Markdown

Make sure you already know Markdown well before reading this section. If not, please learn some Markdown tutorialsopen in new window first.

Syntax Extensions

The Markdown content in VuePress will be parsed by markdown-itopen in new window, which supports syntax extensionsopen in new window via markdown-it plugins.

This section will introduce built-in Markdown syntax extensions of VuePress.

You can also configure those built-in extensions, load more markdown-it plugins and implement your own extensions via markdown option and extendsMarkdown option.

Embedded

Embedded by markdown-it:

Tablesopen in new window (GFM)
Strikethroughopen in new window (GFM)

Header Anchors

You might have noticed that, a # anchor is displayed when you hover the mouse on the headers of each section. By clicking the # anchor, you can jump to the section directly.

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This header anchors extension is supported by markdown-it-anchoropen in new window.

Config reference: markdown.anchor

Links

When using Markdown link syntaxopen in new window, VuePress will implement some conversions for you.

Take our documentation source files as an example:

└─ docs
   ├─ guide
   │  ├─ getting-started.md
   │  ├─ markdown.md    # <- Here we are
   │  └─ README.md
   ├─ reference
   │  └─ config.md
   └─ README.md

Raw Markdown

<!-- relative path -->

[Home](../README.md)  
[Config Reference](../reference/config.md)  
[Getting Started](./getting-started.md)

<!-- absolute path -->

[Guide](/guide/README.md)  
[Config Reference > markdown.links](/reference/config.md#links)

<!-- URL -->

[GitHub](https://github.com)

Converted to

<template>
  <RouterLink to="/">Home</RouterLink>
  <RouterLink to="/reference/config.html">Config Reference</RouterLink>
  <RouterLink to="/guide/getting-started.html">Getting Started</RouterLink>
  <RouterLink to="/guide/">Guide</RouterLink>
  <RouterLink to="/reference/config.html#links">
    Config Reference &gt; markdown.links
  </RouterLink>
  <a href="https://github.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
    GitHub
  </a>
</template>

Rendered as

Home
Config Reference
Getting Started
Guide
Config Reference > markdown.links
GitHubopen in new window

Explanation

Internal links will be converted to <RouterLink> for SPA navigation.
Internal links to .md files will be converted to the page route path, and both absolute path and relative path are supported.
External links will get target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" attrs.

Suggestion

Try to use relative paths instead of absolute paths for internal links to markdown files.

Relative paths are a valid links to the target files, and they can navigate correctly when browsing the source files in your editor or repository.
Relative paths are consistent in different locales, so you don't need to change the locale path when translating your content.

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This links extension is supported by our built-in plugin.

Config reference: markdown.links

Emoji 🎉

You can add emoji to your Markdown content by typing :EMOJICODE:.

For a full list of available emoji and codes, check out emoji-cheat-sheetopen in new window.

Input

VuePress 2 is out :tada: !

Output

VuePress 2 is out 🎉 !

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This emoji extension is supported by markdown-it-emojiopen in new window.

Config reference: markdown.emoji

If you want to put the table of contents (TOC) of your current page inside your Markdown content, you can use the [[toc]] syntax.

Input

[[toc]]

Output

The headers in TOC will link to the corresponding header anchors, so TOC won't work well if you disable header anchors.

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This toc extension is supported by @mdit-vue/plugin-tocopen in new window.

Config reference: markdown.toc

Code Blocks

Following code blocks extensions are implemented during markdown parsing in Node side. That means, the code blocks won't be processed in client side.

Line Highlighting

You can highlight specified lines of your code blocks by adding line ranges mark in your fenced code blocks:

Input

```ts{1,6-8}
import { defaultTheme, defineUserConfig } from 'vuepress'

export default defineUserConfig({
  title: 'Hello, VuePress',

  theme: defaultTheme({
    logo: 'https://vuejs.org/images/logo.png',
  }),
})
```

Output

import { defaultTheme, defineUserConfig } from 'vuepress'

export default defineUserConfig({
  title: 'Hello, VuePress',

  theme: defaultTheme({
    logo: 'https://vuejs.org/images/logo.png',
  }),
})

Examples for line ranges mark:

Line ranges: {5-8}
Multiple single lines: {4,7,9}
Combined: {4,7-13,16,23-27,40}

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This line highlighting extension is supported by our built-in plugin, which is forked and modified from markdown-it-highlight-linesopen in new window.

Config reference: markdown.code.highlightLines

Line Numbers

You must have noticed that the number of lines is displayed on the left side of code blocks. This is enabled by default and you can disable it in config.

You can add :line-numbers / :no-line-numbers mark in your fenced code blocks to override the value set in config.

Input

```ts
// line-numbers is enabled by default
const line2 = 'This is line 2'
const line3 = 'This is line 3'
```

```ts:no-line-numbers
// line-numbers is disabled
const line2 = 'This is line 2'
const line3 = 'This is line 3'
```

Output

// line-numbers is enabled by default
const line2 = 'This is line 2'
const line3 = 'This is line 3'

// line-numbers is disabled
const line2 = 'This is line 2'
const line3 = 'This is line 3'

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This line numbers extension is supported by our built-in plugin.

Config reference: markdown.code.lineNumbers

Wrap with v-pre

As template syntax is allowed in Markdown, it would also work in code blocks, too.

To avoid your code blocks being compiled by Vue, VuePress will add v-preopen in new window directive to your code blocks by default, which can be disabled in config.

You can add :v-pre / :no-v-pre mark in your fenced code blocks to override the value set in config.

WARNING

The template syntax characters, for example, the "Mustache" syntax (double curly braces) might be parsed by the syntax highlighter. Thus, as the following example, :no-v-pre might not work well in some languages.

If you want to make Vue syntax work in those languages anyway, try to disable the default syntax highlighting and implement your own syntax highlighting in client side.

Input

```md
<!-- This will be kept as is by default -->

1 + 2 + 3 = {{ 1 + 2 + 3 }}
```

```md:no-v-pre
<!-- This will be compiled by Vue -->

1 + 2 + 3 = {{ 1 + 2 + 3 }}
```

```js:no-v-pre
// This won't be compiled correctly because of js syntax highlighting
const onePlusTwoPlusThree = {{ 1 + 2 + 3 }}
```

Output

<!-- This will be kept as is -->

1 + 2 + 3 = {{ 1 + 2 + 3 }}

<!-- This will be compiled by Vue -->

1 + 2 + 3 = 6

// This won't be compiled correctly because of js syntax highlighting
const onePlusTwoPlusThree = {{ 1 + 2 + 3 }}

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This v-pre extension is supported by our built-in plugin.

Config reference: markdown.code.vPre.block

Import Code Blocks

You can import code blocks from files with following syntax:

<!-- minimal syntax -->

@[code](../foo.js)

If you want to partially import the file:

<!-- partial import, from line 1 to line 10 -->

@[code{1-10}](../foo.js)

The code language is inferred from the file extension, while it is recommended to specify it explicitly:

<!-- specify the code language -->

@[code js](../foo.js)

In fact, the second part inside the [] will be treated as the mark of the code fence, so it supports all the syntax mentioned in the above Code Blocks section:

<!-- line highlighting -->

@[code js{2,4-5}](../foo.js)

Here is a complex example:

import line 3 to line 10 of the '../foo.js' file
specify the language as 'js'
highlight line 3 of the imported code, i.e. line 5 of the '../foo.js' file
disable line numbers

@[code{3-10} js{3}:no-line-numbers](../foo.js)

Notice that path aliases are not available in import code syntax. You can use following config to handle path alias yourself:

import { getDirname, path } from '@vuepress/utils'

const __dirname = getDirname(import.meta.url)

export default {
  markdown: {
    importCode: {
      handleImportPath: (str) =>
        str.replace(/^@src/, path.resolve(__dirname, 'path/to/src')),
    },
  },
}

<!-- it will be resolved to 'path/to/src/foo.js' -->

@[code](@src/foo.js)

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This import code extension is supported by our built-in plugin.

Config reference: markdown.importCode

Using Vue in Markdown

This section will introduce some basic usage of Vue in Markdown.

Check out Cookbook > Markdown and Vue SFC for more details.

Template Syntax

As we know:

HTML is allowed in Markdown.
Vue template syntax is compatible with HTML.

That means, Vue template syntaxopen in new window is allowed in Markdown.

Input

One plus one equals: {{ 1 + 1 }}

<span v-for="i in 3"> span: {{ i }} </span>

Output

One plus one equals: 2

span: 1 span: 2 span: 3

Components

You can use Vue components directly in Markdown.

Input

This is default theme built-in `<Badge />` component <Badge text="demo" />

Output

This is default theme built-in <Badge /> component demo

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Check out the Built-in Components for a full list of built-in components.

Check out the Default Theme > Built-in Components for a full list of default theme built-in components.

Cautions

Non-Standard HTML Tags

Non-standard HTML tags would not be recognized as native HTML tags by Vue template compiler. Instead, Vue will try to resolve those tags as Vue components, and obviously these components usually don't exist. For example:

Deprecated HTML tags such as <center>open in new window and <font>open in new window.
MathML tagsopen in new window, which might be used by some markdown-it LaTeX plugin.

If you want to use those tags anyway, try either of the following workarounds:

Adding a v-preopen in new window directive to skip the compilation of the element and its children. Notice that the template syntax would also be invalid.
Using compilerOptions.isCustomElementopen in new window to tell Vue template compiler not try to resolve them as components.
- For @bundler-webpack, set vue.compilerOptions
- For @bundler-vite, set vuePluginOptions.template.compilerOptions

# Markdown

# Syntax Extensions

# Embedded

# Header Anchors

# Links

# Emoji 🎉

# Table of Contents

# Code Blocks

# Line Highlighting

# Line Numbers

# Wrap with v-pre

# Import Code Blocks

# Using Vue in Markdown

# Template Syntax

# Components

# Cautions

# Non-Standard HTML Tags

Markdown

Syntax Extensions

Embedded

Header Anchors

Links

Emoji 🎉

Table of Contents

Code Blocks

Line Highlighting

Line Numbers

Wrap with v-pre

Import Code Blocks

Using Vue in Markdown

Template Syntax

Components

Cautions

Non-Standard HTML Tags