XWiki Syntax Guide

Last modified by Thomas Mortagne on 2018/10/30 11:10

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

Radeox macros cannot be used in XWiki Syntax 2.1. Thus they have been rewritten as Rendering macros.

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
wikimacrocontent	WikiMacro Content	Development	Display editable content of a wikimacro.	Global
watchlist	Watchlist	Content	Show the content of your current watchlist.	Current Wiki
async	Async	Content	Asynchronous and cached execution of wiki content.	Global
spaceindex	Space Index	Deprecated	Lists documents in a space.	Current Wiki
figureCaption	Figure Caption	Development	Provide a figure caption when used inside the Figure macro.	Global
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
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
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
pdftoc	PDF Table of Contents	Internal	Generates the table of contents for the PDF export.	Global
jira	JIRA	Content	Fetches information from a JIRA server and displays them as a table, list or enumeration.	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
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
tagcloud	Tag Cloud	Content	Displays the cloud of tags in this wiki or in the specified space, if any.	Current Wiki
notificationsEmailPreferences	Notifications Email Preferences	Notifications	Display the preferences of the current user about notification emails.	Current Wiki
activity	Activity (legacy)	Notifications	Provide a macro implemented with the Notifications Application to keep a backward compatibility with Activity Stream.	Current Wiki
comment	Comment	Development	Allows putting comments in the source content. This macro doesn't output anything.	Global
python	Python	Development	Executes a python script.	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
displayIcon	Icon	Content	Display an icon.	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
uiextensions	UI Extensions	Development	Insert UI extensions.	Global
dashboard	Dashboard	Layout	A macro to define a dashboard.	Global
figure	Figure	Development	Tag content as an illustration and with an optional caption.	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 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
figureTypeRecognizer	Figure Type Recognizer	Internal	Internal macro used to recognize the type of a figure.	Global
documents	Documents	Content	Displays a list of documents in a Livetable	Current Wiki
notificationsFiltersPreferences	Notifications Filters Preferences	Notifications	Display the preferences of the current user about notification filters.	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
include	Include	Content	Include other pages into the current page.	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

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}}<b>bold</b>{{/html}}	bold

In XWiki Syntax 2.1, by default the HTML macro does not understands XWiki Syntax (other macros included since it's XWiki Syntax too). To enable it, use {{html wiki="true"}} .

Scripts

2.0 Scripts

In XWiki Syntax 1.0 it was possible to enter Velocity scripts anywhere directly in the page. This lead to issues for example when the user was involuntarily entering Velocity content. It was also performance hungry for pages not requiring Velocity content. There were several other technical limitations. Thus in XWiki Syntax 2.1 Velocity scripts must be entered using the velocity macro. Same goes for entering Groovy scripts.

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