Add heading links to markdown parser

docs/components_page/__init__.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import dash
 import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc
-from dash import html
+from dash import ClientsideFunction, Input, Output, html
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
 from .components.table.simple import table_body, table_header  # noqa
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def register_apps():
         )
         app = dash.Dash(
             external_stylesheets=["/static/loading.css"],
+            external_scripts=["/static/js/clientside.js"],
             requests_pathname_prefix=requests_pathname_prefix,
             suppress_callback_exceptions=True,
             serve_locally=SERVE_LOCALLY,
@@ -171,6 +172,17 @@ def register_apps():
             )
         else:
             app.layout = parse(app, **kwargs)
+
+        app.clientside_callback(
+            ClientsideFunction(
+                namespace="clientside", function_name="scrollAfterLoad"
+            ),
+            # id won't actually be updated, we just want the callback to run
+            # once Dash has initialised and hydrated the page
+            Output("url", "id"),
+            Input("url", "hash"),
+        )
+
         if slug == "index":
             routes["/docs/components"] = app
         else:

docs/components_page/markdown_parser.py

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 PROP_NAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"""(\n- )(\w+?) \(""")
 NESTED_PROP_NAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"""(\n\s+- )(\w+?) \(""")
 
+HEADING_TEMPLATE = """<h{level} id="{id_}" style="scroll-margin-top:60px">
+    {heading}<a href="#{id_}" class="anchor-link">#</a>
+</h{level}>"""
+
 
 def parse(app, markdown_path, extra_env_vars=None):
     extra_env_vars = extra_env_vars or {}
@@ -46,7 +50,8 @@ def parse(app, markdown_path, extra_env_vars=None):
 
     markdown_blocks = SPLIT_PATTERN.split(raw)
     markdown_blocks = [
-        dcc.Markdown(block.strip()) for block in markdown_blocks
+        dcc.Markdown(_preprocess_markdown(block), dangerously_allow_html=True)
+        for block in markdown_blocks
     ]
 
     examples_docs = EXAMPLE_DOC_PATTERN.findall(raw)
@@ -55,7 +60,24 @@ def parse(app, markdown_path, extra_env_vars=None):
     ]
 
     content.extend(_interleave(markdown_blocks, examples_docs))
-    return html.Div(content, key=str(markdown_path))
+    return html.Div([dcc.Location(id="url")] + content, key=str(markdown_path))
+
+
+def _preprocess_markdown(text):
+    text = text.strip()
+    lines = text.split("\n")
+    new_lines = []
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith("#"):
+            level, heading = line.split(" ", 1)
+            level = level.count("#")
+            id_ = heading.replace(" ", "-").lower()
+            new_lines.append(
+                HEADING_TEMPLATE.format(level=level, id_=id_, heading=heading)
+            )
+        else:
+            new_lines.append(line)
+    return "\n".join(new_lines)
 
 
 def _parse_block(block, app, extra_env_vars):

docs/static/docs.css

@@ -479,3 +479,16 @@ span.hljs-meta {
 .superhero-demo .dropdown-divider {
   border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
 }
+
+.anchor-link {
+  color: var(--bs-secondary);
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  margin-left: 0.5rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  transition: color 0.15s ease-in-out, opacity 0.15s ease-in-out;
+}
+
+.anchor-link:hover, :hover>.anchor-link {
+  color: var(--bs-primary);
+  opacity: 1;
+}

docs/static/js/clientside.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const delays = [100, 100, 300, 500, 1000, 2000];
+
+function scrollWithRetry(id, idx) {
+  const targetElement = document.getElementById(id);
+  if (targetElement) {
+    targetElement.scrollIntoView();
+  } else if (idx < delays.length) {
+    setTimeout(() => scrollWithRetry(id, idx + 1), delays[idx]);
+  }
+}
+
+if (!window.dash_clientside) {
+  window.dash_clientside = {};
+}
+window.dash_clientside.clientside = {
+  scrollAfterLoad: function(hash) {
+    if (hash) {
+      scrollWithRetry(hash.slice(1), 0);
+    }
+    return window.dash_clientside.no_update;
+  }
+};