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svelte-windicss-preprocess
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A Svelte Preprocessor to compile tailwindcss at build time based on windicss compiler.
A svelte preprocessor to compile tailwindcss at build time based on windicss compiler.
first beta of experimental parser is released v3.0.0
Feature compatibility:
<div
class={isActive ? 'bg-amber-100' : 'bg-gray-100'} // ✅ supported
hover={isActive ? 'bg-amber-100' : 'bg-gray-100'} // ❌ not supported
/>
<div hover="bg-gray-100 text-white" />// ✅ supported
<div hover="sm:bg-gray-100 disabled:text-gray" /> // ❌ not supported
<div class={darker ? 'bg-amber-200' : 'bg-amber-50' } /> // ✅ supported
<div class=`bg-amber-${shade}` /> // ❌ not supported
<div class="bg-amber-200 h-1.25 mx-auto rounded-lg {width === 'large' ? 'w-40' : ''} {width === 'medium' ? 'w-30' : ''} {width === 'small' ? 'w-20' : ''}" /> // ✅ supported
Now we have a great playground, you can try it online before installing it.
npm install svelte-windicss-preprocess --save-dev
Add svelte-windicss-preprocess to your rollup.config.js.
Typescript is optional. Include
sveltePreprocess.typescript()intopreprocessif you are using typescript in your Svelte component.
// rollup.config.js
import sveltePreprocess from "svelte-preprocess";
// ...
export default {
// ...
plugins: [
svelte({
// svelte-windicss-preprocess
preprocess: [
sveltePreprocess.typescript(), // to support typescript (optional)
require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
config: 'tailwind.config.js', // tailwind config file path (optional)
compile: true, // false: interpretation mode; true: compilation mode
prefix: 'windi-', // set compilation mode style prefix
globalPreflight: true, // set preflight style is global or scoped
globalUtility: true, // set utility style is global or scoped
})
],
// ...
}),
],
// ...
};
Add svelte-windicss-preprocess to your svelte.config.cjs.
For now, sveltekit has an issue of setting the preprocessor. Make sure your
snowpack.config.cjsis consistent with our example before setting.
// svelte.config.cjs
module.exports = {
preprocess: require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
// uncomment this, if you need a config file
// config: 'tailwind.config.js',
compile: false,
prefix: 'windi-',
globalPreflight: true,
globalUtility: true,
}),
kit: {
adapter: '@sveltejs/adapter-node',
target: '#svelte',
},
};
with Typescript
// svelte.config.cjs
const sveltePreprocess = require('svelte-preprocess');
module.exports = {
preprocess: [
sveltePreprocess.typescript(),
require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
// uncomment this, if you need a config file
// config: 'tailwind.config.js',
compile: false,
prefix: 'windi-',
globalPreflight: true,
globalUtility: true,
}),
],
kit: {
adapter: '@sveltejs/adapter-node',
target: '#svelte',
},
};
Add svelte-windicss-preprocess to your rollup.config.js.
// rollup.config.js
// ...
export default {
// ...
client: {
input: config.client.input(),
output: config.client.output(),
plugins: [
// ...
svelte({
// svelte-windicss-preprocess
preprocess: require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
config: 'tailwind.config.js', // tailwind config file path
compile: true, // false: interpretation mode; true: compilation mode
prefix: 'windi-', // set compilation mode style prefix
globalPreflight: true, // set preflight style is global or scoped
globalUtility: true, // set utility style is global or scoped
}),
compilerOptions: {
// ...
}
}),
// ...
]
// ...
}
server: {
input: config.server.input(),
output: config.server.output(),
plugins: [
// ...
svelte({
// svelte-windicss-preprocess
preprocess: require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
config: 'tailwind.config.js', // tailwind config file path
compile: true, // false: interpretation mode; true: compilation mode
prefix: 'windi-', // set compilation mode style prefix
globalPreflight: true, // set preflight style is global or scoped
globalUtility: true, // set utility style is global or scoped
}),
compilerOptions: {
// ...
},
}),
// ...
]
}
// ...
}
Add svelte-windicss-preprocess to your webpack.config.js.
// webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
client: {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(svelte|html)$/,
use: {
loader: 'svelte-loader',
options: {
// ... other options
// svelte-windicss-preprocess
preprocess: require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
config: 'tailwind.config.js', // tailwind config file path
compile: true, // false: interpretation mode; true: compilation mode
prefix: 'windi-', // set compilation mode style prefix
globalPreflight: true, // set preflight style is global or scoped
globalUtility: true, // set utility style is global or scoped
}),
},
},
},
// ...
],
},
},
server: {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(svelte|html)$/,
use: {
loader: 'svelte-loader',
options: {
// ... other options
// svelte-windicss-preprocess
preprocess: require('svelte-windicss-preprocess').preprocess({
config: 'tailwind.config.js', // tailwind config file path
compile: true, // false: interpretation mode; true: compilation mode
prefix: 'windi-', // set compilation mode style prefix
globalPreflight: true, // set preflight style is global or scoped
globalUtility: true, // set utility style is global or scoped
}),
},
},
},
// ...
],
},
},
};
You can write any tailwindcss classes in your .svelte files.
<script>
// ...
</script>
<div
class="bg-white rounded-xl mx-auto max-w-sm space-y-2 shadow-md py-8 px-8 sm:flex sm:space-y-0 sm:space-x-6 sm:py-4 sm:items-center"
>
<img
class="rounded-full mx-auto h-24 block sm:flex-shrink-0 sm:mx-0"
src="/img/erin-lindford.jpg"
alt="Woman's Face"
/>
<div class="space-y-2 text-center sm:text-left">
<div class="space-y-0.5">
<p class="font-semibold text-lg text-black">Erin Lindford</p>
<p class="font-medium text-gray-500">Product Engineer</p>
</div>
<button
class="border rounded-full font-semibold border-purple-200 text-sm py-1 px-4 text-purple-600 hover:border-transparent hover:bg-purple-600 hover:text-white focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-purple-600 focus:ring-offset-2"
>
Message
</button>
</div>
</div>
<style>
/* ... */
</style>
This is not css-in-js, windicss only merges and compiles the tailwind classes of each line into a new class. You can try to compile (npm run build) and check the generated css file.
<div class="windi-15wa4me">
<img class="windi-1q7lotv" src="/img/erin-lindford.jpg" alt="Woman's Face" />
<div class="windi-7831z4">
<div class="windi-x3f008">
<p class="windi-2lluw6">Erin Lindford</p>
<p class="windi-1caa1b7">Product Engineer</p>
</div>
<button class="windi-d2pog2">Message</button>
</div>
</div>
/* ... */
.windi-1q7lotv {
border-radius: 9999px;
display: block;
height: 6rem;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
/* ... */
@media (min-width: 640px) {
/* ... */
.windi-1q7lotv {
flex-shrink: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
/* ... */
Interpretation mode will not modify your classes, it will only compile the original tailwind classes just like tailwindcss, but it is minimized and has native cross-browser support.
/* ... */
.py-8 {
padding-top: 2rem;
padding-bottom: 2rem;
}
/* ... */
@media (min-width: 640px) {
/* ... */
.sm\:items-center {
align-items: center;
}
.sm\:mx-0 {
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
.sm\:py-4 {
padding-top: 1rem;
padding-bottom: 1rem;
}
/* ... */
}
<style>
.testApply {
@apply pt-6 text-base leading-6 font-bold sm:text-lg sm:leading-7;
}
@screen sm {
ul {
@apply bg-gray-100 p-2 rounded-lg;
}
}
</style>
If you are using Svelte for VS Code vscode extension, I believe most people are using it. You will need to add "vetur.validation.style": false to your configuration file.
Hit ctrl-shift-p or cmd-shift-p on mac, type open settings, and select Preferences: Open Settings (JSON). Add "vetur.validation.style": false to settings.json then save it.
Then you will need to tell svelte-vscode to restart the svelte language server in order to pick up a new configuration.
Hit ctrl-shift-p or cmd-shift-p on mac, type svelte restart, and select Svelte: Restart Language Server. Any errors you were seeing should now go away and you're now all set up!
tw is an optional replacement attribute of class, The className in tw will be merged into the class attribute after compilation.
Group: You can also write groups in all the attributes mentioned above, such as class="font-meidum sm:hover:(font-bold bg-gray-200)". This is a native feature supported by windicss.
Unrestricted build: such as bg-hex-1c1c1e p-3.2 p-3rem p-4px w-10/11 bg-$custom-variable ...
[Using tailwind directives], such as @apply, @screen, @variants.
States attribute: such as sm md lg xl xxl focus hover dark ... after applid media rules then also will be merged into the class attribute. (Attributes like sm:hover are not available because they may be rarely used and slow down the parsing speed.)
Customize: support tailwind.config.js.
For more details, please refer to windicss.
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A Svelte Preprocessor to compile tailwindcss at build time based on windicss compiler.
The npm package svelte-windicss-preprocess receives a total of 171 weekly downloads. As such, svelte-windicss-preprocess popularity was classified as not popular.
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