Component props & options

Use this page when you need to fine-tune streaming behaviour, control heavy nodes, or understand how MarkdownRender interacts with Tailwind/UnoCSS projects.

Core props on MarkdownRender

Prop	Type	Default	Notes
content	string	–	Raw Markdown string (required unless nodes is provided).
nodes	BaseNode[]	–	Pre-parsed AST structure (typically ParsedNode[] from parseMarkdownToStructure). Skip this when you want the component to parse internally.
custom-id	string	–	Scopes setCustomComponents mappings and lets you target CSS via [data-custom-id="..."].
is-dark	boolean	false	Theme flag forwarded to heavy nodes (Mermaid/D2/KaTeX/CodeBlock). Also adds .dark on the root container.
index-key	number | string	–	Key prefix for internal node keys; set this when nesting or rendering multiple MarkdownRender instances in the same list.
final	boolean	false	Marks the input as end-of-stream. Disables streaming mid-state (loading) parsing so trailing delimiters (like $$ or an unclosed code fence) won’t get stuck in a perpetual loading state.
parse-options	ParseOptions	–	Token hooks (preTransformTokens, postTransformTokens). Applies only when content is provided.
custom-html-tags	string[]	–	Extra HTML-like tags treated as common during streaming mid‑states and emitted as custom nodes (type: 'thinking', etc.) for setCustomComponents mapping (forwarded to getMarkdown, e.g. ['thinking']).
custom-markdown-it	(md: MarkdownIt) => MarkdownIt	–	Customize the internal MarkdownIt instance (add plugins, tweak options).
debug-performance	boolean	false	Logs parse/render timing and virtualization stats (dev only).
typewriter	boolean	true	Enables the subtle enter animation. Disable if you need zero animation for SSR snapshots.

Streaming & heavy-node toggles

Flag	Default	What it does
render-code-blocks-as-pre	false	Render non‑Mermaid/Infographic/D2 code_block nodes as <pre><code> (uses PreCodeNode). Mermaid/infographic/D2 blocks still route to their dedicated nodes unless you override them via setCustomComponents.
code-block-stream	true	Stream code blocks as content arrives. Disable to keep Monaco in a loading state until the final chunk lands—useful when incomplete code causes parser hiccups.
viewport-priority	true	Defers heavy work (Monaco, Mermaid, D2, KaTeX) when elements are offscreen. Turn off if you need deterministic renders for PDF/print pipelines.
defer-nodes-until-visible	true	When enabled, heavy nodes can render as placeholders until they approach the viewport (non-virtualized mode only).

Rendering performance (virtualization & batching)

Prop	Default	Notes
max-live-nodes	320	Virtualization threshold; set 0 to disable virtualization (renders everything).
live-node-buffer	60	Overscan window (how many nodes to keep before/after the focus range).
batch-rendering	true	Incremental rendering batches (only when max-live-nodes <= 0).
initial-render-batch-size	40	How many nodes render immediately before batching begins.
render-batch-size	80	How many nodes render per batch tick.
render-batch-delay	16	Extra delay (ms) before each batch after rAF.
render-batch-budget-ms	6	Time budget (ms) before adaptive batch sizes shrink.
render-batch-idle-timeout-ms	120	Timeout (ms) for requestIdleCallback slices (when available).

Global code block options (forwarded from MarkdownRender)

These props are forwarded to CodeBlockNode / MarkdownCodeBlockNode (but not to Mermaid/D2/Infographic blocks, which route to their dedicated nodes):

• code-block-dark-theme, code-block-light-theme
• code-block-monaco-options
• code-block-min-width, code-block-max-width
• code-block-props (escape hatch to forward any extra CodeBlock props)
• themes (theme list forwarded to stream-monaco when present)

Note: code-block-monaco-options is only used by the Monaco-backed CodeBlockNode. If you override code_block with MarkdownCodeBlockNode, treat code-block-dark-theme / code-block-light-theme as Shiki theme names, and themes as the Shiki theme list to preload.

Diagram node props forwarded from MarkdownRender

Use these to control specialized block renderers without overriding components manually:

• mermaid-props forwards props to MermaidBlockNode
• d2-props forwards props to D2BlockNode
• infographic-props forwards props to InfographicBlockNode

Example:

<MarkdownRender
  :content="md"
  :mermaid-props="{ showHeader: false, renderDebounceMs: 180, previewPollDelayMs: 500 }"
  :d2-props="{ progressiveIntervalMs: 450, showCopyButton: false }"
/>

mermaid-props is especially useful for streaming tuning. Common keys include:

• renderDebounceMs
• contentStableDelayMs
• previewPollDelayMs
• previewPollMaxDelayMs
• previewPollMaxAttempts
• toolbar toggles such as showHeader, showModeToggle, showExportButton, showZoomControls

Code block header controls

Pass these props directly to CodeBlockNode / MarkdownCodeBlockNode / MermaidBlockNode, or globally via code-block-props on MarkdownRender:

• show-header
• show-copy-button
• show-expand-button
• show-preview-button
• show-collapse-button
• show-font-size-buttons
• show-tooltips (global tooltip switch for LinkNode + code-block nodes + mermaid-block nodes)

See /guide/codeblock-header and the CodeBlockNode types for the exhaustive list.

Example (global defaults):

<template>
  <MarkdownRender
    :content="md"
    :code-block-props="{ showHeader: false, showFontSizeButtons: false }"
  />
</template>

Quick example

<script setup lang="ts">
import MarkdownRender from 'markstream-vue'

const md = '# Title\n\nSome content here.'
</script>

<template>
  <MarkdownRender
    :content="md"
    custom-id="docs"
    :viewport-priority="true"
    :code-block-stream="true"
  />
</template>

Styling & troubleshooting reminders

1. Import a reset first (modern-css-reset, @tailwind base, or @unocss/reset), then wrap markstream-vue/index.css inside @layer components so Tailwind/Uno utilities don’t override node styles. See the Tailwind guide for concrete snippets.
2. Scope overrides with custom-id and [data-custom-id="docs"] selectors.
3. Confirm peer CSS (KaTeX) is imported; Mermaid/D2 do not require extra CSS.
4. Check the CSS checklist whenever visuals look off.