markdown-it-table-of-contents

A table of contents plugin for Markdown-it. Simple, customizable and with a default slugifier that matches that of https://www.npmjs.com/package/markdown-it-anchor (>5.0.0).

Usage

var MarkdownIt = require("markdown-it");
var md = new MarkdownIt();

md.use(require("markdown-it-anchor")); // Optional, but makes sense as you really want to link to something
md.use(require("markdown-it-table-of-contents"));

Then add [[toc]] where you want the table of contents to be added in your markdown.

Example markdown

This markdown:

# Heading

[[toc]]

## Sub heading 1
Some nice text

## Sub heading 2
Some even nicer text

... would render this HTML using the default options specified in "usage" above:

<h1 id="heading">Heading</h1>

<div class="table-of-contents">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#heading">Heading</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#sub-heading-1">Sub heading 1</a></li>
        <li><a href="#sub-heading-2">Sub heading 2</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

<h2 id="sub-heading-1">Sub heading 1</h2>
<p>Some nice text</p>

<h2 id="sub-heading-2">Sub heading 2</h2>
<p>Some even nicer text</p>

Options

You may specify options when useing the plugin. like so:

md.use(require("markdown-it-table-of-contents"), options);

These options are available:

Name	Description	Default
"includeLevel"	Headings levels to use (2 for h2:s etc)	[1, 2]
"containerClass"	The class for the container DIV	"table-of-contents"
"slugify"	A custom slugification function	encodeURIComponent(String(s).trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-'))
"markerPattern"	Regex pattern of the marker to be replaced with TOC	/^\[\[toc\]\]/im
"listType"	Type of list (ul for unordered, ol for ordered)	ul
"format"	A function for formatting headings (see below)	undefined
"forceFullToc"	If true, renders all the headers in TOC, even if the headers are in incorrect order	false
"containerHeaderHtml"	Optional HTML string for container header	<div class="toc-container-header">Contents</div>
"containerFooterHtml"	Optional HTML string for container footer	<div class="toc-container-footer">Footer</div>

format is an optional function for changing how the headings are displayed in the TOC.

function format(headingAsString) {
  // manipulate the headings as you like here.
  return manipulatedHeadingString;
}