rehype plugin which wraps headings and their descendants in nested <section>
elements and applies slugged anchor links
to them.
- What is this?
- When should I use this?
- Demo
- Install
- Use
- API
unified().use(rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize, options?)
- Types
- Security
- License
This package is a unified (rehype) plugin to wrap headings and their descendants in nested <section>
elements and apply slugged anchor links
to them.
unified is a project that transforms content with abstract syntax trees (ASTs). rehype adds support for HTML to unified. vfile is the virtual file interface used in unified. hast is the HTML AST that rehype uses.
This is a rehype plugin that inspects and transforms hast.
The plugin tries to minimize the configuration effort and complexity by combining the following already existing similar plugin approaches:
sectionize
orsection
section-headings
heading-anchor
autolink-headings
slug
It is useful if you want to use IntersectionObserver
or similar to observe changes in the intersection of a target element with an ancestor.
Inspect the DOM tree and heading elements on any of my Blog posts.
This package is ESM only. In Node.js (version 16+), install with npm:
npm install rehype-slug-anchor-sectionize
In Deno, with esm.sh:
import rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize from 'https://esm.sh/rehype-slug-anchor-sectionize'
In browsers, with esm.sh:
<script type="module">
import rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize from 'https://esm.sh/rehype-slug-anchor-sectionize?bundle'
</script>
Say our module example.js
looks as follows:
import { unified } from 'unified'
import remarkParse from 'remark-parse'
import remarkRehype from 'remark-rehype'
import rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize from 'rehype-slug-anchor-sectionize'
import rehypeStringify from 'rehype-stringify'
const file = await unified()
.use(remarkParse)
.use(remarkRehype)
.use(rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize)
.use(rehypeStringify).process(`## Heading 2.1
Paragraph 1
## Heading 2.2
### Heading 3.1
Paragraph 3
## Heading 2.3
Paragraph 4`)
console.log(value)
…now running node example.js
yields HTML Output::
<section id="heading-21-section">
<h2 id="heading-21" role="presentation">
<a href="#heading-21" class="heading-anchor">
<button type="button" class="heading-anchor__btn">#</button>
</a>
<span role="heading" aria-level="2">Heading 2.1</span>
</h2>
<p>Paragraph 1</p>
</section>
<section id="heading-22-section">
<h2 id="heading-22" role="presentation">
<a href="#heading-22" class="heading-anchor">
<button type="button" class="heading-anchor__btn">#</button>
</a>
<span role="heading" aria-level="2">Heading 2.2</span>
</h2>
<p>Paragraph 2</p>
<section id="heading-31-section">
<h3 id="heading-31" role="presentation">
<a href="#heading-31" class="heading-anchor">
<button type="button" class="heading-anchor__btn">#</button>
</a>
<span role="heading" aria-level="3">Heading 3.1</span>
</h3>
<p>Paragraph 3</p>
</section>
</section>
<section id="heading-23-section">
<h2 id="heading-23" role="presentation">
<a href="#heading-23" class="heading-anchor">
<button type="button" class="heading-anchor__btn">#</button>
</a>
<span role="heading" aria-level="2">Heading 2.3</span>
</h2>
<p>Paragraph 4</p>
</section>
The following styles should be added as minimal setup.
h2 a[class="heading-anchor"],
h3 a[class="heading-anchor"] {
margin-left: -2rem;
}
.heading-anchor__btn {
all: unset; /** replace with buttom reset */
width: 2rem;
opacity: 0;
color: #eee;
}
h2:hover a[class="heading-anchor"] .heading-anchor__btn,
h3:hover a[class="heading-anchor"] .heading-anchor__btn {
opacity: 1;
cursor: pointer;
}
You can change the class names by providing a custom property
for the element class attributes.
This package exports no identifiers.
The default export is rehypeSlugAnchorSectionize
.
- Wraps headings and their descendants in
<section>
elements. - In addition it applies slugged anchor-id's to the
<section>
and heading elements.
Configuration (optional).
The heading level depth to sectionize. (number
, default: 3
).
The wrapper Element tagName
. (string
, default: section
).
The wrapper Element properties
. (Element['properties']
, default: undefined
).
Adds an additive at end of the wrappers id. (string
, default: -section
).
The link Element properties
. (Element['properties']
, default: { className: 'heading-anchor' }
).
The button Element properties
. (Element['properties']
, default: { className: 'heading-anchor__btn' }
).
This package is fully typed with TypeScript.
The additional type RehypeSlugAnchorSectionizeOptions
is exported.
As improper use of HTML can open you up to a [cross-site scripting (XSS)][xss]
attacks, use of rehype can also be unsafe.
Use [rehype-sanitize
][rehype-sanitize] to make the tree safe.
Use of rehype plugins could also open you up to other attacks. Carefully assess each plugin and the risks involved in using them.