We’re excited to have you on board in the beta launch of the new Layout Editor!
Our new what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor lets you see your design come to life in real time as you build. You’re now able able to add, drag, edit, resize, and design content directly in the user-facing view of your page.
Access the Layout Editor
All Refined Pages, Jira Projects, and Confluence Spaces that you add in the Site Builder get their own page on your Refined site. You can edit these pages with the Layout Editor.
On your Refined site, go to the page that you want to edit.
In the top-right of the page, click the … (Three dots) > Edit page.
Switch between editors
It’s possible to switch back and forth between editors.
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Note that your users see the most recently published version of the page, regardless of the editor it was made in. Save a new layout as a draft if you don’t want it published yet. A draft in the legacy editor is not available in the new editor, and vice versa.
Content and structure
Modules are your page’s building blocks. Use them to:
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You can easily switch up your design by dragging and dropping modules, sections and rows around.
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Add a module
To add a module, simply hover your mouse over a spot in the layout and click the button that appears.
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Add a section or row
Sections and rows act as containers for modules and help you organise your page. To create a new section or row:
Hover your mouse over an existing section.
Click the + Section button or + Row button that appears below the section.
Edit a module
Click a module to see its menu, which appears on the right-hand side.
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Variable | Shows | Works on |
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$username | The user’s username. | All content types |
$userfullname | The user’s full name. | All content types |
$userfirstname | The user’s first name. | All content types |
$sitename | The site’s name. | All content types |
$siteid | The site’s ID. | All content types |
$servicedeskname | The service desk’s name. | JSM portals |
$servicedeskid | The service desk’s ID. | JSM portals |
$pagename | The Refined Page’s name. | Refined Pages |
$pagekey | The Refined Page’s key. | Refined Pages |
$spacekeys | A list of the space keys that belong to this page’s child pages. | Refined Pages |
$projectname | The Jira project name. | Jira project |
$projectids | A list of Jira project IDs, including the current page and its child pages. | Jira project |
$projectkey | The Jira project key. | Jira project |
$projectid | The Jira Project ID. | Jira project |
$spacename | The Confluence space name. | Confluence space |
$spacekey | The Confluence space key. | Confluence space |
Edit a section
Hover your mouse over a section to see its menu, which appears on the top right-hand side.
Click the Lock to set the section’s View Permissions.
Click the Cogwheel to edit the section’s settings: see the table below.
Click the Two pages to duplicate the section.
Click the Bin to delete the section.
Click the Arrows to move the section up or down in the layout. Alternatively, you can rearrange sections by dragging and dropping them.
Setting | Description |
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Background | Choose which type of background to add.
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Spacing | Set the amount of space between sections. This setting also applies to the space between a section and the page’s top or bottom.
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Edit a row
Hover your mouse over a row to edit it.
On the row’s left-hand side, a menu appears:
Click the Lock to set the row’s View Permissions.
Click the Cogwheel to edit the row’s settings: see the table below.
Click the Pages to duplicate the row.
Click the Bin to delete the row.
Click the Arrows to move the row up or down within the section. Alternatively, you can rearrange rows by dragging and dropping them within the current section or into another section.
On the row’s top, a series of buttons appears that let you decide on the amount of columns.
To change the width of a column, click and drag the column’s border.
Setting | Description |
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Spacing | Set the amount of space between rows.
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Height | Set the height of the modules within this row.
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Module alignment | Align modules to the top, middle or bottom of the row. |
View Permissions
Use View Permissions to decide who gets to see a certain section or row in your layout. By showing different users and user groups only what’s relevant to them, they can have experiences on-page.
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You can also set View Permissions on a site-level: learn more in the Refined for Confluence Cloud documentation. |
Publish a layout or save it as draft
The green round icon with a checkmark shows that the layout you are currently working on is saved as a draft. Click the Publish layout button to make the layout visible on your site, or click the downward arrow next it for more options:
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Restore, export, or delete a previous layout version
Go to the version history overview to restore, export, or delete a previous layout version:
Go to the left-hand menu (accessible through the three-line icon).
Click Version history.
Hover your mouse over a version and click the … (three dots) that appear.
Export the current layout version
If you want to reuse a layout, you can export it and import it to another page. Go to the left-hand menu (accessible through the three-line icon) and click Export/Import layout.
Import a layout
Go to the left-hand menu (accessible through the three-line icon) and click Export/Import layout.
Keyboard shortcuts
To make page-building fast and easy, the Layout Editor features keyboard shortcuts.
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