How to change the text size on Confluence pages

Confluence has no reader setting for text size: Compact mode and the Small text style are set by the page’s author, per page or per paragraph. The Text size for Confluence template adds a Text control to every page’s byline that sets the size and line spacing of page text for you, on every page, in your own browser.

Steps

1. In Skins Studio, open Explore, pick Text size for Confluence and click Create App.
2. On a Confluence page, open the Skins side panel from the browser toolbar. The skin is listed under On this page.
3. Switch it on. The page reloads with a Text control in the byline, next to the author and reading time.
4. Click A− or A+ to change the size, and Normal or Compact to change the line spacing.

What you get

• A Text control in the byline of every page, next to the author and reading time.
• A− and A+ buttons that set the text size from 11 to 20 px, 16 px by default.
• Normal and Compact line spacing.
• The size applies to paragraphs, lists and tables on every page, including pages you didn’t write.
• Headings, the sidebar and the rest of Confluence stay as they are, unlike with browser zoom.

Limits

• It changes what you see, not the page. Others see the page as written, and exports and PDFs keep the page’s own text size.
• Headings keep their sizes.
• It doesn’t give writers font sizes for individual words; it is a reading setting.
• Your choice applies to all pages, not one page at a time.

Other options

• Compact mode: a page-level setting, shipped in February 2026, that the page’s author turns on. Smaller text and tighter lines for everyone reading that page.
• Small text style: a text style, rolling out since June 2026, that applies to a whole paragraph.
• Browser zoom: scales everything, including the sidebar and headings.
• Marketplace apps: formatting apps on the Atlassian Marketplace.
• Ask Atlassian: vote on the ticket. Its status is Gathering Interest.