How to Add Code Highlighting to Blogger Without Plugins
Most rich-text editors offer a feature that allows you to select specific content and format it as a code block, often with syntax highlighting. However, Blogger's built-in post editor does not provide this functionality, and I really needed it for my technical blog. So, how could I implement code highlighting in Blogger without replacing the existing editor? I initially came up with two ideas: Switch to a different rich-text editor. Add a code block feature to the existing editor. The best solution would have been to replace the editor with another rich-text editor. Unfortunately, Blogger does not provide an option to switch between different editors. The second option was slightly less ideal: modify the existing editor's source code to add a code block button and the logic required to display syntax highlighting. Unfortunately, Blogger does not provide a way to directly modify the editor's source code either. Both approaches had reached a dead end. I asked AI for alternat...