Box Macro

Last modified by Admin on 2024/10/30 00:21

cogRender wiki content in a graphical box which can contain a title and an image
TypeJAR
Category
Developed by

XWiki Development Team

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LicenseGNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
Bundled With

XWiki Standard

Installable with the Extension Manager

Description

Usage

See example below

Parameters definition

NameOptionalAllowed valuesDefault valueDescription
cssClassyesa stringnoneA custom HTML class parameter value to use when rendering the Box. The XHTML renderer for example uses it on the surrounding SPAN (in case the box is used inline) or on the surrounding DIV (in case the box is used standalone). This allows you to provide CSS to style the box according to your needs. Example: cssClass="mybox".
titleyesa stringnoneThe title which is to be displayed in the message box (ordinary text or Wiki 2.0 syntax).
imageyesa stringnoneThe image which is to be displayed in the message box (absolute URL)
widthyesa stringnoneThe width of the box, the supported format is the one defined by CSS width attribute

Example

{{box title="==Quick breakfast== " image="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2894738978_ca0d3afd07_t_d.jpg"}}
* cheese
* omelet
* milk
{{/box}}

Result

breakfast.png

Messages

The message macro and all its descendants (Info, Success, Warning, Error) rely on this macro.
XWiki 16.7+  All the message macros now contain a different icon and a style that is a bit more polished than a default box.
messageMacrosComparison.png

Prerequisites & Installation Instructions

We recommend using the Extension Manager to install this extension (Make sure that the text "Installable with the Extension Manager" is displayed at the top right location on this page to know if this extension can be installed with the Extension Manager).

You can also use the manual method which involves dropping the JAR file and all its dependencies into the WEB-INF/lib folder and restarting XWiki.

Dependencies

Dependencies for this extension (org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-macro-box 16.9.0):

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