Formatting a compact code block in Confluenc - formatting

Question

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_filesystem
In the above link wiki generates a "compact" inline code block, that is, the block stops at the last letter of the code instead of the whole line.
Is there a way to achieve this effect in confluence wiki?

Answer 1

OOTB, the only way to do this is with monospace text, but you don't get the background and border.
On Confluence Cloud, you have no other option.
If you are on Confluence Server, you could add a new user macro:
## Macro Name: decorate-inline-code
## Macro Title: Decorate Inline Code
## Macro has a body: N
## Body processing: n/a
## Output: HTML
##
## Developed by: David Simpson
## Date created: 2016-12-08
## Installed by: Your Name
## Simple user macro to decorate inline `<code>hello world</code>` blocks with a border & background color
## This should not decorate any `<pre><code>:(</code></pre> blocks
## #noparams
<style>
#content code:not([class]) { #* ignores <code> in the code macro *#
background: #fafafa;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 1px 4px;
}
</style>
This user macro can be added to the page once.
It finds all <code> blocks on a page and decorates them with a background and border
It ignores <code> in the code macro