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Implement autoDetection for language parsing
JHubi1 Aug 29, 2025
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Improve formatting and autoDetection handling
JHubi1 Aug 29, 2025
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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion flutter_highlight/lib/flutter_highlight.dart
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ class HighlightView extends StatelessWidget {
/// [All available languages](https://github.com/pd4d10/highlight/tree/master/highlight/lib/languages)
final String? language;

/// Automatically detect the most likely language if [language] is null.
///
/// Notice that **this may cause performance issue** because it will try to
/// parse source with all registered languages and use the most relevant one.
final bool? autoDetection;

/// Highlight theme
///
/// [All available themes](https://github.com/pd4d10/highlight/blob/master/flutter_highlight/lib/themes)
Expand All @@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ class HighlightView extends StatelessWidget {
HighlightView(
String input, {
this.language,
this.autoDetection = false,
this.theme = const {},
this.padding,
this.textStyle,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -93,7 +100,10 @@ class HighlightView extends StatelessWidget {
child: RichText(
text: TextSpan(
style: _textStyle,
children: _convert(highlight.parse(source, language: language).nodes!),
children: _convert(highlight
.parse(source,
language: language, autoDetection: autoDetection ?? false)
.nodes!),
),
),
);
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