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<span class="line"><span>This page covers my super cool feature. You can use this feature to make coffee, squeeze fresh oj, and have an egg mcmuffin and hashbrowns delivered from your local macca&#39;s by drone.</span></span></code></pre></div><h1 id="headings" tabindex="-1">Headings <a class="header-anchor" href="#headings" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Headings&quot;"></a></h1><p>Your page should generally have multiple &quot;H1&quot; headings. Only H1 and H2 headings will included in the Table of Contents, so plan them out appropriately. Excess width should be avoided in H1 and H2 headings to prevent the Table of Contents from getting too wide.</p><h1 id="styled-hint-blocks" tabindex="-1">Styled Hint Blocks <a class="header-anchor" href="#styled-hint-blocks" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Styled Hint Blocks&quot;"></a></h1><p>You can have styled hint blocks drawn around text to draw attention to it.</p><h3 id="important" tabindex="-1">Important <a class="header-anchor" href="#important" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Important&quot;"></a></h3><div class="language- vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang"></span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code"><code><span class="line"><span>::: warning</span></span>
<span class="line"><span>This is important</span></span>
<span class="line"><span>:::</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Renders as:</p><div class="warning custom-block"><p class="custom-block-title">WARNING</p><p>This is important</p></div><h3 id="general-tips" tabindex="-1">General Tips <a class="header-anchor" href="#general-tips" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;General Tips&quot;"></a></h3><div class="language- vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang"></span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code"><code><span class="line"><span>::: tip</span></span>
<span class="line"><span>This is a helpful tip.</span></span>
<span class="line"><span>:::</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Renders as:</p><div class="tip custom-block"><p class="custom-block-title">TIP</p><p>This is a helpful tip.</p></div><h1 id="documenting-features" tabindex="-1">Documenting Features <a class="header-anchor" href="#documenting-features" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Documenting Features&quot;"></a></h1><p>If you create a new feature for QMK, create a documentation page for it. It doesn&#39;t have to be very long, a few sentences describing your feature and a table listing any relevant keycodes is enough. Here is a basic template:</p><div class="language-markdown vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">markdown</span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code"><code><span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF;--shiki-light-font-weight:bold;--shiki-dark-font-weight:bold;"># My Cool Feature</span></span>
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<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">This page describes my cool feature. You can use my cool feature to make coffee and order cream and sugar to be delivered via drone.</span></span>
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<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#005CC5;--shiki-dark:#79B8FF;--shiki-light-font-weight:bold;--shiki-dark-font-weight:bold;">## My Cool Feature Keycodes</span></span>
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<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">|Long Name|Short Name|Description|</span></span>
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<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">|KC_COFFEE||Make Coffee|</span></span>
<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">|KC_CREAM||Order Cream|</span></span>
<span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#24292E;--shiki-dark:#E1E4E8;">|KC_SUGAR||Order Sugar|</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Place your documentation into <code>docs/features/&lt;my_cool_feature&gt;.md</code>, and add that file to the appropriate place in <code>docs/_sidebar.json</code>. If you have added any keycodes be sure to add them to <code>docs/keycodes.md</code> with a link back to your feature page.</p></div></div></main><footer class="VPDocFooter" data-v-39a288b8 data-v-09de1c0f><!--[--><!--]--><!----><nav class="prev-next" data-v-09de1c0f><div class="pager" data-v-09de1c0f><a class="VPLink link pager-link prev" href="/getting_started_make_guide" data-v-09de1c0f><!--[--><span class="desc" data-v-09de1c0f>Previous page</span><span class="title" data-v-09de1c0f>Make Documentation</span><!--]--></a></div><div class="pager" data-v-09de1c0f><a class="VPLink link pager-link next" href="/documentation_templates" data-v-09de1c0f><!--[--><span class="desc" data-v-09de1c0f>Next page</span><span class="title" data-v-09de1c0f>Documentation Templates</span><!--]--></a></div></nav></footer><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div>
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