postcss-gap-properties

PostCSS Gap Properties

PostCSS Gap Properties lets you use the gap, column-gap, and row-gap shorthand properties in CSS.

.standard-grid {
	gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	column-gap: 40px;
	row-gap: 20px;
}

/* becomes */

.standard-grid {
	grid-gap: 20px;
	gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	grid-column-gap: 40px;
	column-gap: 40px;
	grid-row-gap: 20px;
	row-gap: 20px;
}

Usage

Add PostCSS Gap Properties to your build tool:

npm install postcss-gap-properties --save-dev

Node

Use PostCSS Gap Properties to process your CSS:

import postcssGapProperties from 'postcss-gap-properties';

postcssGapProperties.process(YOUR_CSS, /* processOptions */, /* pluginOptions */);

PostCSS

Add PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Gap Properties as a plugin:

import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
import postcssGapProperties from 'postcss-gap-properties';

postcss([
  postcssGapProperties(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS);

Webpack

Add PostCSS Loader to your build tool:

npm install postcss-loader --save-dev

Use PostCSS Gap Properties in your Webpack configuration:

import postcssGapProperties from 'postcss-gap-properties';

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        use: [
          'style-loader',
          { loader: 'css-loader', options: { importLoaders: 1 } },
          { loader: 'postcss-loader', options: {
            ident: 'postcss',
            plugins: () => [
              postcssGapProperties(/* pluginOptions */)
            ]
          } }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Gulp

Add Gulp PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install gulp-postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Gap Properties in your Gulpfile:

import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
import postcssGapProperties from 'postcss-gap-properties';

gulp.task('css', () => gulp.src('./src/*.css').pipe(
  postcss([
    postcssGapProperties(/* pluginOptions */)
  ])
).pipe(
  gulp.dest('.')
));

Grunt

Add Grunt PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install grunt-postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Gap Properties in your Gruntfile:

import postcssGapProperties from 'postcss-gap-properties';

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-postcss');

grunt.initConfig({
  postcss: {
    options: {
      use: [
       postcssGapProperties(/* pluginOptions */)
      ]
    },
    dist: {
      src: '*.css'
    }
  }
});

Options

preserve

The preserve option determines whether the original gap declaration should remain in the CSS. By default, the original declaration is preserved.