postcss-media-minmax

What is postcss-media-minmax?

The postcss-media-minmax npm package allows developers to write more expressive and flexible CSS media queries. Instead of using the traditional min-width and max-width syntax, it enables the use of more intuitive 'width >= x' and 'width <= y' syntax within media queries. This package is part of the PostCSS ecosystem, which is a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript.

What are postcss-media-minmax's main functionalities?

Simplified Media Query Ranges

This feature allows developers to write media queries with a clearer and more intuitive syntax. Instead of using 'min-width: 500px' and 'max-width: 1200px', you can directly specify the range using '>= and <='.

@media (width >= 500px) and (width <= 1200px) { body { background-color: lightblue; } }

Support for Logical Operators

This feature supports logical operators to define media query ranges, making it easier to read and maintain. It simplifies the process of setting styles for specific device sizes or orientations.

@media (500px <= width < 1200px) { body { font-size: 16px; } }

Other packages similar to postcss-media-minmax

postcss-custom-media

This package allows you to define custom aliases for media queries, which can be reused throughout your stylesheets. It differs from postcss-media-minmax by focusing on custom named media queries rather than enhancing the syntax of media condition expressions.

postcss-responsive-type

This package automates responsive typography. It provides functionality to adjust font sizes, line heights, and other typography-related CSS properties based on viewport sizes. While it also deals with responsive design, it is more specialized compared to the broad syntax enhancements offered by postcss-media-minmax.

README

PostCSS Media Minmax

Writing simple and graceful media queries!

The min-width, max-width and many other properties of media queries are really confusing. I want to cry every time I see them. But right now according to the new specs, you can use more intuitive <= or >= to replace the min-/max- prefixes in media queries.

V2.1.0 began to support > or < symbol.

This is a polyfill plugin which supports CSS Media Queries Level 4 and gives you access to the new features right away. Mom will never worry about my study any more. So amazing!

简体中文

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Installation

$ npm install postcss-media-minmax

Quick Start

Example 1:

var fs = require('fs')
var postcss = require('postcss')
var minmax = require('postcss-media-minmax')

var css = fs.readFileSync('input.css', 'utf8')

var output = postcss()
  .use(minmax())
  .process(css)
  .css
  
console.log('\n====>Output CSS:\n', output)  

Or just:

var output = postcss(minmax())
  .process(css)
  .css

input.css:

@media screen and (width >= 500px) and (width <= 1200px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}

You will get:

@media screen and (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}

CSS syntax

Syntax

<mf-range> = <mf-name> [ '<' | '>' ]? '='? <mf-value>
           | <mf-value> [ '<' | '>' ]? '='? <mf-name>
           | <mf-value> '<' '='? <mf-name> '<' '='? <mf-value>
           | <mf-value> '>' '='? <mf-name> '>' '='? <mf-value>

PostCSS Media Minmax hasn't implemented syntax such as 200px > = width or 200px < = width currently because its readability is not good enough yet.

Values

The special values:

• The value type is a positive (not zero or negative) followed by optional whitespace, followed by a solidus ('/'), followed by optional whitespace, followed by a positive . s can be ordered or compared by transforming them into the number obtained by dividing their first by their second .

  @media screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 16 /   9) {
    /* rules */
  }
  
  /* equivalent to */
  @media screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 16/9) {
    /* rules */
  }
  

• The value type is an with the value 0 or 1. Any other integer value is invalid. Note that -0 is always equivalent to 0 in CSS, and so is also accepted as a valid value.

  @media screen and (grid: -0) {
    /* rules */
  }
  
  /* equivalent to */
  @media screen and (grid: 0) {
    /* rules */
  }
  

How to use

Shorthand

In Example 1, if a feature has both >= and <= logic, it can be written as follows:

@media screen and (500px <= width <= 1200px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}
/* Or */
@media screen and (1200px >= width >= 500px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}

Which will output:

@media screen and (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}

Note: When the media feature name is in the middle, we must ensure that two <= or >= are in the same direction, otherwise which will not be converted.

E.g. in the example below, width is greater than or equal to 500px and is greater than or equal to 1200px, which is the wrong in both grammar and logic.

@media screen and (1200px <= width >= 500px) {
  .bar {
    display: block;
  }
}

Media feature names

The following properties support the min-/max- prefixes in the specifications at present, and will be automatically converted by PostCSS Media Minmax.

• width
• height
• device-width
• device-height
• aspect-ratio
• device-aspect-ratio
• color
• color-index
• monochrome
• resolution

Using with @custom-media & Node Watch

var fs = require('fs')
var chokidar = require('chokidar')
var postcss = require('postcss')
var minmax = require('postcss-media-minmax')
var customMedia = require('postcss-custom-media')

var src = 'input.css'

console.info('Watching…\nModify the input.css and save.')


chokidar.watch(src, {
  ignored: /[\/\\]\./,
  persistent: true
}).on('all',
  function(event, path, stats) {
    var css = fs.readFileSync(src, 'utf8')
    var output = postcss()
      .use(customMedia())
      .use(minmax())
      .process(css)
      .css;
    fs.writeFileSync('output.css', output)
  })

input.css:

@custom-media --foo (width >= 20em) and (width <= 50em);
@custom-media --bar (height >= 300px) and (height <= 600px);

@media (--foo) and (--bar) {
  
}

output.css:

@media (min-width: 20em) and (max-width: 50em) and (min-height: 300px) and (max-height: 600px) {
  
}

Grunt

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  grunt.initConfig({
    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
    postcss: {
      options: {
        processors: [
          require('autoprefixer-core')({ browsers: ['> 0%'] }).postcss, //Other plugin
          require('postcss-media-minmax')(),
        ]
      },
      dist: {
        src: ['src/*.css'],
        dest: 'build/grunt.css'
      }
    }
  });

  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-postcss');

  grunt.registerTask('default', ['postcss']);
}

Gulp

var gulp = require('gulp');
var rename = require('gulp-rename');
var postcss = require('gulp-postcss');
var selector = require('postcss-media-minmax')
var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer-core')

gulp.task('default', function () {
    var processors = [
        autoprefixer({ browsers: ['> 0%'] }), //Other plugin
        minmax()
    ];
    gulp.src('src/*.css')
        .pipe(postcss(processors))
        .pipe(rename('gulp.css'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('build'))
});
gulp.watch('src/*.css', ['default']);

Contributing

• Install all the dependent modules.
• Respect the coding style (Use EditorConfig).
• Add test cases in the test directory.
• Run the test cases.

$ git clone https://github.com/postcss/postcss-media-minmaxs.git
$ git checkout -b patch
$ npm install
$ npm test

Acknowledgements

• Thank the author of PostCSS Andrey Sitnik for giving us such simple and easy CSS syntax analysis tools.

• Thank Tab Atkins Jr. for writing the specs of Media Queries Level 4.

• Thank ziyunfei for suggestions and help of this plugin.

Changelog

License

Changelog

5.0.0 2021-01-12

• Updated: Support for PostCSS v8+
• Updated: Support for Node v10+