Quote Markdown selection

Install a shortcut r to append selected text to a <textarea> as a Markdown quote.

Installation

$ npm install @github/quote-selection

Usage

HTML

<div data-quote-region>
  <p>Text to quote</p>
  <textarea></textarea>
</div>

JS

import {install} from '@github/quote-selection'
install(document.querySelector('[data-quote-region]'))

Events

A quote-selection event is fired on the quote region before text is appended to a textarea. Listen to the event to prepare the textarea or manipulate the selection text.

For example, reveal a textarea so it can be found:

region.addEventListener('quote-selection', function(event) {
  const textarea = event.target.querySelector('textarea')
  textarea.hidden = false
})

Development

npm install
npm test

License

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.