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https://github.com/postcss/postcss-nested

PostCSS plugin to unwrap nested rules like how Sass does it.
https://github.com/postcss/postcss-nested

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PostCSS plugin to unwrap nested rules like how Sass does it.

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# PostCSS Nested

[PostCSS] plugin to unwrap nested rules closer to Sass syntax.

```css
.phone {
&_title {
width: 500px;
@media (max-width: 500px) {
width: auto;
}
body.is_dark & {
color: white;
}
}
img {
display: block;
}
}

.title {
font-size: var(--font);

@at-root html {
--font: 16px;
}
}
```

will be processed to:

```css
.phone_title {
width: 500px;
}
@media (max-width: 500px) {
.phone_title {
width: auto;
}
}
body.is_dark .phone_title {
color: white;
}
.phone img {
display: block;
}

.title {
font-size: var(--font);
}
html {
--font: 16px;
}
```

Related plugins:

- Use [`postcss-current-selector`] **after** this plugin if you want
to use current selector in properties or variables values.
- Use [`postcss-nested-ancestors`] **before** this plugin if you want
to reference any ancestor element directly in your selectors with `^&`.

Alternatives:

- See also [`postcss-nesting`], which implements [CSSWG draft].
- [`postcss-nested-props`] for nested properties like `font-size`.


Sponsored by Evil Martians

[`postcss-current-selector`]: https://github.com/komlev/postcss-current-selector
[`postcss-nested-ancestors`]: https://github.com/toomuchdesign/postcss-nested-ancestors
[`postcss-nested-props`]: https://github.com/jedmao/postcss-nested-props
[`postcss-nesting`]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-nesting
[CSSWG draft]: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-nesting-1/
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss

## Usage

**Step 1:** Install plugin:

```sh
npm install --save-dev postcss postcss-nested
```

**Step 2:** Check your project for existing PostCSS config: `postcss.config.js`
in the project root, `"postcss"` section in `package.json`
or `postcss` in bundle config.

If you do not use PostCSS, add it according to [official docs]
and set this plugin in settings.

**Step 3:** Add the plugin to plugins list:

```diff
module.exports = {
plugins: [
+ require('postcss-nested'),
require('autoprefixer')
]
}
```

[official docs]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss#usage

## Options

### `bubble`

By default, plugin will bubble only `@media`, `@supports`, `@layer`,
`@container`, and `@starting-style` at-rules. Use this option
to add your custom at-rules to this list.

```js
postcss([require('postcss-nested')({ bubble: ['phone'] })])
```

```css
/* input */
a {
color: white;
@phone {
color: black;
}
}
/* output */
a {
color: white;
}
@phone {
a {
color: black;
}
}
```

### `unwrap`

By default, plugin will unwrap only `@font-face`, `@keyframes` and `@document`
at-rules. You can add your custom at-rules to this list by `unwrap` option:

```js
postcss([require('postcss-nested')({ unwrap: ['phone'] })])
```

```css
/* input */
a {
color: white;
@phone {
color: black;
}
}
/* output */
a {
color: white;
}
@phone {
color: black;
}
```

### `preserveEmpty`

By default, plugin will strip out any empty selector generated by intermediate
nesting levels. You can set `preserveEmpty` to `true` to preserve them.

```css
.a {
.b {
color: black;
}
}
```

Will be compiled to:

```css
.a {
}
.a .b {
color: black;
}
```

This is especially useful if you want to export the empty classes with `postcss-modules`.

### `rootRuleName`

The plugin supports the SCSS custom at-rule `@at-root` which breaks rule
blocks out of their nested position. If you want, you can choose a new
custom name for this rule in your code.

```js
postcss([require('postcss-nested')({ rootRuleName: '_escape-nesting' })])
```

```css
/* input */
.a {
color: white;
@_escape-nesting {
.b {
color: black;
}
}
}
/* output */
.a {
color: white;
}
.b {
color: black;
}
```