UML for Confluence Cloud enables to add various charts in UML syntax into a Confluence page with no extra work by typing /uml and insert an UML code block using a special syntax defined by the PlantUML Project.
Get Started
- Install UML for Confluence Cloud in your instance.
- Within you Confluent page editor type /uml to activate the plugin.
Sometimes, it takes a while for the shortcut to get activated. You need to use insert (+) to add the plugin yourself
3. Type 3 backticks (```) to enable code block so that you can format the UML code easily.
4. Type or paste UML text to the code block.
5. Click at pencil icon to preview the diagram
6. Publish your page once done
Learn about the UML syntax
The plugin can be used to generate all kind of PlantUML diagrams. In order to create a specific diagram, you can follow the link to learn about the UML syntax:
- Sequence Diagram
- Use Case Diagram
- Class Diagram
- Activity Diagram
- Component Diagram
- State Diagram
- Object Diagram
- And more charts
PlantUML syntax support many feature to help you easily to customize your diagrams including:
You can use specify fill and line colors either:
- with its standard name
- using HEX value
#AABBCC - using short HEX value
#ABC
You can change colors and font of the drawing using the skinparam command.
A Sprite is a small graphic element that can be used in diagrams.
In PlantUML, sprites are monochrome and can have either 4, 8 or 16 gray level.
To define a sprite, you have to use a hexadecimal digit between 0 and F per pixel.
Then you can use the sprite using <$XXX> where XXX is the name of the sprite.
A light Creole engine has been integrated into PlantUML to have a standardized way of defining text style.
All diagrams are now supporting this syntax.
Note that ascending compatibility with HTML syntax is preserved.
