Disable ligatures in CodeMirror editors

CodeMirror measures text per character; Fira Code's ligature glyphs
render wider than the measured sum of their parts, corrupting cursor
and selection rendering. The font is set on .cm-content with ligatures
off, and inner spans inherit it for consistent metrics.
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2026-08-19 00:44:40 +00:00
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@@ -14,7 +14,22 @@ export const cmTheme = EditorView.theme({
color: "var(--text)",
},
".cm-scroller": { fontFamily: '"Fira Code", monospace' },
".cm-content": { caretColor: "var(--text)" },
// Fira Code in CodeMirror: set the font on .cm-content (not only the
// scroller) and force every span inside to inherit it, so highlighting
// spans can't drift to a different font/metrics. Ligatures are disabled
// entirely — CodeMirror measures per character, and ligature glyphs
// render wider than the measured sum of their parts.
".cm-content": {
caretColor: "var(--text)",
fontFamily: '"Fira Code", monospace',
fontVariantLigatures: "none",
fontFeatureSettings: '"calt" 0',
letterSpacing: "normal",
},
".cm-content *": {
fontFamily: "inherit",
letterSpacing: "inherit",
},
".cm-cursor": { borderLeftColor: "var(--text)" },
// basicSetup's active-line highlight assumes a dark theme.
".cm-activeLine": { backgroundColor: "transparent" },