How to Manage the TOC of Articles on dev.to?
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How to Manage the TOC of Articles on dev.to?

Publish Date: Sep 7 '18
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I know there is no current standard in Markdown to write Table Of Content, but does anyone knows a trick to do it on dev.to?
Could it work by using HTML anchors?
But how can I know the future URL of the article I'm currently writing?

Any help would be welcome :)

Comments 7 total

  • rhymes
    rhymesSep 7, 2018

    You can use inline anchors with Markdown:

    ## TOC
  * [Chapter 1](#chapter-1)
  * [Chapter 2](#chapter-2)
  * [Chapter 3](#chapter-3)

### Chapter 1 <a name="chapter-1"></a>
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    This way you don't need to know the final URL

    • Rémi Lavedrine
      Rémi LavedrineSep 11, 2018

      Thanks for the question and the answer.
      I didn't know that trick and I am going to try it in my next post.

    • Helen Anderson
      Helen AndersonNov 18, 2018

      Thank you! This is just what I’ve been looking for.

      • Benny Code
        Benny CodeAug 18, 2021

        The Editor Guide is also a nice resource to find out what's possible on dev.to: dev.to/p/editor_guide#markdown-links

        • iamtodor
          iamtodorSep 13, 2022

          I faced the issue when dev.to does not rended a few levels of table of content:

          - [first](#first)
  * [second](#second)
    + [third](#third)

## first

first blah

### second 

second blah 

#### third

third blah
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          While markdown is rendering it as three level of content dev.to renders it only as two. What is the best way to tackle this problem?

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          • Sylvie Fiquet
            Sylvie FiquetSep 15, 2022

            I managed to get a third level by using a 5 space indent:

            - level 1
  - level 2
     - level 3
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            • level 1
              • level 2
                • level 3

            Not sure why a 4 space indent doesn't work, possibly because it's interpreted as code.

  • Lucy Linder
    Lucy LinderJan 2, 2023

    Most solutions I found on dev.to are so tedious, I created a tool to do it for you: derlin.github.io/bitdowntoc/ (choose the dev.to preset ;))

    To know more, see my article:

    derlin

    Finally a clean and easy way to add Table of Contents to dev.to articles 🤩

    Lucy Linder ・ Jan 2 ・ 4 min read

    #productivity #writing #beginners #showdev
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