How to add a Multi Selection list using Confluence Templates

[Craig_Harley]

Hi all,

i'm creating a template in Confluence and wanted to know if there is any way to create a list where someone could select 1 to many items that is input following selection as a comma separated list.

Taking this a step further, the items in the list should be url links to other Confluence pages

[Igor Kosarev · Accepted solution]

Hi @Craig_Harley 

You can achieve this with the Dropdown Select macro from Simple Toolkit for Confluence. It supports multi-select directly on your Confluence pages, so you can pick several values instead of just one.

Worth noting: it’s designed for selecting values only — you can’t turn those options into links. If you’d like to see that feature, feel free to write to the plugin support team at Simple Toolkit customer portal and describe your use case — if it’s technically feasible, it can be developed and added in a future update.

[Roma Bubyakin _Wombats Corp_]

Hello @Craig_Harley 

Let me clarify the requirements.

Input: the list of comma-separated Confluence URLs

Output: rendered list of checkboxes followed by the appropriate links

Question: What is the behavior of the checkboxes? Should it have some special logic besides check/uncheck in the page view mode?

Regards,
Roman

[Laura Campbell_Seibert]

I think you will need an app for that, and I'm not sure the drop down list macros will be able to convert the choices into a comma separate list. Is there any way to collect the information you need through a Jira issue? Multi-select fields would be easier to set up with Jira, but of course that depends on your full use case.

[Kristian Klima]

Hi @Craig_Harley 

Would the Action item macro work for you?

[Craig_Harley]

thanks for the response, but it does need to be in the format of a comma separated list

URL1, URL3, URL6 ....

[Kristian Klima]

The closest thing I can think of would be placing the individual renditions into a table

or can try searching the Marketplace to see if there's an app for this usecase.

[Craig_Harley]

thanks Kristian, think I may need to find an app