<code-sample>

A wrapper element for highlight.js

A themeable sample code snippet that uses highlight.js for syntax highlighting.
Forget to worry about spaces, indentation, HTML entities, etc.

<code-sample>
  <template>
    <div class="some-class">
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor…</p>
    </div>
  </template>
</code-sample>

Installation

1. Install the component using Npm:

$ npm i -S @kuscamara/code-sample

1. Import Web Components loader (optional):

<script src="node_modules/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-loader.js"></script>

1. Import the component:

<script type="module" src="node_modules/@kuscamara/code-sample/code-sample.js"></script>

Usage

The code to highlight must be provided inside a <template> tag.

<code-sample>
  <template>
    <p>your code here...</p>
  </template>
</code-sample>

Used inside a custom element

When used inside a custom element you'll need to add the attribute preserve-content to the inner template to prevent Polymer to process the template's content.

<code-sample>
  <template preserve-content>
    <p>your code here...</p>
  </template>
</code-sample>

Used inside a tagged template literal

When used inside a tagged template literal (Polymer or LitElement html function), you should escape any template string (${expression}) to prevent it from being evaluated getting an error.

class SomeElement extends PolymerElement {
  static get template() {
    return html`
      <code-sample type="js">
        <template preserve-content>
          export class Example extends ExampleBase {
            static get template() {
              return html\`
                <p>\${super.template}</p>
              \`;
            }
          }
        </template>
      </code-sample>
    `;
  }
}

Render the code inside the template

To render the code inside the template, use the boolean attribute render.

<code-sample render>
  <template>
    <my-custom-element></my-custom-element>
  </template>
</code-sample>

Copy to clipboard

To display a copy to clipboard button, use the boolean attribute copy-clipboard-button:

<code-sample copy-clipboard-button>
  <template>
    <p>your code here...</p>
  </template>
</code-sample>

Language types

The type attribute specifies the language of the sample code (eg.: html, css, js) and is not needed most of the time because it's automatically set. You can use it when your code sample language is not properly detected.

<code-sample type="css">
  <template>
    .some-class {
      @apply --my-mixin;
    }
  </template>
</code-sample>

Exception: for the case of tagged template literals, you may need to set the type attribute to js, jsx or javascript to prevent the code being formatted as HTML.

<code-sample type="js">
  <template>
    class MyElement extends PolymerElement {
      static get template() {
        return html`
          <style>
            :host {
              display: block;
            }
          </style> 
          <p>Hello world!</p>
        `;
      }
    }
  </template>
</code-sample>

Themes

The component includes 8 themes. One Dark is imported as the default theme. To use another theme, import it and set as the theme property.

Example:

<script type="module">
  import { oneLight } from '../node_modules/@kuscamara/code-sample/theme/atom-one-light.js';
  document.querySelector('code-sample').theme = oneLight;
</script> 

Available themes

• atom-one-ligth.js as oneLight
• default.js as defaultTheme
• github.js as github
• one-dark.js as oneDark
• solarized-dark.js as solarizedDark
• solarized-light.js as solarizedLight
• kustom-light.js as kustomLight
• kustom-dark.js as kustomDark

More themes

You can use your own theme by adding one of the available themes for hightlight.js in a shared style. The shared style should be exported as a tagged template literal.

Example:

import { html } from '../../../@polymer/lit-element/lit-element.js';
 
export const myOwnTheme = html`
<style>
/* your own styles */
</style>`;

Languages included in the highlightjs pack included with the component:

• CSS
• HTTP
• JavaScript
• Bash
• CoffeScript
• JSON
• Markdown
• HTML, XML

highlightjs version: v9.12.0

Styling

The following custom CSS properties are available for styling:

Custom property	Description	Default
--code-sample-font-family	font-family applied to <pre> and <code> elements	Operator Mono, Inconsolata, Roboto Mono, monaco, consolas, monospace
--code-sample-font-size	font-size applied to <pre> and <code> elements	14px
--code-sample-demo-padding	padding applied to the container of the rendered code	0 0 20px
--code-sample-demo	empty mixin applied to the container of the rendered code	{}
--code-sample-code-container	empty mixin applied to code container	{}
--code-sample-code-container-hover	empty mixin applied to code container on :hover	{}
--code-sample-code-container-hover-button	empty mixin applied to the copy to clipboard button when the code container on :hover	{}
--code-sample-copy-clipboard-button	empty mixin applied to the copy to clipboard button	{}

Included themes contain custom CSS properties to set the background and text color.
You may need to add these CSS properties to your own themes.

Custom property	Description	Default
--code-sample-background	code background color	Depends on the theme
--code-sample-color	code text color	Depends on the theme