Prism Line Number Plugin

The Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) is in the midst of a remodel (sorry for the spoiler) and we've been implementing features incrementally.  One larger front-end change we'll be implementing is using the PrismJS for document code syntax highlighting.  One requirement of MDN's syntax highlighter is that line numbers are displayed, a functionality not provided by Prism.  Prism does provide a line-highlighting plugin but not a line-numbering plugin, so I used that plugin as my base and simply simplified it to provide numbers for a lines.

The CSS

The CSS here is copied from the line-highlighting plugin.  I've changed the attribute to data-number, which we'll use instead of data-line, and I've changed the colors used for the line background:

pre[data-number] {
	position: relative;
	padding: 1em 0 1em 3em;
}

.line-number {
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
	padding: inherit 0;
	margin-top: 1em; /* Same as .prism's padding-top */

	background: transparent;
	
	pointer-events: none;
	
	line-height: inherit;
	white-space: pre;
}

	.line-number:before,
	.line-number[data-end]:after {
		content: attr(data-start);
		position: absolute;
		top: .4em;
		left: .6em;
		min-width: 1em;
		padding: 0 .5em;
		color: #999;
		font: bold 65%/1.5 sans-serif;
		text-align: center;
		vertical-align: .3em;
		border-radius: 999px;
		text-shadow: none;
		border: 0;
	}
	
	.line-number[data-end]:after {
		content: attr(data-end);
		top: auto;
		bottom: .4em;
	}

Of course you can style the line number element to however you'd like, but this CSS keeps styles fairly consistent with the line-highlighting plugin.

The JavaScript

Here's the JavaScript portion for the plugin in all its glory:

/*
	This plugins was created based on the Prism line-numbering plugin.
	This plugin aims to number all lines and is independent of highlighting.
*/
(function(){

if(!window.Prism || !document.querySelectorAll) {
	return;
}

function $$(expr, con) {
	return Array.prototype.slice.call((con || document).querySelectorAll(expr));
}
    
function numberLines(pre) {
	var offset = +pre.getAttribute('data-line-offset') || 0;
	var lineHeight = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(pre).lineHeight);
	var code = pre.querySelector('code');
	var numLines = code.innerHTML.split('\n').length;
	pre.setAttribute('data-number', '');

	for (var i=1; i <= numLines; i++) {
		var line = document.createElement('div');
		line.className = 'line-number';
		line.setAttribute('data-start', i);
		line.style.top = (i - offset - 1) * lineHeight + 'px';
		
		(code || pre).appendChild(line);
	}
}

Prism.hooks.add('after-highlight', function(env) {
	var pre = env.element.parentNode;
	
	if (!pre || !/pre/i.test(pre.nodeName)) {
		return;
	}

	$$('.line-number', pre).forEach(function (line) {
		line.parentNode.removeChild(line);
	});
	
	numberLines(pre);
});

})();

This code is also based on the syntax-highlighting plugin's code, but much more simplified because there's less line-numbering logic.

If there's enough interest in what I have, I can make a GitHub repo for the plugin.  I haven't to this point because I believe this plugin could/should be merged with the line-highlighting plugin, since in many cases, developers reference line numbers.  In any event, this plugin may be what you're looking for.  Let me know if you have updates or ideas!