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Transforms `styleName` to `className` using compile time [CSS module](#css-modules) resolution.
In contrast to [`react-css-modules`](https://github.com/gajus/react-css-modules), `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` has a lot smaller performance overhead (0-10% vs +50%; see [Performance](#performance)) and a lot smaller size footprint (less than 2kb vs 17kb react-css-modules + lodash dependency).
* [CSS Modules](#css-modules)
* [Difference from `react-css-modules`](#difference-from-react-css-modules)
* [Performance](#performance)
* [How does it work?](#how-does-it-work)
* [Conventions](#conventions)
* [Anonymous reference](#anonymous-reference)
* [Named reference](#named-reference)
* [Configuration](#configuration)
* [Configurate syntax loaders](#configurate-syntax-loaders)
* [Custom Attribute Mapping](#custom-attribute-mapping)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [React Native](#react-native)
* [Demo](#demo)
* [Example transpilations](#example-transpilations)
* [Anonymous `styleName` resolution](#anonymous-stylename-resolution)
* [Named `styleName` resolution](#named-stylename-resolution)
* [Runtime `styleName` resolution](#runtime-stylename-resolution)
* [Limitations](#limitations)
* [Have a question or want to suggest an improvement?](#have-a-question-or-want-to-suggest-an-improvement)
* [FAQ](#faq)
* [How to migrate from react-css-modules to babel-plugin-react-css-modules?](#how-to-migrate-from-react-css-modules-to-babel-plugin-react-css-modules)
* [How to reference multiple CSS modules?](#how-to-reference-multiple-css-modules)
* [How to live reload the CSS?](#hot-to-live-reload-the-css)
## CSS Modules
[CSS Modules](https://github.com/css-modules/css-modules) are awesome! If you are not familiar with CSS Modules, it is a concept of using a module bundler such as [webpack](http://webpack.github.io/docs/) to load CSS scoped to a particular document. CSS module loader will generate a unique name for each CSS class at the time of loading the CSS document ([Interoperable CSS](https://github.com/css-modules/icss) to be precise). To see CSS Modules in practice, [webpack-demo](https://css-modules.github.io/webpack-demo/).
In the context of React, CSS Modules look like this:
```js
import React from 'react';
import styles from './table.css';
export default class Table extends React.Component {
render () {
return ;
}
}
```
Rendering the component will produce a markup similar to:
```js
```
and a corresponding CSS file that matches those CSS classes.
Awesome!
However, there are several several disadvantages of using CSS modules this way:
* You have to use `camelCase` CSS class names.
* You have to use `styles` object whenever constructing a `className`.
* Mixing CSS Modules and global CSS classes is cumbersome.
* Reference to an undefined CSS Module resolves to `undefined` without a warning.
`babel-plugin-react-css-modules` automates loading of CSS Modules using `styleName` property, e.g.
```js
import React from 'react';
import './table.css';
export default class Table extends React.Component {
render () {
return ;
}
}
```
Using `babel-plugin-react-css-modules`:
* You are not forced to use the `camelCase` naming convention.
* You do not need to refer to the `styles` object every time you use a CSS Module.
* There is clear distinction between global CSS and CSS modules, e.g.
```js
```
## Difference from `react-css-modules`
[`react-css-modules`](https://github.com/gajus/react-css-modules) introduced a convention of using `styleName` attribute to reference [CSS module](https://github.com/css-modules/css-modules). `react-css-modules` is a higher-order [React](https://facebook.github.io/react/) component. It is using the `styleName` value to construct the `className` value at the run-time. This abstraction frees a developer from needing to reference the imported styles object when using CSS modules ([What's the problem?](https://github.com/gajus/react-css-modules#whats-the-problem)). However, this approach has a measurable performance penalty (see [Performance](#performance)).
`babel-plugin-react-css-modules` solves the developer experience problem without impacting the performance.
## Performance
The important metric here is the "Difference from the base benchmark". "base" is defined as using React with hardcoded `className` values. The lesser the difference, the bigger the performance impact.
> Note:
> This benchmark suite does not include a scenario when `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` can statically construct a literal value at the build time.
> If a literal value of the `className` is constructed at the compile time, the performance is equal to the base benchmark.
|Name|Operations per second (relative margin of error)|Sample size|Difference from the base benchmark|
|---|---|---|---|
|Using `className` (base)|9551 (±1.47%)|587|-0%|
|`react-css-modules`|5914 (±2.01%)|363|-61%|
|`babel-plugin-react-css-modules` (runtime, anonymous)|9145 (±1.94%)|540|-4%|
|`babel-plugin-react-css-modules` (runtime, named)|8786 (±1.59%)|527|-8%|
> Platform info:
>
> * Darwin 16.1.0 x64
> * Node.JS 7.1.0
> * V8 5.4.500.36
> * NODE_ENV=production
> * Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4870HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz × 8
View the [./benchmark](./benchmark).
Run the benchmark:
```bash
git clone git@github.com:gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules.git
cd ./babel-plugin-react-css-modules
npm install
npm run build
cd ./benchmark
npm install
NODE_ENV=production ./test
```
## How does it work?
1. Builds index of all stylesheet imports per file (imports of files with `.css` or `.scss` extension).
1. Uses [postcss](https://github.com/postcss/postcss) to parse the matching CSS files.
1. Iterates through all [JSX](https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/jsx-in-depth.html) element declarations.
1. Parses the `styleName` attribute value into anonymous and named CSS module references.
1. Finds the CSS class name matching the CSS module reference:
* If `styleName` value is a string literal, generates a string literal value.
* If `styleName` value is a [`jSXExpressionContainer`](https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-types#jsxexpressioncontainer), uses a helper function ([`getClassName`](./src/getClassName.js)) to construct the `className` value at the runtime.
1. Removes the `styleName` attribute from the element.
1. Appends the resulting `className` to the existing `className` value (creates `className` attribute if one does not exist).
## Configuration
Configure the options for the plugin within your `.babelrc` as follows:
```json
{
"plugins": [
["react-css-modules", {
"option": "value"
}]
]
}
```
### Options
|Name|Type|Description|Default|
|---|---|---|---|
|`context`|`string`|Must match webpack [`context`](https://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#context) configuration. [`css-loader`](https://github.com/webpack/css-loader) inherits `context` values from webpack. Other CSS module implementations might use different context resolution logic.|`process.cwd()`|
|`exclude`|`string`|A RegExp that will exclude otherwise included files e.g., to exclude all styles from node_modules `exclude: 'node_modules'`|
|`filetypes`|`?FiletypesConfigurationType`|Configure [postcss syntax loaders](https://github.com/postcss/postcss#syntaxes) like sugerss, LESS and SCSS and extra plugins for them. ||
|`generateScopedName`|`?GenerateScopedNameConfigurationType`|Refer to [Generating scoped names](https://github.com/css-modules/postcss-modules#generating-scoped-names)|`[path]___[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]`|
|`removeImport`|`boolean`|Remove the matching style import. This option is used to enable server-side rendering.|`false`|
|`webpackHotModuleReloading`|`boolean`|Enables hot reloading of CSS in webpack|`false`|
|`handleMissingStyleName`|`"throw"`, `"warn"`, `"ignore"`|Determines what should be done for undefined CSS modules (using a `styleName` for which there is no CSS module defined). Setting this option to `"ignore"` is equivalent to setting `errorWhenNotFound: false` in [react-css-modules](https://github.com/gajus/react-css-modules#errorwhennotfound). |`"throw"`|
|`attributeNames`|`?AttributeNameMapType`|Refer to [Custom Attribute Mapping](#custom-attribute-mapping)|`{"styleName": "className"}`|
Missing a configuration? [Raise an issue](https://github.com/gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules/issues/new?title=New%20configuration:).
> Note:
> The default configuration should work out of the box with the [css-loader](https://github.com/webpack/css-loader).
#### Option types (flow)
```js
type FiletypeOptionsType = {|
+syntax: string,
+plugins?: $ReadOnlyArray>
|};
type FiletypesConfigurationType = {
[key: string]: FiletypeOptionsType
};
type GenerateScopedNameType = (localName: string, resourcePath: string) => string;
type GenerateScopedNameConfigurationType = GenerateScopedNameType | string;
type AttributeNameMapType = {
[key: string]: string
};
```
### Configurate syntax loaders
To add support for different CSS syntaxes (e.g. SCSS), perform the following two steps:
1. Add the [postcss syntax loader](https://github.com/postcss/postcss#syntaxes) as a development dependency:
```bash
npm install postcss-scss --save-dev
```
2. Add a filetype syntax mapping to the Babel plugin configuration
```json
"filetypes": {
".scss": {
"syntax": "postcss-scss"
}
}
```
And optionaly specify extra plugins
```json
"filetypes": {
".scss": {
"syntax": "postcss-scss",
"plugins": [
"postcss-nested"
]
}
}
```
Postcss plugins can have options specified by wrapping the name and an options object in an array inside your config
```json
"plugins": [
["postcss-import-sync2", {
"path": ["src/styles", "shared/styles"]
}],
"postcss-nested"
]
```
### Custom Attribute Mapping
You can set your own attribute mapping rules using the `attributeNames` option.
It's an object, where keys are source attribute names and values are destination attribute names.
For example, the [<NavLink>](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router/blob/master/packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/NavLink.md) component from [React Router](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router) has a `activeClassName` attribute to accept an additional class name. You can set `"attributeNames": { "activeStyleName": "activeClassName" }` to transform it.
The default `styleName` -> `className` transformation **will not** be affected by an `attributeNames` value without a `styleName` key. Of course you can use `{ "styleName": "somethingOther" }` to change it, or use `{ "styleName": null }` to disable it.
## Installation
When `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` cannot resolve CSS module at a compile time, it imports a helper function (read [Runtime `styleName` resolution](#runtime-stylename-resolution)). Therefore, you must install `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` as a direct dependency of the project.
```bash
npm install babel-plugin-react-css-modules --save
```
### React Native
If you'd like to get this working in React Native, you're going to have to allow custom import extensions, via a `rn-cli.config.js` file:
```js
module.exports = {
getAssetExts() {
return ["scss"];
}
}
```
Remember, also, that the bundler caches things like plugins and presets. If you want to change your `.babelrc` (to add this plugin) then you'll want to add the `--reset-cache` flag to the end of the package command.
### Demo
```bash
git clone git@github.com:gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules.git
cd ./babel-plugin-react-css-modules/demo
npm install
npm start
```
```bash
open http://localhost:8080/
```
## Conventions
### Anonymous reference
Anonymous reference can be used when there is only one stylesheet import.
Format: `CSS module name`.
Example:
```js
import './foo1.css';
// Imports "a" CSS module from ./foo1.css.
;
```
### Named reference
Named reference is used to refer to a specific stylesheet import.
Format: `[name of the import].[CSS module name]`.
Example:
```js
import foo from './foo1.css';
import bar from './bar1.css';
// Imports "a" CSS module from ./foo1.css.
;
// Imports "a" CSS module from ./bar1.css.
;
```
## Example transpilations
### Anonymous `styleName` resolution
When `styleName` is a literal string value, `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` resolves the value of `className` at the compile time.
Input:
```js
import './bar.css';
;
```
Output:
```js
import './bar.css';
;
```
### Named `styleName` resolution
When a file imports multiple stylesheets, you must use a [named reference](#named-reference).
> Have suggestions for an alternative behaviour?
> [Raise an issue](https://github.com/gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules/issues/new?title=Suggestion%20for%20alternative%20handling%20of%20multiple%20stylesheet%20imports) with your suggestion.
Input:
```js
import foo from './foo1.css';
import bar from './bar1.css';
;
;
```
Output:
```js
import foo from './foo1.css';
import bar from './bar1.css';
;
;
```
### Runtime `styleName` resolution
When the value of `styleName` cannot be determined at the compile time, `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` inlines all possible styles into the file. It then uses [`getClassName`](https://github.com/gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules/blob/master/src/getClassName.js) helper function to resolve the `styleName` value at the runtime.
Input:
```js
import './bar.css';
.5 ? 'a' : 'b'}>
;
```
Output:
```js
import _getClassName from 'babel-plugin-react-css-modules/dist/browser/getClassName';
import foo from './bar.css';
const _styleModuleImportMap = {
foo: {
a: 'bar__a',
b: 'bar__b'
}
};
.5 ? 'a' : 'b', _styleModuleImportMap)}>
;
```
## Limitations
* [Establish a convention for extending the styles object at the runtime](https://github.com/gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules/issues/1)
## Have a question or want to suggest an improvement?
* Have a technical questions? [Ask on Stack Overflow.](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=babel-plugin-react-css-modules)
* Have a feature suggestion or want to report an issue? [Raise an issues.](https://github.com/gajus/babel-plugin-react-css-modules/issues)
* Want to say hello to other `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` users? [Chat on Gitter.](https://gitter.im/babel-plugin-react-css-modules)
## FAQ
### How to migrate from react-css-modules to babel-plugin-react-css-modules?
Follow the following steps:
* Remove `react-css-modules`.
* Add `babel-plugin-react-css-modules`.
* Configure `.babelrc` (see [Configuration](#configuration)).
* Remove all uses of the `cssModules` decorator and/or HoC.
If you are still having problems, refer to one of the user submitted guides:
* [Porting from react-css-modules to babel-plugin-react-css-modules (with Less)](http://www.jjinux.com/2018/04/javascript-porting-from-react-css.html)
### How to reference multiple CSS modules?
`react-css-modules` had an option [`allowMultiple`](https://github.com/gajus/react-css-modules#allowmultiple). `allowMultiple` allows multiple CSS module names in a `styleName` declaration, e.g.
```js
```
This behaviour is enabled by default in `babel-plugin-react-css-modules`.
### How to live reload the CSS?
`babel-plugin-react-css-modules` utilises webpack [Hot Module Replacement](https://webpack.github.io/docs/hot-module-replacement.html) (HMR) to live reload the CSS.
To enable live reloading of the CSS:
* Enable [`webpackHotModuleReloading`](#configuration) `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` configuration.
* Configure `webpack` to use HMR. Use [`--hot`](https://webpack.github.io/docs/webpack-dev-server.html) option if you are using `webpack-dev-server`.
* Use [`style-loader`](https://github.com/webpack/style-loader) to load the style sheets.
> Note:
>
> This enables live reloading of the CSS. To enable HMR of the React components, refer to the [Hot Module Replacement - React](https://webpack.js.org/guides/hmr-react/) guide.
> Note:
>
> This is a [webpack](https://webpack.github.io/) specific option. If you are using `babel-plugin-react-css-modules` in a different setup and require CSS live reloading, raise an issue describing your setup.