XWiki Syntax Guide

Last modified by superadmin on 2021/12/30 14:33

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	Categories	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
wikimacrocontent	WikiMacro Content	Development	Display editable content of a wikimacro.	Global
mention	User Mention	Notifications	Insert a user mention.	Current Wiki
example	Example	Formatting	Shows an example and its source code.	Current Wiki
async	Async macro	Content	Execute asynchronously and/or cache the macro content.	Global
spaceindex	Space Index	Deprecated	Lists the pages 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
attachmentGalleryPicker	Attachment Picker	Development	Grid based attachment picker.	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
section	Section		A macro to enclose columned text	Global
messageSender	Message Sender	Social	A control that allows users to enter messages that are handled by the MessageStream module.	Current Wiki
column	Column		declares a column in a columned section	Global
children	Children	Navigation	Displays a tree of children pages of the current page	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 page	Global
pdftoc	PDF Table of Contents	Internal	Generates the table of contents for the PDF export.	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	Page Tree	Navigation	Displays the tree of XWiki pages.	Current Wiki
template	Template	Development	Insert a template.	Global
notificationsAutoWatchPreferences	Notifications Auto Watch Preferences	Notifications	Display the preferences of the current user about auto watched pages.	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
youtube	YouTube	Content	Securely embed a YouTube video through https iframe. This prevents breaking HTML5 video compatibilty.	Current Wiki
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
uiextension	UI Extension	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 to fill with gadgets.	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
attachmentSelector	Attachment Selector	Development	A control to be used for object properties of the current page that are supposed to contain the name of an attachment from the current (or target) page. Allows uploading new attachments, and deleting attachments from the target page. If no target page is specified, the current page will be used. Object properties are only saved to the current page.	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
xslt	xslt		XSLT Macro help to transform XML document with XSLT style-sheet. Macro is able to retrieve XML document or style sheet from attachment or URL XML document or else style sheet could be the content of the macro. Parameters could be pass to the XSLT style-sheet.	Global
documents	Pages	Content	Displays a list of pages 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	Display notifications about events happened on the wiki.	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

In XWiki Syntax 2.1 HTML or XHTML must be entered by using the HTML macro.

XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result
{{html}}<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>{{/html}}	HTML

Scripts

2.0 Scripts

XWiki supports several scripting languages.

Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1
Velocity script	{{velocity}} #set ($var = "whatever") {{/velocity}}
Groovy script	{{groovy}} def var = "whatever" {{/groovy}}

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Created by superadmin on 2021/12/30 14:33