Improving the user experience of code blocks @peduarte
Pedro Duarte posts about how to highlight various blocks of code in a program:
I’ve been exploring ways to improve the user experience of code blocks.
I’ve been spending a lot of time writing documentation for the Modulz products. Specifically for Stitches and Radix. And I wanted more than just pretty colors.
This was my wishlist:
Syntax highlight
Apply multiple themes
Highlight specific lines
Highlight specific words
Interact with the content
Make specific words link to other pages
Show line numbers
Make it collapsible/expandable
Render a preview
In this post, I’ll share with you how I built a custom code block component.
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