stylelint-declaration-property-unit-whitelist

This is a stylelint plugin to require specific properties to have only given units. Stylelint already provides its own whitelisting and blacklisting system, but it does not allow to use postcss plugins. We tried to also use a stylelint processor, but it would apply globally, breaking some plugins.

Installation

npm i stylelint-declaration-property-unit-whitelist

Usage

Add the plugin into your .stylelintrc alongside the rules for properties you want units to be enforced on.

{
  "plugins": ["stylelint-declaration-property-unit-whitelist"],
  "rules": {
    "dczajkowski/declaration-property-unit-whitelist": {
      "/^.*border.*/": ["px"],
      "/^.*margin.*/": ["rem"],
      "/^.*padding.*/": ["rem"]
    }
  }
}

For this config the following applies:

/* This is allowed */
 
.a {
  border: 1px solid red;
  border-top-width: 2px;
  margin: 1rem 2rem;
 
  /*
    Note, that in the following example the % unit is fine as it applies to the
    color, not border width. This would be not possible with the built-in
    `declaration-property-unit-whitelist` rule.
  */
  border-left-color: color(black alpha(10%));
}
 
/* This is not allowed */
 
:root {
  --spacing: 1rem;
}
 
.b {
  border: 1rem solid red;
  border-top-width: var(--spacing);
}

FAQ

I want to use a new/custom css feature

This plugin uses custom logic to fetch postcss config from the root of the project and apply it to the css file before running the rule. This means, that if you want to use any additional syntax on top of CSS, you will need to add a corresponding plugin to the postcss configuration file.

CSS variables are not validated

This plugin does not know what is the value of a variable by itself. You need an additional "processor" that can do this expansion for you. The one used by the authors of this plugin is postcss-cssnext (see Usage with cssnext). You may just add it to your postcss plugins list.

Usage with cssnext

If you are using cssnext you will need to disable the rem feature. This is because this feature will expand each rem unit into both px and rem. This will make the plugin think you used both units whereas only one was used in the original source. It is encouraged to enable and disable postcss plugins based on an environment variable.

Example configuration for using cssnext with postcss:

const runningInStylelint = // ...
 
module.exports = () => ({
  plugins: [
    require('postcss-cssnext')({
      features: {
        // ...
        ...runningInStylelint ? { rem: false } : {},
        // ...
      },
    }),
  ],
});

License

This plugin is an open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.