Confluence Numbered Headings

I share here a solution to have numbered headings in Confluence,

Problem description

Confluence does not offer a built-in capability to number headings i.e. Headings are by default without numbers. 

You can manually add numbers in the heading text but the numbering is not automatic, like you are used to for example in Microsoft Word.

Solution

See javascript - How can I get automatically numbered headings in confluence? - Stack Overflow

The solution is based on some javascript that is packed as a bookmarket.

Setup

Copy Javascript

https://gist.github.com/tdalon/6149f8baeed97a0206e7753ff59ec8d5

Create Bookmarklet

• Go to https://mrcoles.com/bookmarklet/ 
• Paste the code from step before
• Rename it
• Install Bookmarklet
• Drag and Drop for example to your Bookmarks Side bar

Usage

In Confluence in Edit mode.

Click on the Bookmarklet

You can make the Bookmarklet easily accessible by toggling the side panel in Chrome and display Bookmarks.

For quick access, I put the Bookmarklets on the top level of the Bookmarks.

Alternatively, you could use the Bookmarks Bar but I have it hidden by default to spare space.

It will provide numbers to the Headings

It will also update the numbering. You need to rerun the script to update the numbering.

You can undo it in the Editor by example using Ctrl+Z

Next steps

I would like to implement this functionality in a Chrome Confluence Extension (that would also includes advanced search capability). See here.