Code

Code editor field stored as a plain text string. Renders a CodeMirror 6 editor in the admin UI with syntax highlighting and language-aware features.

SQLite Storage

TEXT column containing the raw code string.

Definition

crap.fields.code({
    name = "metadata",
    admin = {
        language = "json", -- "json", "javascript", "html", "css", "python", or "plain"
    },
})

Admin Options

Property	Type	Default	Description
`admin.language`	string	`"json"`	Language mode for syntax highlighting.

Supported Languages

Value	Language
`json`	JSON
`javascript` or `js`	JavaScript
`html`	HTML
`css`	CSS
`python` or `py`	Python
`plain`	No syntax highlighting

Admin Rendering

Renders as a CodeMirror 6 editor with line numbers, bracket matching, code folding, auto-completion, and search. Falls back to a plain <textarea> if the CodeMirror bundle is not loaded.

Notes

Content is stored as a raw string (not parsed or validated for syntax)
Supports min_length and max_length validation (applied to the raw string)
The CodeMirror bundle (static/codemirror.js) is loaded via <script defer> in the admin layout
To rebuild the bundle: bash scripts/bundle-codemirror.sh

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