Space Jump macro in any space, even if that space is not currently using the Documentation theme. Provided that the Documentation theme plugin and its components are installed and enabled on your Confluence site, the Space Jump macro is available in any space.

RELATED TOPICS

Configuring the Documentation Theme
Working with Macros

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