Prism Syntax Highlighter

ProcessWire Prism JS Syntax Highlighter

A module to parse given HTML and syntax-highlight code elements using Prism

Changelog

• v2.0.0
  • Improved language parsing logic
  • Prevent 404s from nonexistent files
  • Renamed hookable functions, update your hooks accordingly. See below for more information.

Features

• Support for 120 languages
• Very lightweight, core weights 2KB minified & gzipped.
• Customizable. Specify your own CSS, or use one of 8 default themes
• Hookable. Use hooks to specify your own custom CSS, and JS
• Plugin support. You can use all available plugins that come with Prism JS.

Installation

• Add module to /site/modules/ and then install.
  Or go to Modules > Install > Add New and use any of the options provided to to install.

• Create a text/textarea field and pick Prism Syntax Highlighter from Details > Text Formatters.

  Protip: This module parses HTML markup, so it should come after HTML parsers such as Markdown textformatters.

• Add code elements within the field content with language-xxxx classes. Or pick a default language from configuration page if you are unable to specify the classes.

• Select any plugins you want. To use some plugins, extra classes are required. See plugin documentation.

• Install these recommended modules for the best experience:

  • Parsedown Extra module to render Markdown Extra into HTML. You can also set custom attributes for each element unlike vanilla Markdown.

Customization

• Go to module configuration to specify:
• Auto inclusion of highlighters for parsed languages
• Default language for inline code elements or ones without language-xxxx classes.
• Ability to use minified/non-minified component and parser files
• Plugins
• Themes
• Custom JS and CSS for configuration / theming
• Ability to use hooks to specify custom CSS and JS

Hooks

Hook into TextformatterPrism::getCss and TextformatterPrism::getJs in your ready.php file.

• $event->arguments includes two arguments, first one $languages an array of parsed language names, second $plugins an array of picked plugin names. To include your own JS/CSS mutate $event->return.

// specify custom CSS
wire()->addHookAfter('TextformatterPrism::getCss', function (HookEvent $event) {
    $css = $event->return;
    $css[] = '/path/to/custom.css'
    // return an array of urls
    $event->return = $css;
});

// Specify custom JS
wire()->addHookAfter('TextformatterPrism::getJs', function (HookEvent $event) {
    $js = $event->return;
    $js[] = '/path/to/custom.js'
    // return an array of urls
    $event->return = $js;
});