Enable TikZ

TikZ is the only language disabled out of the box, because rendering it means running a full TeX engine. That is heavier than every other renderer here, and most sites never need it.

If your site writes papers, theses or scientific documentation, turn it on.


#When you would change this

  • Scientific, mathematical or academic documentation.

  • Teams already writing LaTeX who want the figures in Confluence.

  • Publication-quality figures that nothing else here can produce.


#What you can set

Setting

What it does

Where

Site settings, alongside the other language toggles.

Who

A Confluence administrator.

Effect

TikZ appears in the editor picker for everyone on the site.


#A few things that catch people out

  • TikZ renders more slowly than anything else. Expect a noticeable wait on complex figures.

  • Errors come from TeX, so they read like TeX errors rather than diagram errors.

  • The language page has worked examples and the useful libraries. See Reference.



Set it once, in the right place.