Please fix documentation pages to remember code sample choice selected by user and use HCL2 as the default format

[sabuncumurat]

Example page exhibiting the problem: https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/docs/provisioners/breakpoint

When the user chooses HCL2 (vs JSON) as the format to display the template code samples on a page, the choice does not stick and switches back to the JSON format (which seems to be the default) when the same page is displayed again (e.g. after desktop focus is lost and regained). I tested with both FF and Chrome on Windows 10.

Please fix documentation pages to remember code sample choice made by the user. Better yet, make HCL2 the default for such code samples, as HCL2 is the preferred template format while JSON is the legacy format. By default, code samples should display in the HCL2 format, with the JSON version only displayed if the user clicks on it.

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[tenthirtyam]

Recommend that this be labeled as an enhancement and documentation.

[lbajolet-hashicorp]

Agreed on the labelling there @tenthirtyam, thanks!

You are correct @sabuncumurat, HCL2 should be the new normal these days, we should do a pass on the docs to change that behaviour.
We'll see to it ASAP, thanks for the report