Fixes a panic related to rendering checkboxes, see #10824.
Currently we are rendering a list into a single block, meaning the whole
block has to be rendered when it is visible on screen. This would lead
to performance problems when a single list block contained a lot of
items (especially if it contained checkboxes). This PR splits up list
items into separate blocks, meaning only the actual visible list items
on screen get rendered, instead of the whole list.
A nice side effect of the refactoring is, that you can actually click on
individual list items now:
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/assets/53836821/5ef4200c-bd85-4e96-a8bf-e0c8b452f762
Release Notes:
- Improved rendering performance of list elements inside the markdown
preview
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Co-authored-by: Remco <djsmits12@gmail.com>
Release Notes:
- Added support for toggling a checkbox in markdown preview by clicking
on it (cmd+click)
([#5226](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/5226)).
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Co-authored-by: Remco Smits <62463826+RemcoSmitsDev@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR improves support for rendering markdown documents.
## After the updates
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/assets/18583882/48315901-563d-44c6-8265-8390e8eed942
## Before the updates
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/assets/18583882/6d7ddb55-41f7-492e-af12-6ab54559f612
## New features
- @SomeoneToIgnore's [scrolling feature
request](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/6958#pullrequestreview-1850458632).
- Checkboxes (`- [ ]` and `- [x]`)
- Inline code blocks.
- Ordered and unordered lists at an arbitrary depth.
- Block quotes that render nested content, like code blocks.
- Lists that render nested content, like code blocks.
- Block quotes that support variable heading sizes and the other
markdown features added
[here](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/6958).
- Users can see and click internal links (`[See the docs](./docs.md)`).
## Notable changes
- Removed dependency on `rich_text`.
- Added a new method for parsing markdown into renderable structs. This
method uses recursive descent so it can easily support more complex
markdown documents.
- Parsing does not happen for every call to
`MarkdownPreviewView::render` anymore.
## TODO
- [ ] Typing should move the markdown preview cursor.
## Future work under consideration
- If a title exists for a link, show it on hover.
- Images.
- Since this PR brings the most support for markdown, we can consolidate
`languages/markdown` and `rich_text` to use this new renderer. Note that
the updated inline text rendering method in this PR originated from
`langauges/markdown`.
- Syntax highlighting in code blocks.
- Footnote references.
- Inline HTML.
- Strikethrough support.
- Scrolling improvements:
- Handle automatic preview scrolling when multiple cursors are used in
the editor.
- > great to see that the render now respects editor's scrolls, but can
we also support the vice-versa (as syntax tree does it in Zed) — when
scrolling the render, it would be good to scroll the editor too
- > sometimes it's hard to understand where the "caret" on the render
is, so I wonder if we could go even further with its placement and place
it inside the text, as a regular caret? Maybe even support the
selections?
- > switching to another markdown tab does not change the rendered
contents and when I call the render command again, the screen gets
another split — I would rather prefer to have Zed's syntax tree
behavior: there's always a single panel that renders things for whatever
tab is active now. At least we should not split if there's already a
split, rather adding the new rendered tab there.
- > plaintext URLs could get a highlight and the click action
## Release Notes
- Improved support for markdown rendering.
