gatsby-remark-widows

Automatically adds a non-breaking space between the last 2 words in a text node parsed by gatsby-transformer-remark. This ensures there isn't a "widow", or single word left at the end of a wrapped sentance/paragraph.

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit Lorem irure aliquip magna labore quivelit officia aliquip deserunt aliqua. Aute tempor fugiat nisiadipisicing et aliquip sint minim cupidatat elit consequatet.

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit Lorem irure aliquip magna labore quivelit officia aliquip deserunt aliqua. Aute tempor fugiat nisiadipisicing et aliquip sint minim cupidatat elitconsequat et.

Install

npm install --save gatsby-remark-widows

Currently uses \u00a0 to insert a space so you don't need to use dangerouslySetInnerHTML.
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Warning: This currently effects every text node. You can limit by word count via the options.

How to use

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `gatsby-transformer-remark`,
    options: {
      // Probably best to place after other plugins
      plugins: [`gatsby-remark-widows`],
    },
  },
];

Options

You may set some options to configure which text nodes are processed by their word count. Defaults to minLength: 4

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  {
    resolve: `gatsby-transformer-remark`,
    options: {
      plugins: [
        {
          resolve: 'gatsby-remark-widows',
          options: {
            minLength: 4, // default
            maxLength: null, // default
          },
        },
      ],
    },
  },
];

Todo

• [ ] Add more options
• [ ] Add tests