What happened to 'code block' in new page editor

[alan.gordon]

Started a new page and was told I need to use the new format. I am doing so but now wasting a lot of time trying to find where 'code block' went. Does anyone know how to insert a code block in new page editor system?

Thanks. 

[alan.gordon]

Continuing on this theme of 'code block' going away, I am now worried about the hundreds of  pages I have that use 'code block.'  Once this feature is no longer supported, will I still be able to edit those pages and their 'code blocks' in the future?

[Darryl St_ Pierre]

@alan.gordon ,

When the "old" editor goes away, the current Code Block macro will convert to the new Code Snippet.

From the Atlassian page Confluence Cloud Editor Roadmap  :

This macro was removed from the new editor and replaced with the Code Snippet command (type /code). Conversion removes the Code Block macro, moves the text into a Code snippet, and allows you to choose the appropriate language.

Darryl

[Kok Wai, Leong]

Remove the old code block macro is the worst decision ever. The recent code block macro is useless. If you compare the theme formatting, the old one is obviously better than the new one.

[Jason H]

You can also create a code block using three back ticks:

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[Ben Forbes]

Thanks Jason, but per Alan's concerns, the three back ticks creates a "Code snippet" and not the old "Code block" that allowed customisation.

EDIT: Maybe you can shed some light on what it takes to get features into the new Confluence editor? The JIRA ticket says "Gathering interest", but otherwise people just have no idea what is happening behind the scenes in the Atlassian development team.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66437

[Jason H]

Ah, I see.

[Shawn Connelly]

Hi Ben,

Get the free, better code macro. It works with the new editor and is significantly better than the regressed code snippit nonsense.

Is anything actually superior with the new editor? Is Atlassian punking us?

[Ben Forbes]

Thanks Shawn, looks good.

[Darryl St_ Pierre]

Great to know this is available @Shawn Connelly !

[alan.gordon]

I just tried on a new page and the "Better Code Block" does not show up! How is it enabled?

[Kok Wai, Leong]

Hi @Shawn Connelly , can you share how can we enabled the "Better Code Block" option? I can't see the option when creating a new page.

[Ben Forbes]

In the editor toolbar, you should see a Plus symbol with a down arrow. The "Code snippet" option is there. Alternatively, in the editor, start typing forward slash "/" and then "code" and it will show inline.

[alan.gordon]

Thanks for your quick response, and I did try to use Code Snipit but it is so much inferior to Code Block it is not even a consideration!   You must have at the very least these missing features restored before considering using it:

1) Collapsible container

2) Header / Title

3) Free formatting text without line numbers

[Ben Forbes]

There's a lot of functionality regressions in the new editor. Hopefully they have a plan to deal with these but based on their responses to other issues on JIRA, they don't really listen to user feedback. Here's the relevant JIRA issue:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66437

[Michael Nielsen]

"They don't really listen to user feedback"

Understatement of the year.