Loader to process CSS with PostCSS
.
You need webpack v5 to use the latest version. For Webpack v4, you have to install postcss-loader v4.
To begin, you'll need to install postcss-loader
and postcss
:
npm install --save-dev postcss-loader postcss
or
yarn add -D postcss-loader postcss
or
pnpm add -D postcss-loader postcss
Then add the plugin to your webpack
config. For example:
In the following configuration the plugin
postcss-preset-env
is used, which is not installed by default.
file.js
import css from "file.css";
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
Alternative use with config files:
postcss.config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
};
The loader automatically searches for configuration files.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "postcss-loader"],
},
],
},
};
And run webpack
via your preferred method.
Type:
type execute = boolean;
Default: undefined
Enable PostCSS Parser support in CSS-in-JS
.
If you use JS styles the postcss-js
parser, add the execute
option.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.style.js$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "postcss-js",
},
execute: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
See the file ./src/config.d.ts
.
Type:
import type { Config as PostCSSConfig } from "postcss-load-config";
import type { LoaderContext } from "webpack";
type PostCSSLoaderContext = LoaderContext<PostCSSConfig>;
interface PostCSSLoaderAPI {
mode: PostCSSLoaderContext["mode"];
file: PostCSSLoaderContext["resourcePath"];
webpackLoaderContext: PostCSSLoaderContext;
env: PostCSSLoaderContext["mode"];
options: PostCSSConfig;
}
export type PostCSSLoaderOptions =
| PostCSSConfig
| ((api: PostCSSLoaderAPI) => PostCSSConfig);
Default: undefined
Allows to set PostCSS options
and plugins.
All PostCSS
options are supported.
There is the special config
option for config files. How it works and how it can be configured is described below.
We recommend do not specify from
, to
and map
options, because this can lead to wrong path in source maps.
If you need source maps please use the sourcemap
option.
For large projects, to optimize performance of the loader, it is better to provide postcssOptions
in loader
config and specify config: false
. This approach removes the need to lookup and load external config files multiple
times during compilation.
Setup plugins
:
webpack.config.js (recommended)
const myOtherPostcssPlugin = require("postcss-my-plugin");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
"postcss-import",
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
require.resolve("my-postcss-plugin"),
myOtherPostcssPlugin({ myOption: true }),
// Deprecated and will be removed in the next major release
{ "postcss-nested": { preserveEmpty: true } },
],
},
},
},
],
},
};
webpack.config.js (deprecated, will be removed in the next major release)
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: {
"postcss-import": {},
"postcss-short": { prefix: "x" },
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
Setup syntax
:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `string`
syntax: "sugarss",
// Can be `object`
syntax: require("sugarss"),
},
},
},
],
},
};
Setup parser
:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `string`
parser: "sugarss",
// Can be `object`
parser: require("sugarss"),
// Can be `function`
parser: require("sugarss").parse,
},
},
},
],
},
};
Setup stringifier
:
webpack.config.js
const Midas = require("midas");
const midas = new Midas();
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `string`
stringifier: "sugarss",
// Can be `object`
stringifier: require("sugarss"),
// Can be `function`
stringifier: midas.stringifier,
},
},
},
],
},
};
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(css|sss)$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: (loaderContext) => {
if (/\.sss$/.test(loaderContext.resourcePath)) {
return {
parser: "sugarss",
plugins: [
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
}
return {
plugins: [
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
},
},
},
],
},
};
Type:
type config = boolean | string;
Default: true
Allows to set options using config files. Options specified in the config file are combined with options passed to the loader, the loader options overwrite options from config.
The loader will search up the directory tree for configuration in the following places:
- a
postcss
property inpackage.json
- a
.postcssrc
file in JSON or YAML format - a
.postcssrc.json
,.postcssrc.yaml
,.postcssrc.yml
,.postcssrc.js
, or.postcssrc.cjs
file - a
postcss.config.js
orpostcss.config.cjs
CommonJS module exporting an object (recommended)
Using object
notation:
postcss.config.js (recommend)
module.exports = {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
// parser: 'sugarss',
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
Using function
notation:
postcss.config.js (recommend)
module.exports = (api) => {
// `api.file` - path to the file
// `api.mode` - `mode` value of webpack, please read https://webpack.js.org/configuration/mode/
// `api.webpackLoaderContext` - loader context for complex use cases
// `api.env` - alias `api.mode` for compatibility with `postcss-cli`
// `api.options` - the `postcssOptions` options
if (/\.sss$/.test(api.file)) {
return {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
parser: "sugarss",
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
}
return {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
};
postcss.config.js (deprecated, will be removed in the next major release)
module.exports = {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
// parser: 'sugarss',
plugins: {
// Plugins for PostCSS
"postcss-short": { prefix: "x" },
"postcss-preset-env": {},
},
};
You can use different postcss.config.js
files in different directories.
Config lookup starts from path.dirname(file)
and walks the file tree upwards until a config file is found.
|– components
| |– component
| | |– index.js
| | |– index.png
| | |– style.css (1)
| | |– postcss.config.js (1)
| |– component
| | |– index.js
| | |– image.png
| | |– style.css (2)
|
|– postcss.config.js (1 && 2 (recommended))
|– webpack.config.js
|
|– package.json
After setting up your postcss.config.js
, add postcss-loader
to your webpack.config.js
.
You can use it standalone or in conjunction with css-loader
(recommended).
Use it before css-loader
and style-loader
, but after other preprocessor loaders like e.g sass|less|stylus-loader
, if you use any (since webpack loaders evaluate right to left/bottom to top).
webpack.config.js (recommended)
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
};
Enables/Disables autoloading config.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: false,
},
},
},
],
},
};
Allows to specify the path to the config file.
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: path.resolve(__dirname, "custom.config.js"),
},
},
},
],
},
};
Type:
type sourceMap = boolean;
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool
value
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool
option.
All values enable source map generation except eval
and false
value.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
{ loader: "postcss-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
{ loader: "sass-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
],
},
],
},
};
Alternative setup:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map",
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{ loader: "postcss-loader" },
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};
Type:
type implementation = object;
type of implementation
should be the same as postcss.d.ts
Default: postcss
The special implementation
option determines which implementation of PostCSS to use. Overrides the locally installed peerDependency
version of postcss
.
This option is only really useful for downstream tooling authors to ease the PostCSS 7-to-8 transition.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { implementation: require("postcss") },
},
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { implementation: require.resolve("postcss") },
},
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};
You'll need to install sugarss
:
npm install --save-dev sugarss
Using SugarSS
syntax.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "sugarss",
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
You'll need to install autoprefixer
:
npm install --save-dev autoprefixer
Add vendor prefixes to CSS rules using autoprefixer
.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"autoprefixer",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
Warning
postcss-preset-env
includesautoprefixer
, so adding it separately is not necessary if you already use the preset. More information
You'll need to install postcss-preset-env
:
npm install --save-dev postcss-preset-env
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
What is CSS Modules
? Please read.
No additional options required on the postcss-loader
side.
To make them work properly, either add the css-loader
’s importLoaders
option.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
};
CSS-in-JS and postcss-js
You'll need to install postcss-js
:
npm install --save-dev postcss-js
If you want to process styles written in JavaScript, use the postcss-js
parser.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.style.js$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 2,
},
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "postcss-js",
},
execute: true,
},
},
"babel-loader",
],
},
],
},
};
As result you will be able to write styles in the following way
import colors from "./styles/colors";
export default {
".menu": {
color: colors.main,
height: 25,
"&_link": {
color: "white",
},
},
};
Warning
If you are using Babel you need to do the following in order for the setup to work
- Add
babel-plugin-add-module-exports
to your configuration.- You need to have only one default export per style module.
Using mini-css-extract-plugin
.
webpack.config.js
const isProductionMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
module.exports = {
mode: isProductionMode ? "production" : "development",
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
isProductionMode ? MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader : "style-loader",
"css-loader",
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
filename: isProductionMode ? "[name].[contenthash].css" : "[name].css",
}),
],
};
To write a asset from PostCSS plugin to the webpack, need to add a message in result.messages
.
The message should contain the following fields:
-
type
=asset
- Message type (require, should be equalasset
) -
file
- file name (require) -
content
- file content (require) -
sourceMap
- sourceMap -
info
- asset info
webpack.config.js
const postcssCustomPlugin = (opts = {}) => {
return {
postcssPlugin: "postcss-custom-plugin",
Once: (root, { result }) => {
result.messages.push({
type: "asset",
file: "sprite.svg",
content: "<svg>...</svg>",
});
},
};
};
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [postcssCustomPlugin()],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
The dependencies are necessary for webpack to understand when it needs to run recompilation on the changed files.
There are two way to add dependencies:
- (Recommended). The plugin may emit messages in
result.messages
.
The message should contain the following fields:
-
type
=dependency
- Message type (require, should be equaldependency
,context-dependency
,build-dependency
ormissing-dependency
) -
file
- absolute file path (require)
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
const postcssCustomPlugin = (opts = {}) => {
return {
postcssPlugin: "postcss-custom-plugin",
Once: (root, { result }) => {
result.messages.push({
type: "dependency",
file: path.resolve(__dirname, "path", "to", "file"),
});
},
};
};
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [postcssCustomPlugin()],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
Or you can use ready-made plugin postcss-add-dependencies.
- Pass
loaderContext
in plugin.
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: path.resolve(__dirname, "path/to/postcss.config.js"),
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};
postcss.config.js
module.exports = (api) => ({
plugins: [
require("path/to/postcssCustomPlugin.js")({
loaderContext: api.webpackLoaderContext,
}),
],
});
postcssCustomPlugin.js
const path = require("path");
const postcssCustomPlugin = (opts = {}) => {
return {
postcssPlugin: "postcss-custom-plugin",
Once: (root, { result }) => {
opts.loaderContext.addDependency(
path.resolve(__dirname, "path", "to", "file"),
);
},
};
};
postcssCustomPlugin.postcss = true;
module.exports = postcssCustomPlugin;
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