Excerpt Include macro - "Remove Surrounding Panel" setting not persisted

[Joe Rattz]

In the settings for the Excerpt Include macro, If I check the "Remove Surrounding Panel" checkbox and click the Save button, the setting is not persisted.  I can click the edit icon on the macro immediately after saving the settings and when the Edit 'Excerpt Include' Macro dialog opens, the checkbox is not still checked.

[Dominic Lagger · Accepted solution]

Hi @Joe Rattz 

I tested it and yes, I can confirm that this down't work.

A quick search and I found the bug in the jira backlog: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68395

You can vote for this issue by clicking "This affects my team".

This issue is in the long term backlog, so don't expect the fix soon.

Regards,

Dominic

[Pascal]

The bug was logged in november but I found a reference to the problem from 3 months earlier.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/quot-Remove-Surrounding-Panel-quot-does-not-work/qaq-p/1149989

[Joe Rattz]

Just discovered if I check that checkbox on the macro creation that it seems to work.

[Torsten Mohrin]

Thanks!!! This saved my life.

[Pascal]

Since bugs take so long to fix, Atlassian should think of way to automatically notify users of known bugs of the feature that they're trying to use.

Come to think of it: if you manage to build a generic system to do that, you could build a business around it :)

[Marlene Kegel - codefortynine]

Thank you for sharing this!

[Lori Hyrup]

Thanks. This got me to where I needed to be.

[Dave Liao]

This workaround still applies as of March 2021. 😅

[Targo Holsting]

Also in April 2021

[peter.bettens]

To repeat the workaround:

1. Delete the Excerpt Include macro.
2. Enter it again and tick the checkbox during creation.
   
   

[Anne_Smith]

Just checking the check-box on an already created excerpt include did not work for me. I had to delete my original excerpt include, recreate it, check the checkbox, insert.  Then it worked.