https://github.com/silvermine/postcss-css-var-fallback

PostCSS plugin to insert fallbacks for CSS Custom Properties
https://github.com/silvermine/postcss-css-var-fallback

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PostCSS plugin to insert fallbacks for CSS Custom Properties

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/silvermine/postcss-css-var-fallback
• Owner: silvermine
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-08-31T15:00:59.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-23T00:19:02.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-23T01:36:51.069Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: css, css-custom-properties, css-variables, postcss
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 359 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PostCSS CSS Var Fallback

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[PostCSS] plugin to insert fallbacks for CSS vars.

[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss

```css

.foo {

   /* Input example */

   color: var(--color, #4a6da7);

}

```

```css

.foo {

   /* Output example */

   color: #4a6da7;

   color: var(--color, #4a6da7);

}

```

## Usage

**Step 1:** Install plugin:

```sh

npm install --save-dev postcss @silvermine/postcss-css-var-fallback

```

**Step 2:** Check you project for existed 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('@silvermine/postcss-css-var-fallback'),

    require('autoprefixer')

  ]

}

```

## Limitations

Be aware that this plugin does not add a fallback for declarations with `var` statements

when there is more than one declaration for a given CSS property in a single rule.

For example, this plugin will not add a fallback for the `var` statement in this case:

```css

.example {

   color: red;

   color: var(--textColor, #333);

}

```

The plugin assumes that the previous `color: red` declaration is a fallback. This prevents

the plugin from having to parse the `var(--textColor, #333)` statement and compare the

fallback there with any other `color:` declaration values. We found that such a check

impacted performance enough that it was not worth the cost.

To avoid incorrect or missing fallbacks, ensure that the CSS that you write does not have

extraneous/duplicate declarations for the same CSS property.

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