Different link color depending on where a link leads to

[Aline Brünger]

Is it possible to create a macro in the on-demand-version of Confluence which evaluates the destination of a link (in my case, a specific sub-space) and assigns a specific color to it accordingly?

[Steffen Heller · Accepted solution]

I don't know about on-demand or macros but in the end you will have to do it with CSS.

For this you can work with the href attribute. The following would make a link green if it goes to a URL starting with /your-sub-space/:

a[href^="/your-sub-space/"] {
color: green;
}

[Aline Brünger]

Thanks a lot, Steffen, this is really helpful!

[Aleš Laňar]

Hello Aline,

You can create user macro, for that you insert URL (or space key) and Link text. And then via IF set color of link.Something like that:

## @param Key:title=Space key|type=enum|enumValues=KEY1,KEY2,KEY3|desc=URL of space
## @param LinkText:title=Link text|type=string|desc=Text for showed link

#set($color="orange")

#if ($paramKey == "KEY1" )
  #set ($color="#d04437")
#end
#if ($paramKey == "KEY2" )
  #set ($color="#ddd")
#end

<a href="yourwiki.com/display/$paramKey" style="color:$color !important;">$paramLinkText</a>

Result will be that you will have a link with colors which are defined in section if.

But you have to update it manually when somebody create a new space. The first set of color virable is default set (when you insert a key, which isnt in IF rules).

[Aline Brünger]

Thank you very much, Aleš!