How to format an inline code in Confluence

Question

How can I format an inline code in Confluence like this  I mean  not a separate code block  but just inline classname  for example

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You could ask your fiendly Confluence administrator to create a macro for you. Here is an example of a macro for Confluence 3.x

Macro Name:    inlinecode
Macro Title:   Markup text like stackoverflow inline code
Categories:    Formatting
Macro Body Processing: Convert wiki markup to HTML
Output Format: HTML
Template:

## Macro title: Inline Code
## Macro has a body: Y
## Body processing: Convert wiki markup to HTML
## Output: HTML
##
## Developed by: My Name
## Date created: dd/mm/yyyy
## Installed by: My Name
## This makes the body text look like inline code markup from stackoverflow
## @noparams
<span style="padding: 1px 5px 1px 5px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, Lucida Console, Liberation Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Courier New, monospace, serif; background-color: #eeeeee;">$body</span>

Then users can use {inlinecode}like this{inlinecode}

You could also use the {html} or {style} macros if they are installed or add this style to the stylesheet for your space.

While you are at it ask your Confluence admin to create a kbd macro for you. Same as the above, except Macro name is kbd and Template is:

<span style="padding: 0.1em 0.6em;border: 1px solid #ccc; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #333;  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),0 0 0 2px #ffffff inset; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),0 0 0 2px #ffffff inset; box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),0 0 0 2px #ffffff inset; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: inline-block; margin: 0 0.1em; text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff; line-height: 1.4; white-space: nowrap; ">$body</span>

Then you can write documentation to tell users to hit the F1 and Enter keys.

User · Answer

At the time of this writing  I found that neither   string   nor    string    work  My control panel only had the code block button    However  there was a shortcut listed for fixed-width formatting  Ctrl Shift M   I poked around in the menus but was not able to find out what version is being served to us

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Surround your inline text with         Caveats    You have to hit the spacebar after    You can t copy inline preformatted text and maintain it s look  If you do copy it you might not be able to add       to fix it  Just retype it or paste without formatting  Cmd   8984  Shift V on Mac  then add       and hit space  If you add the       to existing text later  it can not be surrounded by other characters  e g  if you want parenthesis around your preformatted text  you cannot fix  my text  by adding braces    my text     First add space around your text   my text   then add the

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The easiest way I ve found to do this is to write in markdown right from the start of the line  Press Ctrl D  shortcut for opening the markup input dialog  and type markdown  The normal wiki editor doesn t seem to be very good for precise formatting  It doesn t seem to know much about character styles and only knows paragraph styles

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If you have WinWord  you can copy what you need into that  touch up the results  and then paste that into Confluence  I ve found that easier than the other solutions here

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In Confluence 5 4 2 you can add surround your inline code with  lt code gt  lt  code gt  tags in the source editor thusly   Confluence will show  lt code gt this inline code lt  code gt  in a fixed font     This can be useful where there are many fragments to modify since the double-brace feature only works when adding text interactively in the Confluence editor

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To format code in-line within your text  use the     character to surround your code   Usually located to the left of the  1  key on your keyboard   Example    printf  Hello World       Same delimiter as Stack Exchange

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By default Confluence renders monospaced text with transparent background  You can edit global CSS to add grey color  From Confluence manual    Choose the cog icon at top right of the screen  then choose Confluence Admin  Choose Stylesheet  Choose Edit  Paste your custom CSS into the text field  Choose Save     Custom CSS for displaying grey background in monospaced blocks   code       padding  1px 5px 1px 5px       font-family  Consolas  Menlo  Monaco  Lucida Console  Liberation Mono  DejaVu Sans Mono  Bitstream Vera Sans Mono  Courier New  monospace  serif      background-color   eeeeee      If you re using Confluence OnDemand  cloud     Click the cog gear in the bottom of the sidebar on the left Select Look and Feel Click the Sidebar  Header and Footer tab Paste your custom CSS into the Header field Wrap the code in a  style  block Save   Paste the following    style  code       padding  1px 5px 1px 5px       font-family  Consolas  Menlo  Monaco  Lucida Console  Liberation Mono  DejaVu Sans Mono  Bitstream Vera Sans Mono  Courier New  monospace  serif      background-color   eeeeee     style    After that you ll get nice and tidy stackoverflow-stylish inline code spans just by writing   sometext

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To insert inline monospace font in Confluence  surround the text in double curly-braces   This is an   example     If you re using Confluence 4 x or higher  you can also just select the   Preformatted  option from the paragraph style menu  Please note that will apply to the entire line   Full reference here

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I use a combination of Zelphir and Peter Gluck s answers  i e     Mac-speak  Click COMMAND   SHIFT   D Select Markdown in the dropdown of the model pop-up Surround your text with the code tag - i e   lt code gt bovvered lt  code gt  Click INSERT

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Easiest way for me is to Insert Markup     Then in text box type the text between curly braces   It will insert the formatted text in a new line but you can copy it anywhere  even inline

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If you want to insert a large code block with optional line numbers  etc use the Code Macro  available under Macros -  Other

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As of Confluence 4 and above  typing two curly brackets does not work   You now need to select Monospace font  Highlight the text you want to change and   Windows  Ctrl   Shift   M  Mac  Command   Shift   M  Alternatively  you can type a backtick     and Confluence will format everything until you type another backtick  Alternatively  next to the bold and italic options  you can click the  more  drop down and select Monospace

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I found formatting with colors a bit trickier as Confluence  5 6 3  is very fussy about spaces around the   monospace   blocks

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All of these other answers certainly sound like good ideas and I would recommend using them first  but I will go ahead and add one more to the list for completeness  sake   You could simply use the html macro and then paste your content wrapped in  lt pre gt   lt  pre gt  tags

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