The default code blocks in rendered markdown have massive indentations on every new line.
How can I reduce this amount to make it look more like, say, "2 spaces". That's the setting I have in my editor
#Reduce indentation amount in rendered code blocks
slender sigil
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Hi @slender sigil. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
Astro uses the @astrojs/markdoc integration for handling Markdown content. By default, any content that is indented by four spaces is treated as a code block. However, you can modify this behavior by enabling the ignoreIndentation option in your Astro configuration file. This option disables the indent-based code blocks and modifies several other markdown-it parsing rules that account for indent-based code blocks.
Here's how you can enable the ignoreIndentation option:
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import markdoc from '@astrojs/markdoc';
export default defineConfig({
// ...
integrations: [markdoc({ ignoreIndentation: true })],
});
This configuration will allow you to use arbitrary levels of indentation in your Markdown documents, improving the readability of documents with complex structure.
Please note that this configuration doesn't directly set the indentation to "2 spaces", but it allows you to control the indentation level manually in your Markdown files.
For more information, you can refer to the Astro documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/markdoc/#ignoreindentation).
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slender sigil
@hybrid kettle this sounds like it's only for Markdoc files, which is not what I'm using. What is the option for Markdown files
hybrid kettleBOT
Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books:
I'm sorry for the confusion, but the provided knowledge sources do not include specific information on how to adjust the indentation of code blocks within Markdown files in Astro. The default behavior for Markdown is to treat any indented content as a code block, but there's no built-in way to adjust the indentation level.
However, you can control the appearance of your code blocks using CSS in your Astro or HTML files. For example, you can target the pre or code HTML elements that are generated for Markdown code blocks and adjust their padding or text-indent properties.
Here's a basic example:
pre, code {
padding-left: 2ch;
}
This will apply a left padding of 2 character widths to all code blocks. Adjust the value as needed to achieve the desired indentation level.