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Markdown

Control for rendering text in markdown format.

Examples

Live example

python/controls/information-displays/markdown/markdown-basic.py
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Markdown with code syntax highlight

Source code

Properties

Automatically open URLs in the document. Default is False. If registered, on_tap_link event is fired after that.

Where to open URL in the web mode

Value is of type UrlTarget and defaults to UrlTarget.SELF.

code_style_sheet

The styles to use when displaying the code blocks.

Value is of type MarkdownStyleSheet.

code_theme

A syntax highlighting theme for code blocks.

Value is of type MarkdownCodeTheme and defaults to MarkdownCodeTheme.GITHUB.

extension_set

The extensions to use when rendering the markdown content.

Value is of type MarkdownExtensionSet and defaults to MarkdownExtensionSet.NONE.

fit_content

Whether to allow the widget to fit the child content.

Value is of type bool and defaults to True.

img_error_content

The Control to display when an image fails to load.

md_style_sheet

The styles to use when displaying the markdown.

Value is of type MarkdownStyleSheet.

selectable

Whether rendered text is selectable or not.

shrink_wrap

Whether the extent of the scroll view in the scroll direction should be determined by the contents being viewed.

Value is of type bool and defaults to True.

soft_line_break

The soft line break is used to identify the spaces at the end of aline of text and the leading spaces in the immediately following the line of text.

Value is of type bool and defaults to False.

value

Markdown content to render.

Events

Fires when a link within Markdown document is clicked/tapped. data property of event contains URL.

The following example opens markdown URLs in a new window:

python/controls/information-displays/markdown/markdown-event-example.py
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on_selection_change

Fires when the text selection changes.

Event handler argument is of type MarkdownSelectionChangeEvent.

on_tap_text

Fires when some text is clicked/tapped.