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Provides the {target} directive for creating anchor targets at arbitrary locations in content, enabling stable cross-references that survive content restructuring. Architecture: Part of the explicit anchor system (RFC-explicit-anchor-targets): Heading {#id} syntax: Custom IDs on headings {target} directive: Anchors anywhere in content (this module) :name: option: Anchors on existing directives (Phase 3) Syntax: :::{target} my-anchor-id ::: The target renders as an invisible anchor element (<span id="...">) that can be referenced via [[#my-anchor-id]] cross-reference syntax. Use Cases: Anchor before a note/warning that users should link to Stable anchor that survives heading text changes Anchor in middle of content (not tied to heading) Migration from Sphinx (.. _label: ) or MyST ((target)=) syntax Related: bengal/rendering/parsers/mistune.py: Heading {#id} syntax bengal/rendering/plugins/cross_references.py: [[#anchor]] resolution bengal/orchestration/content.py: xref_index["by_anchor"] RFC: plan/active/rfc-explicit-anchor-targets.md View source 2 Classes 1 Function Classes TargetOptions dataclass Options for target directive. The target directive is intentionally simple - no options by default… 0 Caret Right Options for target directive. The target directive is intentionally simple - no options by default. The anchor ID is specified as the directive title. Inherits from DirectiveOptions TargetDirective Create an explicit anchor target at any location. Syntax: :::{target} my-anchor-id ::: Th… 3 Caret Right Create an explicit anchor target at any location. Syntax: :::{target} my-anchor-id ::: The target renders as an invisible anchor element that can be referenced via [[#my-anchor-id]] cross-reference syntax. Anchor ID Requirements: Must start with a letter (a-z, A-Z) May contain letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores Case-sensitive in output, case-insensitive for resolution Use Cases: Anchor before a note/warning that users should link to Stable anchor that survives content restructuring **Migration from Sphinx's .. _label**: syntax Inherits from BengalDirective Attributes Name Type Description NAMES ClassVar[list[str]] TOKEN_TYPE ClassVar[str] OPTIONS_CLASS ClassVar[type[DirectiveOptions]] DIRECTIVE_NAMES ClassVar[list[str]] ID_PATTERN ClassVar[re.Pattern[str]] Methods 3 validate_id Validate anchor ID format. 1 str | None Caret Right def validate_id(self, anchor_id: str) -> str | None Validate anchor ID format. Parameters 1 anchor_id str The anchor ID to validate Returns str | None — Error message if invalid, None if valid parse_directive Build target token from parsed components. The anchor ID is taken from the tit… 5 DirectiveToken Caret Right def parse_directive(self, title: str, options: TargetOptions, content: str, children: list[Any], state: Any) -> DirectiveToken Build target token from parsed components. The anchor ID is taken from the title. Content is ignored since targets are point anchors, not containers. Parameters 5 title str The anchor ID (from directive title) options TargetOptions Parsed options (unused for target) content str Raw content inside directive (ignored) children list[Any] Parsed children (ignored) state Any Parser state Returns DirectiveToken — DirectiveToken with anchor ID in attrs render Render target as invisible anchor element. The anchor renders as an empty <spa… 2 str Caret Right def render(self, renderer: Any, text: str, **attrs: Any) -> str Render target as invisible anchor element. The anchor renders as an empty <span> with the target ID. CSS class "target-anchor" allows styling if needed (e.g., scroll offset). Parameters 2 renderer Any Mistune renderer instance text str Rendered children (empty for targets) **attrs: Attributes from token (id, error) Returns str — HTML anchor element (invisible by default) Functions render_target Legacy render function for backward compatibility. 2 str Caret Right def render_target(renderer: Any, text: str, **attrs: Any) -> str Legacy render function for backward compatibility. 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