Pandoc: use syntax highlighting in HTML without creating anchors?

Question

I just noticed that when Pandoc creates syntax highlighting, it also creates an HTML anchor for each code line:

This results in a lot of invisible tab stops. Is there a way to suppress creating those anchors?

Answer 1

There is no switch to stop the anchors from being generated, but it is possible to disable them via CSS:

pre > code.sourceCode a {
  display: none;
}

This will hide all line anchors, and the tab stops will be gone.