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How To Create A Drop Down In Confluence

Updated on:
June 5, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to add a collapsible dropdown section in Confluence.

Quick summary

The Confluence Expand macro lets you create a collapsible dropdown section that hides content until a reader clicks to reveal it. Using the /expand slash command, you can add a titled dropdown to any Confluence page in under a minute.


Steps

  1. In the Confluence page editor, type /expand and select "Expand" from the dropdown menu that appears.
  2. In the Title field, enter the label you want readers to see when the section is collapsed.
  3. In the body of the Expand macro, add the content you want hidden until the section is expanded.
  4. Click Publish or Update to save the page and make your dropdown live.

📌 Why this matters

The Confluence Expand macro solves a common documentation problem: pages cluttered with information that not every reader needs at once. By creating collapsible dropdown sections, teams can keep Confluence pages clean and scannable while still surfacing detailed content on demand. This is especially valuable for long runbooks, onboarding guides, and FAQs where progressive disclosure improves readability. Learning to use the Expand macro helps any Confluence user deliver better-structured, more navigable team documentation.
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