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XWiki Syntax 2.1 » Programming

## XWiki Syntax 2.1: Programming

## Macros

### 2.0 Macros

There is only one kind of macro in XWiki Syntax 2.1, which is called by the syntax: {{macroname param1="value1" ... paramN="valueN"}}...{{/macroname}}. For macros without content there's a short notation: {{macroname param1="value1" ... paramN="valueN"/}}

Feature | XWiki Syntax 2.1 | Result
--- | --- | ---
Rendering Macro with a content |
    {{code language="java"}}
    System.out.println("Hello World!");
    {{/code}}
| System.out.println("Hello World!");
Rendering Macro without content | {{include reference="Space.Page"/}} | The referenced page is included in the current page

For the full list of available macros check the Extensions wiki.

#### Macros in this wiki

Id | Name | Category | Description | Visibility
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
toc | Table Of Contents | Navigation | Generates a Table Of Contents. | Global
iconPicker | Icon Picker | Development | Select an icon within the XWiki icon set. | Current Wiki
formula | Formula | Content | Displays a mathematical formula. | Global
wikimacrocontent | WikiMacro Content | Development | Display editable content of a wikimacro. | Global
mention | User Mention | Notifications | Inserts a user mention. | Current Wiki
example | Example | Formatting | Shows an example and its source code. | Current Wiki
async | Async | Content | Asynchronous and cached execution of wiki content. | Global
spaceindex | Space Index | Deprecated | Lists documents in a space. | Global
box | Box | Formatting | Draw a box around provided content. | Global
spaces | Spaces | Deprecated | Displays all the spaces in this wiki. | Global
error | Error Message | Formatting | Displays an error message note. | Global
attachmentGalleryPicker | Attachment Picker |  | Grid based attachment picker. | Global
warning | Warning Message | Formatting | Displays a warning message note. | Global
messageSender | Message Sender | Social | A control that allows users to enter messages that are handled by the MessageStream module. | Global
children | Children | Navigation | Displays a tree of children pages of the current page | Current Wiki
display | Display | Content | Display other pages into the current page. | Global
translation | Translation | Content | Display a translation message. | Global
context | Context | Development | Executes content in the context of the passed document | Global
info | Info Message | Formatting | Displays an info message note. | Global
tree | Tree | Navigation | Displays a tree hierarchy defined by the macro content or the source parameter. | Current Wiki
liveData | Live Data | Content | Display dynamic lists of data. | Global
rss | RSS | Content | Output latest feed entries from a RSS feed. | Global
success | Success Message | Formatting | Displays a success message note. | Global
documentTree | Document Tree | Navigation | Displays the tree of XWiki documents. | Current Wiki
template | Template | Development | Insert a template. | Global
notificationsAutoWatchPreferences | Notifications Auto Watch Preferences | Notifications |  | Current Wiki
chart | Chart | Content | Displays a graphical chart generated from miscellaneous data sources | Global
container | Container | Layout | A macro to enclose multiple groups and add decoration, such as layout. | Global
notificationsEmailPreferences | Notifications Email Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification emails. | Current Wiki
tagcloud | Tag Cloud | Content | Displays the cloud of tags in this wiki or in the specified space, if any. | Current Wiki
activity | Activity (legacy) | Notifications | Provide a macro implemented with the Notifications Application to keep a backward compatibility with Activity Stream. | Current Wiki
python | Python | Development | Executes a python script. | Global
comment | Comment | Development | Allows putting comments in the source content. This macro doesn't output anything. | Global
html | HTML | Development | Inserts HTML or XHTML code into the page. | Global
content | Content | Content | Allows writing content in any wiki markup | Global
script | Script | Development | Execute script in provided script language. | Global
useravatar | User Avatar | Content | Allows displaying the avatar for a specific user. | Global
office | Office Document Viewer | Content | View office attachments (doc, ppt, xls, odt, odp, ods etc.) inside wiki pages without downloading or importing them. | Global
gallery | Gallery | Layout | Displays the images found in the provided content using a slide-show view. | Global
uiextension | UI Extensions | Development | Insert a UI extension. | Global
notificationsSystemFiltersPreferences | Notifications System Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about system notification filters. | Current Wiki
uiextensions | UI Extensions | Development | Insert UI extensions. | Global
dashboard | Dashboard | Layout | A macro to define a dashboard. | Global
putFootnotes | Put Footnote | Content | Displays the footnotes defined so far. If missing, all footnotes are displayed by default at the end of the page. | Global
attachmentSelector | Attachment Selector | Development | A control to be used for object properties of the current document that are supposed to contain the name of an attachment from the current (or target) document. Allows uploading new attachments, and deleting attachments from the target document. If no target document is specified, the current document will be used. Object properties are only saved to the current document. | Current Wiki
notificationsApplicationsPreferences | Notifications Applications Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification applications. | Current Wiki
cache | Cache | Development | Caches content. | Global
menu | Menu | Navigation | Displays a menu created using simple wiki syntax (nested lists and links). | Global
notificationsCustomFiltersPreferences | Notifications Custom Filters Preferences | Notifications | Display the preferences of the given user about custom notification filters. | Current Wiki
documents | Documents | Content | Displays a list of documents in a Livetable | Current Wiki
notificationsFiltersPreferences | Notifications Filters Preferences (deprecated) | Notifications | Display the preferences of the current user about notification filters. This macro is now deprecated in favor of Custom Notifications Filters Preferences or System Notifications Filters Preferences. | Current Wiki
notifications | Notifications | Notifications |  | Current Wiki
velocity | Velocity | Development | Executes a Velocity script. | Global
publicationworkflow | Publication Workflow |  | Displays publication process (publish / moderate ...) for workflow resources | Current Wiki
wikimacroparameter | WikiMacro Parameter | Development | Display editable parameter of a wikimacro. | Global
groovy | Groovy | Development | Execute a groovy script. | Global
footnote | Footnote | Content | Generates a footnote to display at the end of the page. | Global
code | Code | Formatting | Highlights code snippets of various programming languages | Global
id | Id | Navigation | Allows putting a reference/location in a page. In HTML for example this is called an Anchor. It allows pointing to that location, for example in links. | Global
include | Include | Content | Include other pages into the current page. | Global

## HTML

### 2.0 HTML

In XWiki Syntax 2.1 HTML or XHTML must be entered by using the HTML macro.

XWiki Syntax 2.1 | Result
--- | ---
{{html}}<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>{{/html}} | HTML

## Scripts

### 2.0 Scripts

XWiki supports several scripting languages.

Feature | XWiki Syntax 2.1
--- | ---
Velocity script |
    {{velocity}}
    #set ($var = "whatever")
    {{/velocity}}
Groovy script |
    {{groovy}}
    def var = "whatever"
    {{/groovy}}

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