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Tagged with code-formatting stack-snippets
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Appearance of HTML and CSS snippet is changing when it is indented
Today I was editing this question to change the formatting of its code into a runnable snippet. Once I configured the snippet, Stack Overflow would not let me submit my question because it thought ...
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How do I force Stack Snippets to render as a code block?
Usually, posting blocks of code on Stack Exchange websites is very simple:
You can indent everything by 4 spaces.
Both lines are indented by 4 spaces.
or
```
You can start and end the code ...
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JavaScript code snippet Tidy function injects a separating space into the null coalesce operator
For JavaScript snippets, the Tidy feature injects a space between the question marks that compose the nullish coalescing operator ??[1].
Example:
Prior to Tidy:
console.log(((a, b) => {
return a ?...
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How can I explicitly show the return value of a code snippet/sample
Is there an commonly accepted way (best practice if you wish) to show the return value of example code in markdown?
One solution is to add a comment at the end of the function, but I am concerned ...
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Why aren't runnable code snippets formatted correctly within lists?
Consider the following code snippet.
console.log("this line is all right");
console.log("but this line is indented");
This should be a part of the same bullet point but it's not.
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Increase min-height on SE code snippets to prevent scrollbar from blocking code [duplicate]
When using Stack Exchange/Stack Overflow, anytime there's a one-line code snippet with a horizontal scrollbar, the majority of the code becomes covered.
I am using Chrome v72.0.3626.109.
Looks ...
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Embedding code sandbox
Is it possible to embed codesandbox preview in Stack Overflow?
I have tried iframe, embed URL and links but none of it works.
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Code snippet comments in code formatting break the formatting of the post
When special HTML comments used for snippets are present in a post, these comments break the rendering of the post. For example, consider the following markdown code (notice that the whole thing is ...
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Code snippets numbering lines with Number Anchors
This topic has been discussed before in Why are there no line numbers in the code listings?. The most powerful reason that prevents the implement of line numbers is changing code lines numbers and ...
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JavaScript snippet containing multiple dollar signs is corrupted [duplicate]
As part of https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/a/7848/163, I posted a stack snippet that uses jQuery and ran into a problem. Take for example the following snippet:
!-- begin snippet: js hide: ...
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Closing the Stack Snippet editor doesn't refocus the textarea
To reproduce:
Click Ask Question and focus the question body textarea
Press Ctrl + M
Hit the X and confirm that you do not want to "abandon any changes."
Immediately press Ctrl + M again.
No snippet ...
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Distinguish languages when displaying stack snippets
I just integrated my first snippet on an existing post, nice work.
I put it on this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19932511/731138
Code appears without language distinction, with a small space as ...
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How do you split a stack snippet into multiple sections? [duplicate]
Usually when I write an answer I explain each section of my code separately and then add a link to a JSFiddle demo at the end. For example take a look at this answer on StackOverflow:
Now with the ...
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