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Vim syntax file for HTML 5
" Vim syntax file
" Language: HTML (version 5)
" Maintainer: Rodrigo Machado <rcmachado@gmail.com>
" URL: http://gist.github.com/256840
" Last Change: 2010 Aug 26
" License: Public domain
" (but let me know if you liked it :) )
"
" Note: This file just adds the new tags from HTML 5
" and don't replace default html.vim syntax file
" HTML 5 tags
syn keyword htmlTagName contained article aside audio bb canvas command datagrid
syn keyword htmlTagName contained datalist details dialog embed figure footer
syn keyword htmlTagName contained header hgroup keygen mark meter nav output
syn keyword htmlTagName contained progress time ruby rt rp section time video
syn keyword htmlTagName contained source figcaption
" HTML 5 arguments
syn keyword htmlArg contained autofocus autocomplete placeholder min max step
syn keyword htmlArg contained contenteditable contextmenu draggable hidden item
syn keyword htmlArg contained itemprop list sandbox subject spellcheck
syn keyword htmlArg contained novalidate seamless pattern formtarget manifest
syn keyword htmlArg contained formaction formenctype formmethod formnovalidate
syn keyword htmlArg contained sizes scoped async reversed sandbox srcdoc
syn keyword htmlArg contained hidden role
syn match htmlArg "\<\(aria-[\-a-zA-Z0-9_]\+\)=" contained
syn match htmlArg contained "\s*data-[-a-zA-Z0-9_]\+"
@cypok
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cypok commented Apr 20, 2010

I liked it :)

@remi
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remi commented May 13, 2010

I liked it too :)

@trdunsworth
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I like it as well!

@scottferg
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Sweet!

@dekimsey
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I was able to get the data highlighting working with my vim (7.0.237) using the following statement without any problems with the prior data keyword. At least, none that I am aware of.
syn match htmlArg contained "\s*data-[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+"

@rcmachado
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Applied previous sugestion from dekimsey

@amackera
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What's the best way of auto-including this? I've set up an AutoCmd to auto run syntax include $VIM/syntax/html5.vim on BufEnter, but is there a better way?

@remi
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remi commented Sep 26, 2010

@amackera You can just save the file as ~/.vim/after/syntax/html.vim. That way, Vim’s html.vim is loaded, and then this file is.

@amackera
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@remiprev Thanks, that's what I was looking for. I knew that there had to be an easier way.

@redoPop
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redoPop commented Dec 13, 2010

Thanks for this!

If anyone wants to add proper indentation of HTML5 elements, you must make a local copy of indent/html.vim (e.g., ~/.vim/indent/html.vim) if you don't already have one, then find the section around line 35 that starts:

" [-- <ELEMENT ? - - ...> --]
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('a')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('abbr')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('acronym')

And follow the same pattern to add rules for HTML5 tags:

call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('article')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('aside')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('audio')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('canvas')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('details')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('figcaption')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('figure')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('footer')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('header')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('hgroup')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('mark')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('menu')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('meter')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('nav')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('output')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('progress')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('section')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('summary')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('time')
call <SID>HtmlIndentPush('video')

@hokapoka
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Here's one I've generated for css file :

" Vim syntax file
" Language: Cascading Style Sheets
" Maintainer:   Andrew Scott hoka@hokapoka.com
" Last Change:  2010 Jul 28

syn keyword cssTagName article aside audio bb canvas command datagrid                                                                                                                                                                         
syn keyword cssTagName datalist details dialog embed figure footer
syn keyword cssTagName header hgroup keygen mark meter nav output
syn keyword cssTagName progress time ruby rt rp section time video
syn keyword cssTagName source figcaption

Thanks Rodrigo, your html5 syntax worked a treat.

@andrewle
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@jdbartlett I tried your suggestion for indentation, but it didn't work for me. Are there any other tweaks that you had to do to get it to work? Gotchas that I need to be aware of?

@kitofr
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kitofr commented Mar 8, 2011

Works :) tnx

@adamesque
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@andrewle I had the same problem, until I noticed that the indentation file I'd copied had the following at line 19:
" Only load this indent file when no other was loaded.
if exists("b:did_indent")
finish
endif
Since I was putting my indent file in an /after directory, it of course was ditching out immediately. Deleting these lines fixed it.

@Sabrecho
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Came looking for html5 tags added to GVim html syntax coloring. hokapoka's idea for css is the frosting-on-the-cake. More importantly, I think I've been inspired to make a new syntax list for Maptool, a java program that has it's own macro system built-in.

tyvm!

@nishigori
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I like it !! thx :)

@arthornsby
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Works like a charm! Hokapoka too! Thanks!

@nabbe
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nabbe commented Jun 16, 2012

I love it. This is what I want.

@rcmachado
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Hey folks, I think that @othree has made a better work here:

https://github.com/othree/html5.vim

Thanks!

@cycold
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cycold commented Mar 23, 2013

good job

@markson
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markson commented May 26, 2014

great work and thanks for the link of html5.vim

@wamoyo
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wamoyo commented Aug 20, 2014

So, sometime, especially if I'm working with D3, my HTML5 documents have CSS, JavaScript, and SVG all embedded in the HTML code. Is there a simple way for syntax highlight all of this?

@samson212
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You can switch the filetype while you're in the CSS portion or whatever -- :set filetype=css or set filetype=javascript etc. I set up a mapping to make it easier, e.g. nnoremap <leader>ftc :set filetype=css<cr>.

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