@helpfulhuman/postcss-preset

Helpful Human's PostCSS Presets

This library provides a default set of PostCSS plugins and configurations based on the internal standards employed at Helpful Human.

Getting Started

Install via npm:

npm install --save-dev @helpfulhuman/postcss-preset

Usage

The buildConfig() method allows you to quickly create the entire config needed for PostCSS.

Standard PostCSS Config

If you're using PostCSS directly with postcss-cli command line tool, you can create a postcss.config.js file and export the results of the buildConfig() method. This approach is likely the best solution for adding PostCSS support to codebases where modern tools like Webpack are not available or not needed.

Note: The postcss-partial-import plugin is added when using the default buildMode. This means you can use @import with relative filepaths or globs to include files in your bundled CSS, like you would with SASS or Stylus.

var preset = require("@helpfulhuman/postcss-preset");

// no arguments are required
module.exports = preset.buildConfig({
  variables: {
    bodyFont: "Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif",
    brandColor: "#CC3300",
  },
});

Now you can use the postcss command line utility to build your CSS.

postcss src/index.css --map --output public/main.css

Plugins Only

Alternatively, if you're in a situation where you don't need a full configuration for PostCSS, you can get an array of just the configured plugins using the buildPlugins() method.

Note: buildConfig() invokes this function under the hood.

var preset = require("@helpfulhuman/postcss-preset");

var plugins = preset.buildPlugins({ /* options */ });

Options

Name	Type	Description
autoreset	Bool	Enables the autoreset plugin when when set to true. Recommended for use with CSS modules. Defaults to false.
browsers	String[]	An array of strings used for automatically adding vendor prefixes. See autoprefixer's browser documentation for more information. Defaults to ["last 2 version", "ie >= 10"]
enableShortRules	Bool	Enables the use of short rule notation when set to true. Defaults to true.
legacyBrowsers	Bool	Enables broadstroke legacy browser support (like IE9) when set to true. Defaults to false.
buildMode	Enum	Must be set to a value of MODE_DEFAULT, MODE_MODULES or MODE_WEBPACK. Defaults to MODE_DEFAULT.
nextCSS	Bool	When true, enables polyfills for future CSS features including custom properties, var(), @apply, variable calc(), @custom-media, @media ranges, @custom-selector, element nesting, image-set, case-insensitive attributes, hwb(), Level-4 hsl() and rgb(), gray(), RGBA hexadecimal color notations, color(), system-ui fonts, font-variant, filter() (for SVGs), :matches, Level-4 :not, :any-link, and overflow-wrap. Defaults to true.
optimize	Bool	Optimizes the final output for production releases. Defaults to true when the NODE_ENV is set to production.
preCSS	String[]	Enable various preprocessor features by providing an array of features to enable. Defaults to all options: ["@import", "@mixin", "@at-root", "@lookup", "@extend"].
pseudoFallbacks	Bool	Provides single colon fallbacks for ::pseudo elements including before, after, first-letter, first-line, first-child, last-child, hover, focus, and active in order to support older browsers when set to true. Defaults to legacyBrowsers' value.
remFallback	Bool	Helps support older browsers by automatically adding a px fallback for rules using rem units. Defaults to legacyBrowsers' value.
rgbaFallback	Bool	Enables rgba() to rgb() fallback to be added for legacy browsers when set to true. Defaults to legacyBrowsers' value.
variables	Object	Provide an object literal of variables to be injected and made globally available in your stylesheets.

$sudo Options

Warning: It is recommended that you don't touch these unless absolutely necessary.

Not listed in the options table above is the $sudo field that allows you to manually provide configurations to each individual plugin used by this library. Along with the standard options that each plugin supports individually, a forceEnable feature is also available to ensure that the plugin is included with your configuration (despite the settings above).

Example

var preset = require("@helpfulhuman/postcss-preset");

module.exports = preset.buildConfig({
  $sudo: {
    autoreset: {
      reset: {
        margin: 0,
        padding: 0,
        borderRadius: 0,
      },
    },
    customProperties: {
      preserve: true,
    },
  },
});

Below is a list of all of the plugins you can configure and their corresponding key name.

Key	Plugin
partialImport	postcss-partial-import
mixins	postcss-mixins
advancedVars	postcss-advanced-variables
autoreset	postcss-autoreset
short	postcss-short
customProps	postcss-custom-properties
apply	postcss-apply
calc	postcss-calc
customMedia	postcss-custom-media
mediaMinMax	postcss-media-minmax
customSelectors	postcss-custom-selectors
nesting	postcss-nesting
atRoot	postcss-at-root
propertyLookup	postcss-property-lookup
extend	postcss-extend
imageSet	postcss-image-set-polyfill
attributeCaseInsensitive	postcss-attribute-case-insensitive
colorHwb	postcss-color-hwb
colorHsl	postcss-color-hsl
colorRgb	postcss-color-rgb
colorGray	postcss-color-gray
colorHexAlpha	postcss-color-hex-alpha
colorFunction	postcss-color-function
fontFamilySystemUi	postcss-font-family-system-ui
fontVariant	postcss-font-variant
filters	pleeease-filters
initial	postcss-initial
pseudoElements	postcss-pseudoelements
selectorMatches	postcss-selector-matches
selectorNot	postcss-selector-not
pseudoClassAnyLink	postcss-pseudo-class-any-link
replaceOverflowWrap	postcss-replace-overflow-wrap
colorRgbaFallback	postcss-color-rgba-fallback
pixrem	pixrem
autoprefixer	autoprefixer
cssnano	cssnano