postcss-modules

A PostCSS plugin to use CSS Modules everywhere. Not only at the client side.

What is this? For example, you have the following CSS:

/* styles.css */
:global .page {
    padding: 20px;
}

.title {
    composes: title from "./mixins.css";
    color: green;
}

.article {
    font-size: 16px;
}

/* mixins.css */
.title {
    color: black;
    font-size: 40px;
}

.title:hover {
    color: red;
}

After the transformation it will become like this:

._title_116zl_1 {
    color: black;
    font-size: 40px;
}

._title_116zl_1:hover {
    color: red;
}

.page {
    padding: 20px;
}

._title_xkpkl_5 {
    color: green;
}

._article_xkpkl_10 {
    font-size: 16px;
}

And the plugin will give you a JSON object for transformed classes:

{
  "title": "_title_xkpkl_5 _title_116zl_1",
  "article": "_article_xkpkl_10",
}

Usage

Saving exported classes

By default, a JSON file with exported classes will be placed next to corresponding CSS. But you have a freedom to make everything you want with exported classes, just use the getJSON callback. For example, save data about classes into a corresponding JSON file:

postcss([
  require('postcss-modules')({
    getJSON: function(cssFileName, json) {
      var path          = require('path');
      var cssName       = path.basename(cssFileName, '.css');
      var jsonFileName  = path.resolve('./build' + cssName + '.json');
      fs.writeFileSync(jsonFileName, JSON.stringify(json));
    }
  });
]);

Generating scoped names

By default, the plugin assumes that all the classes are local. You can change this behaviour using the scopeBehaviour option:

postcss([
  require('postcss-modules')({
    scopeBehaviour: 'global' // can be 'global' or 'local',
  });
]);

To generate custom classes, use the generateScopedName callback:

postcss([
  require('postcss-modules')({
    generateScopedName: function(name, filename, css) {
      var path  = require('path');
      var i     = css.indexOf('.' + name);
      var line  = css.substr(0, i).split(/[\r\n]/).length;
      var file  = path.basename(filename, '.css');

      return '_' + file + '_' + line + '_' + name;
    }
  });
]);

Or just pass an interpolated string to the generateScopedName option (More details here):

postcss([
  require('postcss-modules')({
    generateScopedName: '[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]',
  });
]);

Loading source files

If you need, you can pass a custom loader (see FileSystemLoader for example):

postcss([
  require('postcss-modules')({
    Loader: CustomLoader,
  });
]);

Integration with templates

The plugin only transforms CSS classes to CSS modules. But you probably want to integrate these CSS modules with your templates. Here are some examples.

Assume you've saved project's CSS modules in cssModules.json:

{
  "title": "_title_xkpkl_5 _title_116zl_1",
  "article": "_article_xkpkl_10"
}

Pug (ex-Jade)

Let's say you have a Pug template about.jade:

h1(class=css.title) postcss-modules
article(class=css.article) A PostCSS plugin to use CSS Modules everywhere

Render it:

var jade = require('jade');
var cssModules = require('./cssModules.json');
var html = jade.compileFile('about.jade')({css: cssModules});
console.log(html);

And you'll get the following HTML:

<h1 class="_title_xkpkl_5 _title_116zl_1">postcss-modules</h1>
<article class="_article_xkpkl_10">A PostCSS plugin to use CSS Modules everywhere</article>

HTML

For HTML transformation we'll use PostHTML and PostHTML CSS Modules:

npm install --save posthtml posthtml-css-modules

Here is our template about.html:

<h1 css-module="title">postcss-modules</h1>
<article css-module="article">A PostCSS plugin to use CSS Modules everywhere</article>

Transform it:

var fs = require('fs');
var posthtml = require('posthtml');
var posthtmlCssModules = require('posthtml-css-modules');
var template = fs.readFileSync('./about.html', 'utf8');

posthtml([posthtmlCssModules('./cssModules.json')])
    .process(template)
    .then(function (result) {
        console.log(result.html);
    });

(for using other build systems please check the documentation of PostHTML)

And you'll get the following HTML:

<h1 class="_title_xkpkl_5 _title_116zl_1">postcss-modules</h1>
<article class="_article_xkpkl_10">A PostCSS plugin to use CSS Modules everywhere</article>

May I see the plugin in action?

Sure! Take a look at the example.

See PostCSS docs for examples for your environment and don't forget to run

npm install --save-dev postcss-modules