postcss-pseudo-class-any-link

PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link

PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link lets you :any-link pseudo-class in CSS, following the Selectors specification.

nav :any-link > span {
  background-color: yellow;
}

/* becomes */

nav :link > span, nav :visited > span {
  background-color: yellow;
}

nav :any-link > span {
  background-color: yellow;
}

From the proposal:

The :any-link pseudo-class represents an element that acts as the source anchor of a hyperlink. It matches an element if the element would match :link or :visited.

Usage

Add PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link to your build tool:

npm install postcss-pseudo-class-any-link --save-dev

Node

Use PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link to process your CSS:

import postcssPseudoClassAnyLink from 'postcss-pseudo-class-any-link';

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

PostCSS

Add PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link as a plugin:

import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
import postcssPseudoClassAnyLink from 'postcss-pseudo-class-any-link';

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

Webpack

Add PostCSS Loader to your build tool:

npm install postcss-loader --save-dev

Use PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link in your Webpack configuration:

import postcssPseudoClassAnyLink from 'postcss-pseudo-class-any-link';

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

Gulp

Add Gulp PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install gulp-postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link in your Gulpfile:

import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
import postcssPseudoClassAnyLink from 'postcss-pseudo-class-any-link';

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

Grunt

Add Grunt PostCSS to your build tool:

npm install grunt-postcss --save-dev

Use PostCSS Pseudo Class Any Link in your Gruntfile:

import postcssPseudoClassAnyLink from 'postcss-pseudo-class-any-link';

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-postcss');

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

Options

preserve

The preserve option determines whether the original :any-link rule is preserved. By default, it is preserved.

postcssPseudoClassAnyLink({ preserve: false })

nav :any-link > span {
  background-color: yellow;
}

/* becomes */

nav :link > span, nav :visited > span {
  background-color: yellow;
}