Can we do something to mark a code block as something we want to be immediately copyable to the clipboard?

[heckj]

Feature Name

code block copy to clipboard

Description

I'd like to be able to select or identify code blocks within the markdown for articles to add in some additional rendering capabilities - specifically copying the entirety of the code block to the clipboard. There's some detail on the javascript that might be used at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Interact_with_the_clipboard, but I'm far from a Web developer expert to know if this is an ideal or suboptimal path.

Motivation

Within some documentation, especially articles where you're showing how to do something, it can be extremely helpful to be able to copy out a text block - for example, a CLI command to run in a terminal - to immediate use while you're reading the documentation.

Importance

This enhances articles that are working to show a "how to" kind of sequence to solve a problem or perform a specific task

Alternatives Considered

No response

[heckj]

potentially related to #892 - although I was hoping for more focused control (so that not every code block was exposed with copy-to-clipboard markers), rather than a theme-ing like choice.

[mportiz08]

I think that makes total sense as a potential new feature/enhancement for code listings. Do you think that #274 captures the spirit of the proposed functionality here?

[heckj]

Yes - that's right in the same path, and would be a great thing to allow to flow in the same kind of way.

[mportiz08]

Experimental, opt-in support for this has been implemented in swift-docc-render with #961 (although I believe the swift-docc pr for the new syntax implementation is still pending)