Change code link colors?

[sjspielman]

I noticed that inline code formatted text looks the same whether it's a link or just regular text. For example, these will have the same styling in readthedocs -

• SingleR
• SingleR

Maybe we need to incorporate some different styling so in-line code formatted text that is a link clearly appears as a link?

[sjspielman]

I wonder if this something worth including in one of the upcoming releases. @dvenprasad, do you have any thoughts here on a) whether this is worth pursuing, b) how soon it* makes sense to pursue this, and c) if (a) is true, what color 🎨 ?

[dvenprasad]

Users not being able to recognize links when enclose in backticks came up in evals of scpca-nf and downstream analyses but Github generously made that distinction for us.

So yes, if it is a simple and easy fix, we can include it in one of the upcoming docs releases. The link color should be blue (#003595). If it isn't possible to specify the color, the generic internet blue for links also works.

[sjspielman]

I confess, with my limited css skills, I thought popping something as simple as

.pre a {
  color: #003595;
}

into style.css would work, but alas. Then I did more silly things like all combinations of

a .reference-external .docutils-literal-notranslate .pre {
  color: #003595;
}

(inspired by this line of source code, just to test things out....)

<a class="reference external" href="https://alevin-fry.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">alevin-fry</span></code></a>

So, surprising no one, I have come to the conclusion that someone who actually knows css should take this over!