postcss-at-rules-variables

PostCSS plugin to transform W3C CSS Custom Properties for at-rule’s parameters.

Why?

Adds the ability to use a custom property in the options, at-rules.
Used in conjunction with the plugin postcss-each, postcss-conditionals, postcss-for and more at-rules plugins.

Install

$ npm install postcss-at-rules-variables

Note: This project is compatible with node v6+

Usage

// Dependencies
var fs = require('fs');
var postcss = require('postcss');
var colorFunction = require('postcss-color-function');
var atImport = require('postcss-import');
var atEach = require('postcss-each');
var atVariables = require('postcss-at-rules-variables');
var atIf = require('postcss-conditionals');
var atFor = require('postcss-for');
var customProperties = require('postcss-custom-properties');
var nested = require('postcss-nested');

// CSS to be processed
var css = fs.readFileSync('css/input.css', 'utf8');

// Process CSS
var output = postcss()
    .use(atVariables({ /* atRules: ['media'] */ }))
    .use(colorFunction())
    .use(atEach())
    .use(atImport({
        plugins: [
            require('postcss-at-rules-variables')({ /* options */ }),
            require('postcss-import')
        ]
    }))
    .use(atFor())
    .use(atIf())
    .use(customProperties())
    .use(nested())
    .process(css, {
        from: 'css/input.css'
    })
    .css;

console.log(output);

Use postcss-at-rules-variables before you at-rules plugins

Example

/* input.css */
:root {
    --array: foo, bar, baz;
    --from: 1;
    --to: 3;
    --icon-exclude: 2;
    --color-danger: red;
    --nested-variable: color(var(--color-danger) a(90%)) ;
}

@each $val in var(--array) {
    @import "$val.css";
}

/* foo.css */
html {
    background-color: var(--color-danger);
    color: var(--nested-variable);
}

/* bar.css */
.some-class {
    color: #fff;

    @for $val from var(--from) to var(--to) {
        @if $val != var(--icon-exclude) {
            .icon-$val {
                background-position: 0 $(val)px;
            }
        }
    }
}

/* baz.css */
h1 {
    font-size: 24px;
}

@import "biz.css";

/* biz.css */
h2 {
    color: olive;
}

/* Output example */
html {
    background-color: red;
    color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.9);
}

.some-class {
    color: #fff;
}

.some-class .icon-1 {
    background-position: 0 1px;
}

.some-class .icon-3 {
    background-position: 0 3px;
}

h1 {
    font-size: 24px;
}

h2 {
    color: olive;
}

Options

atRules

Type: Array
Default: ['for', 'if', 'else', 'each', 'mixin', 'custom-media']
Description: The array used in all at-rules in your project

variables

Type: Object
Default: {}
Description: Allows you to pass an object of variables for :root. These definitions will override any that exist in the CSS