---
title: "Code blocks, but better"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/code-blocks-but-better-qn5r227bz
source_url: https://ped.ro/blog/code-blocks-but-better
type: article
source: "CSS-Tricks"
published: 2021-06-01T23:19:16.485Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming", "react"]
upvotes: 32
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Code blocks, but better

**[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · 32 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

I've been exploring ways to improve the user experience of code blocks. In this post, I'll share with you how I built a custom code block component. This is not a tutorial, but I hope you can discover something new. I'll be using the code block of my own website as the demo.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ghost** · 3 upvotes

> So many ways to render a code block!

**@ptmccrary** · 1 upvotes

> This would make navigating the docs soooo much better!!!

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