#metalsmith-headingsidentifier

A Metalsmith plugin to add an id + anchor to all headings on a page. Ideal for permalinks.

Based on code and idea by remy sharp.
Extracted from majodev.github.io.

As part the my note "Extracting libs from a node.js project: Publishing my metalsmith plugins".

Installation

npm install --save metalsmith-headingsidentifier

Usage

var Metalsmith = require("metalsmith");
var headingsidentifier = require("metalsmith-headingsidentifier");


Metalsmith(__dirname)
  // html files are available (e.g. state when markdown was compiled)
  .use(headingsidentifier())
  // ...

Should also work in similar fashion with the metalsmith.json counterpart.

Options

headingsidentifier accepts an hash to provide a few customization options.

linkTemplate (optional)

String: Template of the anchor link (in %s the automatically generated id will be inserted) that will be prepended in the headings
default: <a class="heading-anchor" href="#%s"><span></span></a>

allow (optional)

String: A simple way to limit this plugin to only run on files that have the provided metakey set.
default: undefined

Full example with options set

Here's how to use this customized with extra css styles.

metalsmith config

Example: Prepend an anchor with the class myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass on all headings, but within files that have the fileMetaKeyHeadingsAllowed property set.

var Metalsmith = require("metalsmith");
var headingsidentifier = require("metalsmith-headingsidentifier");


Metalsmith(__dirname)
  // html files are available (e.g. state when markdown was compiled)
  .use(headingsidentifier({
    linkTemplate: "<a class="myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass" href="#%s"><span></span></a>",
    allow: "fileMetaKeyHeadingsAllowed"
  }))
  // ...

css config

Example: Style the links by using the myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass.

.myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass {
  height: 20px;
  width: 20px;
  display: block;
  padding-right: 6px;
  padding-left: 30px;
  margin-left: -30px;
  cursor: pointer;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  text-decoration: none;
  height: 100%;
  background: transparent;
  color: #444;
  vertical-align: middle;
}
.myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass:hover {
  color: #444;
}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { 
  position: relative; 
}

h1:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before,
h2:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before,
h3:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before,
h4:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before,
h5:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before,
h6:hover .myCustomHeadingsAnchorClass span:before {
  content: "¶";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0px;
  top: 0px;
  bottom: 0px;
}

Example look

Problems?

File an issue or fork 'n' fix and send a pull request.

License

(c) 2014 Mario Ranftl
MIT License