XWiki Syntax

General

Introduction

Introduction

1.0 Introduction

The XWiki Syntax 1.0 was the first attempt to implement a Wiki-style Syntax in XWiki. It had some limitations and some formatting can only be achieved by inserting raw HTML. We recommend using the newer syntaxes; XWiki Syntax 1.0 is only supported for backwards compatibility.

In addition to the XWiki-specific syntaxes we've also changed our underlying rendering engine in XWiki 1.7 (was Radeox previously) in favor of our own engine which is superset wrapper around Wikimodel and Doxia (and possibly others in the future). This has allowed us to provide other syntaxes in the wiki: MediaWiki, Confluence, JSPWiki, Creole, TWiki and more.

2.0 Introduction

Starting with XWiki 1.7 we've introduced a new wiki syntax. We've named the old syntax the XWiki Syntax 1.0 and the new syntax was logically called the XWiki Syntax 2.0. The main reasons for introducing the new syntax were:

• Fix the limitations and ambiguities of the XWiki 1.0 syntax (which was inspired by both Radeox - the underlying rendering engine - and TWiki).
  • Not optimal symbols. For example the symbol for bold was single stars. This was causing trouble when users were entering text containing stars since that text was mistakenly considered to be bold when it wasn't. Hence we've rationalized the syntax by using at least double characters everywhere. 
  • Ambiguities. For example there was an ambiguity between a bold item starting a line and a bullet list. Resolving the ambiguities was required in order to rewrite the WYSIWYG editor so that it could be deterministic.
• Be closer to the Creole 1.0 syntax which is becoming a standard for wiki syntax. In addition the Creole community has taken the time to analyze all the existing wiki syntaxes before deciding on symbols. The choices made are thus very good.

In addition to these XWiki-specific syntaxes we've also changed our underlying rendering engine (was Radeox previously) in favor of our own engine which is superset wrapper around Wikimodel and Doxia (and possibly others in the future). This has allowed us to provide other syntaxes in the wiki: MediaWiki, Confluence, JSPWiki, Creole, TWiki and more.

2.1 Introduction

The XWiki Syntax 2.0 has proven to be quite useful and robust in general; however since its introduction a few shortcomings have been found. The corresponding improvements have been consolidated in XWiki Syntax 2.1. Some new features of this syntax are:

• Homogenize the link and image syntax for better clarity, consistency and extensibility.
• Added ability to display icons, to embed images via the Data URI scheme, to link to files using the UNC notation and to link to relative URLs.

General Remarks

General Remarks

2.0 General Remarks

XWiki Syntax  corrects some errors or ambiguous syntax entered by the user as shown in the examples in the table below.

Other Syntaxes

Other Syntaxes

1.0 Other Syntaxes

Other syntaxes are also available.

Editing

Paragraphs

Paragraphs

1.0 Paragraphs

Paragraphs are text elements separated by 2 or more new lines.

2.0 Paragraphs

Paragraphs are text elements separated by 2 or more new lines.

Headings

Headings

1.0 Headings

2.0 Headings

= level 1 = 
== level 2 ==
=== level 3 ===
==== level 4 ====
===== level 5 =====
====== level 6 ======

Text Formatting

Text Formatting

1.0 Text Formatting

2.0 Text Formatting

Horizontal Line

Horizontal Line

1.0 Horizontal Line

2.0 Horizontal Line

(% style="border-color:blue" %)
----

Lists

Lists

1.0 Lists

* item 1
** item 2
*** item 3
* item 4

1. item 1
11. item 2
111. item 3
1. item 4

1. item 1
1*. item 2
1*. item 3
1. item 4

- item 1
- item 2

a. item 1
a. item 2

A. item 1
A. item 2

i. item 1
i. item 2

I. item 1
I. item 2

g. item 1
g. item 2

G. item 1
G. item 2

h. item 1
h. item 2

H. item 1
H. item 2

k. item 1
k. item 2

K. item 1
K. item 2

<ul style="list-style-type: armenian">
  <li>item 1</li>
  <li>item 2</li>
</ul>

j. item 1
j. item 2

<ul style="list-style-type: georgian">
  <li>item 1</li>
  <li>item 2</li>
</ul>

<ul style="list-style-type: cjk-ideographic">
  <li>item 1</li>
  <li>item 2</li>
</ul>

2.0 Lists

* item 1
** item 2
*** item 3
* item 4

1. item 1
11. item 2
111. item 3
1. item 4

1. item 1
1*. item 2
1*. item 3
1. item 4

(% style="list-style-type: square" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: disc" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: lower-alpha" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: upper-alpha" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: lower-roman" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: upper-roman" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: lower-greek" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: upper-greek" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: hiragana" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: hiragana-iroha" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: katakana" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: katakana-iroha" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: armenian" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: hebrew" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: georgian" %)
* item 1
* item 2

(% style="list-style-type: cjk-ideographic" %)
* item 1
* item 2

Definition Lists

Definition Lists

1.0 Definition Lists

<dl>
  <dt>term</dt>
  <dd>definition</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
  <dt>term 1</dt>
  <dd>definition 1
    <dl>
      <dt>term 2</dt>
      <dd>definition 2</dd>
    </dl>
  </dd>
</dl>

<dl style="color:blue">
  <dt>term</dt>
  <dd>definition</dd>
</dl>

2.0 Definition Lists

; term
: definition

; term 1
: definition 1
:; term 2
:: definition 2

(% style="color:blue" %)
; term
: definition

New Line/Line Breaks

Links

Links

1.0 Links

Feature	XWiki Syntax 1.0	Result
Link to a page in the current Space	[WebHome]	Web Home
Link with a label	[label>WebHome]	label
Link with XWiki Syntax in the label	<a href="$xwiki.getURL("WebHome")"><strong>bold label</strong></a>	bold label
Link to a page with the space specified	[Main.WebHome]	Web Home
Link to a subwiki	[subwiki:Main.WebHome]	Web Home
Link that opens in a new window	[label>WebHome>_blank]	label
Link to a URL directly in the text	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org
Link to a URL	[https://xwiki.org]	https://xwiki.org
Link to a URL with a label	[XWiki>https://xwiki.org]	XWiki
Link to an email address	[john@smith.net>mailto:john@smith.net]	john@smith.net
Image Link	<a href="$xwiki.getURL("Space1.Page1")">{image:img.png|document=Space2.Page2}</a>
Image Link with image parameters	<a href="$xwiki.getURL("Space1.Page1")">{image:img.png|document=Space2.Page2|width=26|height=26}</a>
Link to an attachment on the current page	InformationSee Attach Macro for details {attach:text|file=img.png}	text
Link to an attachment in a different page	InformationSee Attach Macro for details {attach:text|document=Space.Page|file=img.png}	text
Link to an Anchor in a page	[label>Space.Page#anchor]	label
Link to a Heading in a page	[label>Space.Page#HMyheading]	label

XWiki Syntax 1.0 Link Specification

The full format of a link is [label {> or |}] (resource) [@interWikiAlias] [{> or |} target]

• label: An optional string which will be displayed to the user as the link name when rendered. Example: My Page
• resource: The full link reference using the following syntax: (reference) [?queryString] [#anchor]
  • reference: The link reference. This can be either
    • A URI in the form protocol:path (examples: http://xwiki.org, mailto:john@smith.com), or
    • A wiki page reference in the form [[wikiName:] spaceNameList.] (pageName). Examples: WebHome, Main.WebHome, mywiki:Main.WebHome
      • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The link will point to a page inside that wiki. Example: mywiki
      • spaceNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki Space names. If no space is specified the current space is used. Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
      • pageName: A required string containing the name of the linked wiki page. Example: WebHome
  • queryString: An optional query string for specifying parameters that will be used in the rendered URL. Example: mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello
  • anchor: An optional anchor name pointing to an anchor defined in the referenced link. Note that in XWiki anchors are automatically created for headings. Example: HTableOfContents
• interWikiAlias: An optional Inter Wiki alias as defined in the InterWiki Map (see the Admin Guide). This is only valid for wiki page names. Example: wikipedia
• target: An optional string corresponding to the Hhttps://TML target attribute for a HTML A link element. This element is used when rendering the link. It defaults to opening the link in the current window. Examples: _self, _blank

2.0 Links

Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.0	Result
Link to a page in the current Space	[[WebHome]]	XWiki
Link with a label	[[label>>WebHome]] InformationXWiki Syntax is supported inside link labels.	label
Link with XWiki Syntax in the label	[[**bold label**>>WebHome]]	bold label
Link to a page with the space specified	[[Main.WebHome]]	Main
Link to a subwiki	[[subwiki:Main.WebHome]]	Main
Link that opens in a new window	[[label>>WebHome||target="_blank"]]	label
Link to a URL directly in the text	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org
Link to a URL	[[https://xwiki.org]]	https://xwiki.org
Link to a URL with a label	[[XWiki>>https://xwiki.org]]	XWiki
Link to an email address	[[john@smith.net>>mailto:john@smith.net]]	john@smith.net
Image Link	[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png>>Space1.Page1]]
Image Link with image parameters	[[[[image:Space2.Page2@img.png||width="26" height="26"]]>>Space1.Page1]]
Link to an attachment on the current page	[[text>>attach:img.png]]	text
Link to an attachment in a different page	[[text>>attach:Space.Page@img.png]]	text
Link to an Anchor in a page	[[label>>Space.Page#anchor]]	label
Link to a Heading in a page	[[label>>Space.Page#HMyheading]]	label
Link to an Anchor in the current page	[[label>>#anchor]]	label

XWiki Syntax 2.0 Link Specification

The full format of a link is [label>>] (resource) [@interWikiAlias] [||parameters]

• label: An optional string which will be displayed to the user as the link name when rendered. The label may contain XWiki Syntax. If no label is specified a default label will be generated. The generation pattern can be changed, see the Admin Guide. Example: My Page
• resource: The full link reference using the following syntax: (reference) [?queryString] [#anchor]
  • reference: The link reference in one of the following forms:
    • URL: Any URL in the form of protocol://path. Examples: http://xwiki.org, https://svn.xwiki.org/
    • Wiki page reference in the form [[wikiName:] spaceNameList.] (pageName). Examples: WebHome, Main.WebHome, mywiki:Main.WebHome
      • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The link will point to a page inside that wiki. Example: mywiki
      • spaceNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki Space names. If no space is specified the current space is used. Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
      • pageName: A required string containing the name of the linked wiki page. Example: WebHome
    • Attachment reference in the form attach: [wikiPageName@] (attachmentName). Examples: attach:img.png, attach:mywiki:Main.WebHome@img.png
      • attach: A required string identifying the resource as attachment.
      • wikiPageName: An optional string referencing the page that holds the attachment, see "Wiki page" above.
      • attachmentName: Name of the attachment as it is stored in the wiki.
    • Email address in the form mailto: (emailAddress) (#anchor is not valid). Example: mailto:john@smith.com
      • mailto: A required string identifying the resource as email.
      • emailAddress: Targeted email address. Example: "john@smith.com"
  • queryString: An optional query string for specifying parameters that will be used in the rendered URL. Example: mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello
  • anchor: An optional anchor name pointing to an anchor defined in the referenced link. Note that in XWiki anchors are automatically created for headings and images. Example: HTableOfContents
• interWikiAlias: An optional Inter Wiki alias as defined in the InterWiki Map (see the Admin Guide). This is only valid for wiki page names. Example: wikipedia
• parameters: An optional list of parameters passed to the link. Example: target="_blank" (open in new window)

2.1 Links

Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result
Absolute link to page PageB located in PageA	[[PageA.PageB]]	PageB
Relative link to page PageA from the current page	[[PageA]] or [[.PageA]]	PageA
Relative link to page PageB in PageA from the current page	[[.PageA.PageB]]	PageB
Link with a label	[[label>>PageA]] Information XWiki Syntax is supported inside link labels.	label
Link with wiki syntax in the label	[[**bold label**>>PageA]]	bold label
Link on an image	[[image:PageA@img.png>>PageA]]
Absolute link to page PageB located in PageA in wiki WikiA	[[WikiA:PageA.PageB]]	PageB
Link that opens in a new window	[[PageA||target="_blank"]]	PageA
Implicit link to a URL	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org	This is a URL: https://xwiki.org
Explicit link to a URL	[[https://xwiki.org]]	https://xwiki.org
Explicit link to a URL with a label	[[XWiki>>https://xwiki.org]]	XWiki
Link to an email address	[[john@smith.net>>mailto:john@smith.net]]	john@smith.net
Link to an attachment on the current page	[[attach:img.png]]	img.png
Link to an attachment in a different page	[[attach:PageA.PageB@img.png]]	img.png
Link to an Anchor in a page	[[PageA.PageB||anchor="anchor"]]	PageB
Link to a Heading in a page	[[PageA.PageB||anchor="HMyheading"]] Information When you add a Heading, an anchor named "H" followed by the heading title with only alpha characters is created. For example, for a Heading named "My heading", the generated anchor will be "HMyheading".	PageB
Link to an anchor in the current page	[[label>>||anchor="anchor"]]	label
Link to a page with a query string	[[PageA.PageB||queryString="param1=value1&param2=value2"]]	PageB
Link to the current page with a query string	[[label>>||queryString="param1=value1&param2=value2"]]	label

XWiki Syntax 2.1 Link Specification

The full format of a link is [label>>] (resource) [||parameters]

• label: An optional string which will be displayed to the user as the link name when rendered. The label may contain XWiki Syntax. If no label is specified a default label will be generated. The generation pattern can be changed, see the Admin Guide. Example: My Page
• resource: A required string with the link reference in one of the following forms
  • URL: Any URL in the form of [url:](protocol://path). Examples: http://xwiki.org, url:https://svn.xwiki.org/
    • url: An optional string identifying the resource as an URL.
    • protocol://path: The URL itself
  • Wiki page: A reference in the form page:[(wikiName):](pageNameList). Examples: page:Page, page:myxwiki:Page, page:ParentPage.ChildPage.SubChildPage, page:../SiblingPage, page:./ChildPage
    • page: A required string identifying the resource as an XWiki page. The same reference can be used for either a terminal or non-terminal page, if both exist it will lead to the non-terminal page.
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The link will point to a page inside that  wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki
    • pageNameList: A required list of slash-separated wiki Pages names pointing to the final linked wiki Page syntax. It's also possible to use . and .. to indicate current or parent page/wiki. Examples: Main, A/B, A/B/C, ../Sibling, ./Child
  • Wiki document: A reference in the form [doc:][[(wikiName):](spaceNameList).](documentName). Examples: doc:Welcome, doc:Main.Welcome, doc:mywiki:Main.Welcome, Welcome
    • doc: An optional string identifying the resource as an XWiki terminal page. A non-terminal page can also be referenced this way, but it must append its .WebHome part (e.g. doc:Sandbox.WebHome).
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The link will point to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki.
    • spaceNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki Space names. If no space is specified the current space is used. Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
    • documentName: A required string containing the name of the linked wiki page. Example: Welcome
  • Wiki space: A reference in the form space:[(wikiName):](spaceNameList). Examples: space:Main, space:mywiki:Main, space:A.B.C
    • space: A required string identifying the resource as an XWiki non-terminal page (i.e. a space).
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The link will point to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki
    • spaceNameList: A required list of dot-separated wiki Space names pointing to the final linked wiki Space (or non-terminal page). Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
  • InterWiki page: A reference in the form interwiki:[(interWikiAlias):](pageName). Example: interwiki:wikipedia:XWiki
    • interwiki: A required string identifying the resource as an InterWiki link.
    • interWikiAlias: An optional Inter Wiki alias as defined in the InterWiki Map (see the Admin Guide). Example: wikipedia
    • pageName: A required string containing the name of the linked page. Example: XWiki
  • Attachment: A reference in the form attach:{{{(wikiName):}(spaceNameList).}(pageName)@}(imageName)
    • attach: A required string identifying the reference as an XWiki Document attachment.
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki.
    • spaceNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki Space names. If no space is specified the current space is used. Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
    • pageName: An optional string containing the name of the wiki page to which the referenced image is attached. Example: Welcome
    • attachmentName: Name of the attachment as it is stored in the wiki. Example: photo.png
  • Page Attachment: A reference in the form pageAttach:{{{(wikiName):}(pageNameList)/}(imageName)
    • pageAttach: An required string identifying the reference as an XWiki Page attachment.
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki.
    • pageNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki page names. If no page is specified the current page is used. Examples: Main, A/B, A/B/C
    • attachmentName: Name of the attachment as it is stored in the wiki. Example: photo.png
  • Email address: A reference in the form mailto:(emailAddress) (#anchor is not valid). Example: mailto:john@smith.com
    • mailto: A required string identifying the resource as email.
    • emailAddress: Targeted email address. Example: john@smith.com
  • Relative path: A reference on the server in the form path:(relPath). Example: path:$doc.getURL('reset') produces target address http://server.domain.com/xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page where /xwiki/bin/reset/Space/Page is produced by $doc.getURL('reset').
    • path: A required string identifying the resource as a relative path.
    • relPath: A required string containing the relative path of the resource on the server that shall be linked.
  • UNC (Windows Explorer): A reference in the form unc:(path). The link is rendered as a file:// link. Examples: unc:C:\Windows\, unc:\\myserver\path\img.png, unc:home/user/somefile
    • unc: A required string identifying the resource as a UNC (Windows Explorer) path.
    • path: A required string containing the local path of resource accessible by the user. Examples: C:\Windows\, \\myserver\path\img.png, home/user/somefile
  • Untyped: If none of the above-mentioned resource types are specified (i.e. no type: resource prefix was specified in the link), then the link will be treated as a link to an XWiki terminal or non-terminal page using the following algorithm:
    • Terminal page in the current space, only if it exists. Example: [[A]] is resolved to the equivalent of [[doc:currentSpace.A]]
    • Non-terminal page  in the current space. Example: [[A]] is resolved to the equivalent of [[space:currentSpace.A]], which is the equivalent of [[doc:currentSpace.A.WebHome]]
    • If the current page is non-terminal and the previous 2 checks above did not find an existing page, 2 additional checks are made:
      • Terminal page as sibling in the parent space, only if it exists. Example: The [[B]] link inside the non-terminal page A.C is resolved to the equivalent of [[doc:A.B]]
      • Non-terminal page as sibling in the parent space, regardless if it exists or not. Example: The [[B]] link inside the non-terminal page A.C is resolved to the equivalent of [[space:A.B]], which is the equivalent of [[doc:A.B.WebHome]]
    • Note1 - Absolute links: If the untyped link has 2 or more dot-separated components specified (i.e. that look like a space name and a page name), the above algorithm will resolve the page relative to the current wiki, and not the current space. Example: [[A.B]] can be resolved to either [[doc:currentWiki:A.B]] (if it exists) or to [[space:currentWiki:A.B]] (equivalent of [[doc:currentWiki:A.B.WebHome]]) and not to [[doc:currentWiki:currentSpace.A.B]] or [[doc:currentWiki:currentSpace.A.B.WebHome]].
    • Note2 - Special handling of .WebHome: If the untyped link ends in .WebHome, it will always be handled as a terminal page. Example: [[A.WebHome]] will always be resolved to the equivalent of [[doc:A.WebHome]] and not to [[doc:A.WebHome.WebHome]].
• parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the link. Example: queryString="mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello" anchor="HTableOfContents" target="_blank"
  • queryString: An optional query string for specifying parameters that will be appended to the link target address and used in the rendered URL. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||queryString="mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello" produces target address http://domain.com/path?mydata1=5&mydata2=Hello
  • anchor: An optional anchor name pointing to an anchor defined in the referenced link. Note that in XWiki anchors are automatically created for headings and images. Example: url:http://domain.com/path||anchor="HTableOfContents" produces target address http://domain.com/path#HTableOfContents
  • target: An optional parameter that allows to open link target in new window. Example: target="_blank"

Tables

Tables

1.0 Tables

Allows to easily create content in table format.

{table}
Title 1 | Title 2
Word 1 | Word 2
{table}

$xwiki.ssfx.use("js/xwiki/table/table.css")
$xwiki.jsfx.use("js/xwiki/table/tablefilterNsort.js", true)
<table id="table1id" class="grid sortable filterable doOddEven">
  <tr class="sortHeader">
    <th>Title 1</th>
    <th>Title 2</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Cell 11</td>
   <td>Cell 12</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Cell 21</td>
   <td>Cell 22</td>
  </tr>
</table>

2.0 Tables

Allows to easily create content in table format. Parameters for table, row or cell are also supported in XWiki Syntax .

|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

!=Title 1!=Title 2
!!Word 1!!Word 2

(% style="background-color:red;text-align:center" %)
|=Title 1|=(% style="background-color:yellow" %)Title 2
|Word 1|Word 2

{{velocity}}
$xwiki.ssfx.use("js/xwiki/table/table.css")
$xwiki.jsfx.use("js/xwiki/table/tablefilterNsort.js", true)
{{/velocity}}

(% class="grid sortable filterable doOddEven" id="tableid" %)
(% class="sortHeader" %)|=Title 1|=Title 2
|Cell 11|Cell 12
|Cell 21|Cell 22

Images

Images

1.0 Images

Feature	XWiki Syntax 1.0	Result
Image from attachment on current page	InformationSee Image Macro for details {image:img.png}
Image from attachment on another page	{image:img.png|document=Space.Page}
Image with parameters	{image:img.png|width=25|height=25}
Images located at URL	https://some/url/img.png

2.0 Images

Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.0	Result
Image from attachment on current page	image:img.png
Image from attachment on another page	image:Space.Page@img.png
Image with parameters	[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
Image with caption	[[~[~[XWiki~>~>https://www.xwiki.org~]~] supports captions.>>image:img.png]]
Images located at URL	image:https://some/url/img.png

XWiki Syntax 2.0 Image Specification

The full format of an image is either image: (reference) or [[{caption>>}image: (reference) {||parameters}]]

• caption: An optional caption. May contain arbitrary XWiki 2.0 syntax but nested link syntax must be escaped using ~. The caption is only supported when the image syntax is the only content of a paragraph. The captioned image may also be wrapped in a link. In this case, the link will contain the image but not the caption.
• image: A required string identifying the resource as image.
• reference: The reference to the image that shall be displayed in one of the following forms:
  • URL: Any URL to an image in the form of http://path/imageName. Example: http://domain.org/path/img.png
  • Attachment reference in the form {{{wikiName:} space.} page@} (imageName)
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that wiki. Example: mywiki
    • space: An optional wiki Space name. If no space is specified the current space is used. Example: Main
    • page: An optional string containing the name of the wiki page to which the referenced image is attached. Example: WebHome
    • imageName: A required string containing the name of the image attached to a page as it is stored in the wiki.
• parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the image. Example: width="800" height="600" alt="img.png" title="My nice image"
  • HTML attributes: All attributes defined by the HTML standard will be added to the rendered HTML <img> tag.
    • style: CSS style information that should be applied to the image. Examples: style="float:right;height:50" (image on right side, height 50 px), style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:80%" (image centered, width 80% of block width), style="vertical-align:bottom" (text starts at bottom of picture)
    • height: A parameter that defines the height of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: height="80") or in pixel related to the height of the block containing the image (example: height="40%").
    • width: A parameter that defines the width of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: width="80") or in pixel related to the width of the block containing the image (example: width="40%").
    • title: A parameter that defines the title the displayed image which will be visible when hovering the mouse trigger over the image, for instance. Example: title="My nice image"
    • alt: A parameter that defines which text should be displayed if the browser is not able to display the image. Since this is a required HTML attribute XWiki will use the file name instead if the alt parameter is not defined. Example: alt="img.png"
    • More: A more in depth explanation on the HTML <img> tag including more attributes can be reviewed in the HTML standard.

2.1 Images

Feature	XWiki Syntax 2.1	Result
Image from attachment on current page	image:img.png
Image from attachment on another page	image:PageA.PageB@img.png
Image with parameters	[[image:img.png||width="25" height="25"]]
Image with caption	[[~[~[XWiki~>~>https://www.xwiki.org~]~] supports captions.>>image:img.png]]
Images located at URL	image:https://some/url/img.png
Prepackaged Icons	image:icon:accept

XWiki Syntax 2.1 Image Specification

The full format of an image is either image: (reference) or [[{caption>>}image: (reference) {||parameters}]]

• caption: An optional caption. May contain arbitrary XWiki 2.1 syntax but nested link syntax must be escaped using ~. The caption is only supported when the image syntax is the only content of a paragraph. The captioned image may also be wrapped in a link. In this case, the link will contain the image but not the caption.
• image: A required string identifying the resource as image.
• reference: The reference to the image that shall be displayed in one of the following forms:
  • URL: Any URL to an image in the form of [url:](protocol://path/imageName). Example: http://domain.org/path/img.png
    • url: An optional string identifying the image as an URL.
    • protocol://path/imageName: The URL to the image
  • Attachment: A reference in the form [attach:]{{{(wikiName):}(spaceNameList).}(pageName)@}(imageName)
    • attach: An optional string identifying the reference as an XWiki Document attachment.
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki.
    • spaceNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki Space names. If no space is specified the current space is used. Examples: Main, A.B, A.B.C
    • pageName: An optional string containing the name of the wiki page to which the referenced image is attached. Example: Welcome
    • imageName: A required string containing the name of the image attached to a page as it is stored in the wiki. Example: myImage.png
  • Page Attachment: A reference in the form pageAttach:{{{(wikiName):}(pageNameList)/}(imageName)
    • pageAttach: An required string identifying the reference as an XWiki Page attachment.
    • wikiName: An optional string containing the name of a wiki. The image reference will point to an image attached to a page inside that wiki. If no wiki is specified, the current wiki is used. Example: mywiki.
    • pageNameList: An optional dot-separated list of wiki page names. If no page is specified the current page is used. Examples: Main, A/B, A/B/C
    • imageName: A required string containing the name of the image attached to a page as it is stored in the wiki. Example: myImage.png
  • Icon: A reference in the form icon:(iconName). Example: icon:accept
    • icon: A required string identifying the image reference as an icon from the XWiki Icon Set.
    • iconName: A required string identifying the icon referenced. Example: accept
  • Data URI: A reference in the form (data:)(content). Example: data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
    • data: A required string identifying the image as being specified inline using the Data URI scheme.
    • content: The encoded image. Example: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
• parameters: An optional list of space-separated parameters passed to the image. Example: width="800" height="600" alt="img.png" title="My nice image"
  • HTML attributes: All attributes defined by the HTML standard will be added to the rendered HTML <img> tag.
    • style: CSS style information that should be applied to the image. Examples: style="float:right;height:50" (image on right side, height 50 px), style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:80%" (image centered, width 80% of block width), style="vertical-align:bottom" (text starts at bottom of picture)
    • height: A parameter that defines the height of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: height="80") or in pixel related to the height of the block containing the image (example: height="40%").
    • width: A parameter that defines the width of the displayed image. The value should be presented either in pixel (example: width="80") or in pixel related to the width of the block containing the image (example: width="40%").
    • title: A parameter that defines the title the displayed image which will be visible when hovering the mouse trigger over the image, for instance. Example: title="My nice image"
    • alt: A parameter that defines which text should be displayed if the browser is not able to display the image. Since this is a required HTML attribute XWiki will use the file name instead if the alt parameter is not defined. Example: alt="img.png"
    • More: A more in depth explanation on the HTML <img> tag including more attributes can be reviewed in the HTML standard.
  • queryString: Allows queries to be passed to the server when creating the download link for the referenced image. Example: queryString="width=100&height=800&keepAspectRatio=true" (keepAspectRatio=true will fail if the width and height parameters are specified in addition to queryString!)

Advanced

Verbatim

Verbatim

1.0 Verbatim

Allow to enter content that will not be formatted (in other words the XWiki Syntax will not be taken into account).

multi line
*verbatim*
content

2.0 Verbatim

Allow to enter content that will not be formatted (in other words the XWiki Syntax will not be taken into account).

{{{
multi line
**verbatim**
content
}}}

multi line
**verbatim**
content

Quotations

Quotations

1.0 Quotations

Allows to quote some text.

2.0 Quotations

Allows to quote some text.

> john said this
I said ok

> john said this
>> marie answered that
I said ok

Groups

Groups

2.0 Groups

Groups can be used to insert another document inline directly into the current document. This allows for example to insert complex elements or style inside a list item, inside a table cell or a paragraph. Groups are delimited by the following syntactic elements: (((...))). One Group can contain another Group and there is no limit of imbrication.

|=Header 1|=Header 2|=Header 3
|Cell One|(((
= Embedded document =

Some embedded paragraph.

* list item one
* list item two
  ** sub-item 1
  ** sub-item 2
))) | Cell Three

Next paragraph in the top-level document

(% class="myClass" style="color:blue" %)(((blue paragraphs

inside myClass)))

Escapes

Escapes

1.0 Escapes

Allows to escape XWiki Syntax.

2.0 Escapes

Allows to escape XWiki Syntax.

Parameters

Parameters

1.0 Parameters

In XWiki Syntax 1.0 there is no syntax for passing parameters and the only way to do it was to write XHTML directly in the content as shown in the table below.

<h1 class="myClass" style="myStyle" id="myId">heading</h1>

<h1 class="myClass" style="myStyle" id="myId">heading</h1>

2.0 Parameters

With XWiki Syntax  it's possible to pass parameters to the different syntax elements and also to blocks of text. This is used for example to style them. You can set any parameter key/value pair you want. The XHTML renderer will pass these parameters as XHTML attributes to the underlying XHTML representation of the different syntax elements.

(% class="myClass" style="myStyle" id="myId" %)
= heading =

<h1 class="myClass" style="myStyle" id="myId">heading</h1>

Programming

Macros

Macros

1.0 Macros

There are two kinds of macros in XWiki Syntax 1.0:

• Velocity macros (called using the #macroname(param1 ... paramN) syntax)
• Radeox macros (called using the {macroname:param1=value1|...|paramN=valueN} syntax)

#info("Some text")

{code:java}
java content
{code}

2.0 Macros

There is only one kind of macro in XWiki Syntax , 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"/}}

{{code language="java"}}
System.out.println("Hello World!");
{{/code}}

Macros in this wiki

HTML

HTML

1.0 HTML

2.0 HTML

Scripts

Scripts

1.0 Scripts

#set ($var = "whatever")

<%
def var = "whatever"
%>

2.0 Scripts

{{velocity}}
#set ($var = "whatever")
{{/velocity}}

{{groovy}}
def var = "whatever"
{{/groovy}}