PostCSS Environment Variables lets you use env()
variables in CSS, following the CSS Environment Variables specification.
postcss-preset-env
.
In the future there might be renewed interest in Custom Environment Variables.
We advice users of this plugin to seek alternatives such as postcss-design-tokens
@media (max-width: env(--branding-small)) {
body {
padding: env(--branding-padding);
}
}
/* becomes */
@media (min-width: 600px) {
body {
padding: 20px;
}
}
/* when the `importFrom` option is: {
"environmentVariables": {
"--branding-small": "600px",
"--branding-padding": "20px"
}
} */
Add PostCSS Environment Variables to your project:
npm install postcss postcss-env-function --save-dev
Use it as a PostCSS plugin:
const postcss = require('postcss')
const postcssEnvFunction = require('postcss-env-function')
postcss([
postcssEnvFunction(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */)
PostCSS Environment Variables runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for:
Node | PostCSS CLI | Webpack | Gulp | Grunt |
---|
The importFrom
option specifies sources where Environment Variables can be imported from, which might be JS and JSON files, functions, and directly passed objects.
postcssEnvFunction({
importFrom: 'path/to/file.js' /* module.exports = {
environmentVariables: {
'--branding-padding': '20px',
'--branding-small': '600px'
}
} */
})
@media (max-width: env(--branding-small)) {
body {
padding: env(--branding-padding);
}
}
/* becomes */
@media (min-width: 600px) {
body {
padding: 20px;
}
}
Multiple sources can be passed into this option, and they will be parsed in the order they are received. JavaScript files, JSON files, functions, and objects will need to namespace Custom Properties using the environmentVariables
or environment-variables
key.
postcssEnvFunction({
importFrom: [
/* Import from a CommonJS file:
module.exports = {
environmentVariables: {
'--branding-padding': '20px'
}
} */
'path/to/file.js',
/* Import from a JSON file:
{
"environment-variables": {
"--branding-padding": "20px"
}
} */
'and/then/this.json',
/* Import from an JavaScript Object: */
{
environmentVariables: { '--branding-padding': '20px' }
},
/* Import from a JavaScript Function: */
() => {
const environmentVariables = { '--branding-padding': '20px' }
return { environmentVariables }
}
]
})
See example imports written in JS and JSON.
Currently only valid custom property names (beginning with --
) are accepted.
Not all valid declaration value names are accepted.
Silence the deprecation notice that is printed to the console when using `importFrom``.
postcss-env-function is deprecated and will be removed. Check the discussion on github for more details. https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/discussions/192