eleventy-plugin-share-highlight v0.1.4
Eleventy Plugin: Share Highlight
This plugin adds a Medium-style shareable text highlight shortcode.
If the Web Share API is supported, clicking the element will bring up your share options and insert the quoted text and a link to the current page. You can share it on any platform that registers as a share target.
If the API is not supported, the component will fall back to sharing on Twitter via tweet intent URL. The tooltip will show the Twitter icon and clicking the highlight opens a new tab with a pre-filled tweet.
Installation
Install the plugin through NPM: npm install eleventy-plugin-share-highlight --save
Then add it to your .eleventy.js configuration like this:
// .eleventy.js
const pluginShareHighlight = require('eleventy-plugin-share-highlight');
module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addPlugin(pluginShareHighlight, {
// optional: define the tooltip label.
// will be "Share this" if omitted.
label: "Quote Me"
})
}To enable the sharing function, you need to add the custom element definition first. Depending on your setup, you can either include that as part of a bundle by importing it:
import 'eleventy-plugin-share-highlight/share-highlight'...or copy the file and add it directly to your HTML with something like:
<head>
<script src="/js/share-highlight.js" async defer></script>
</head>Usage
Use the paired {% highlight %} shortcode to mark pieces of text:
<!-- blogpost.md -->
{% highlight %}Here's some highlighted text you can share!{% endhighlight %}it will produce this HTML output:
<share-highlight aria-label="Share this">
<mark>Here's some highlighted text you can share!</mark>
<share-highlight>Styling
To style the highlight, add this piece of CSS and customize it to match your design:
/* general styles for text highlights */
mark {
background-color: yellow;
}
/* styling if webcomponent is supported */
share-highlight {
/* default state */
--share-highlight-text-color: inherit;
--share-highlight-bg-color: yellow;
/* hover/focus state */
--share-highlight-text-color-active: inherit;
--share-highlight-bg-color-active: orange;
/* tooltip */
--share-highlight-tooltip-text-color: white;
--share-highlight-tooltip-bg-color: black;
}