Confluence dynamicContentMacro - Is it possible to open custom editor upon macro add

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I need to trigger the macro editor to open when a macro is inserted in a page. Is it possible to programatically open the editor.

I can open a dialog when the macro is added, but the problem is that I can’t call AP.confluence.saveMacroData(x,y) unless I am in the editor.

It looks like other addons; e.g. gliffy and draw.io manage to achieve this, but I am completely stumped.

window.onload = () => {
    AP.context.getContext((ctxt) => {
        var isPreviewMode = ctxt.confluence.macro.outputType == 'preview';
        if (isPreviewMode) {
            AP.confluence.getMacroData((data) => {
                if (!data["UNIQUE_ID"]) {
                    console.log(`we're in preview mode and HAVE NOT been edited`);
                    // HELP ME - I WANT TO OPEN THE EDITOR SO I CAN CREATE AN ID
                }
                else {
                    console.log(`we're in preview mode and HAVE been edited before so have an ID`, data["ws-diagram-id"]);
                    displayPreview = true;
                }
            });
        }
    });
}
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Hi @GeoffBullen ,

I suspect the trick is to declare a general page and open it in a dialog. I created a rather ugly, but minimal demo of this which you can view at https://glitch.com/edit/#!/dx-full-page-macro-editor-app?path=connect.json%3A1%3A0 and install locally with https://dx-full-page-macro-editor-app.glitch.me/connect.json.

      AP.dialog.create({
        key: 'fullpage-editor',
        width: '1000%',
        height: '100%',
        chrom: true
      });

Regards,
Dugald

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Thanks a lot @dmorrow,

I still have the same issue that I can’t save macro data outside of the editor. I modified your example a little to illustrate the problem:

What I continue to see is in your example that data I set in edit mode is persisted and that set in full-screen-edit is not (i.e. from the general page).

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Hi @GeoffBullen ,

I’m worried my first response might be taking us into anti-pattern territory so I’ve reached out to the Confluence Ecosystem team for their advice.

Regards,
Dugald

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Ah @dmorrow

This helped me

If you add a mandatory parameter - the editor opens and I can call saveMacro

Thanks for your help and very quick responses…

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Hi @GeoffBullen

Thanks for the solution. I wasn’t aware that specifying a mandatory parameter results in the editor opening by default. I don’t see this documented so I’ve followed up by creating CONFCLOUD-72009 to address this and other gaps in our documentation.

Regards,
Dugald

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Yes, some more doco around all the intricacies of saving and retrieving macro data and body would certainly have been a time saver.

It takes a lot of trial and error for a confluence addon noob :smiley:

Thanks again @dmorrow

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