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@automattic/webpack-rtl-plugin
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Webpack plugin to use in addition to mini-css-extract-plugin to create a second css bundle, processed to be rtl.
This uses rtlcss under the hood, please refer to its documentation for supported properties.
Originally forked from https://github.com/romainberger/webpack-rtl-plugin, commit aca883ad70671a5d2a90c676fe8ea60d42c8759b (tag v2.0.0).
This plugin contains Automattic changes to the original webpack-rtl-plugin and is released as @automattic/webpack-rtl-plugin.
Check out the webpack-rtl-example to see an example of an app using the rtl-css-loader and webpack-rtl-plugin.
$ npm install @automattic/webpack-rtl-plugin
Add the plugin to your webpack configuration:
const WebpackRTLPlugin = require( '@automattic/webpack-rtl-plugin' );
module.exports = {
entry: path.join( __dirname, 'src/index.js' ),
output: {
path: path.resolve( __dirname, 'dist' ),
filename: 'bundle.js',
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
{
loader: 'css-loader',
options: {
/*...,*/
},
},
],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin( {
filename: 'style.css',
} ),
new WebpackRTLPlugin(),
],
};
This will create the normal style.css and an additionnal style.rtl.css.
new WebpackRTLPlugin({
options: {},
plugins: [],
})
test a RegExp (object or string) that must match asset filename.options Options given to rtlcss. See the rtlcss documentation for available options.plugins RTLCSS plugins given to rtlcss. See the rtlcss documentation for writing plugins. Default to [].FAQs
Webpack plugin to produce a rtl css bundle.
We found that @automattic/webpack-rtl-plugin demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 36 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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