How to Add and Use SyntaxHighlighter 3 for Blogger

The latest version of Syntax Hihglighter has been released and there are quite a few changes in the way things work now. This version was named Syntax Hihglighter 3.0.83.

NEW FEATURES IN 3.0.83

• Dynamic Brush Loading

  SyntaxHighlighter comes with almost 30 brushes out of the box. One of the most requested feature has been the ability to dynamically load them without having to load them all on the same page.

• No Flash Copy to Clipboard

  Earlier, Flash was being used to copy the code to clipboard. This has now been removed and a simpler & better way to do this has been implemented. Also, the user can now simply double-click anywhere in the code to select it and then use the standard CTRL+C to copy it.
  

• Code Selection

  This is also now part of the SyntaxHighlighter as it allows you to select the code with your mouse and then copy and paste it without straight into your code without any additional effort.

• Add Title

  Now you can add a title to the code block by title="title name" parameter to the <pre> tag.
  

• More under the hood

  More improvements and changes under the hood like better CSS support, easier integration with CommonJS & node.js, etc.

LIVE DEMO

INSTALLATION

Before you could get in to the process, I recommend you to back up your template.

1. Navigate to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML
2. Find </head>
3. Copy below code and paste it just before the </head> tag

<!-- Syntax Highlighter 3.0.83 START -->
<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shCore.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shThemeDefault.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shCore.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushBash.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushCss.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushJava.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushJScript.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushPerl.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushPhp.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushSql.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushVb.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushXml.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>
SyntaxHighlighter.config.bloggerMode = true;
SyntaxHighlighter.all();
</script>
<!-- Syntax Highlighter 3.0.83 END -->

4. Save your template.

NOTE:

Whenever you have to write some codes in your posts, click on "Edit HTML" tab of your post editor and write the codes between the following tags

<pre class="brush: js">
Your code here
</pre>

To add title in your code add title="Title Here" it's look like the code below:


<pre class="brush: js" title="Title Here">
Your code here
</pre>

For an example :

<pre class="brush: js" title="This is a title, check it out!">
<b:includable id='comments' var='post'>
  <div class='comments' id='comments'>
    <a name='comments'/>
    <b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>
      <h4>
        <b:if cond='data:post.numComments == 1'>
          1 <data:commentLabel/>:
        <b:else/>
          <data:post.numComments/> <data:commentLabelPlural/>:
        </b:if>
      </h4>
</pre>

Will display like the below image on your blog post.

Before adding any script within <pre>, encode the script using HTML entities. You can encode your script using our Adsense Parser / HTML Entities Encoder.