PostCSS Preset Env 
PostCSS Preset Env lets you convert modern CSS into something most browsers can understand, determining the polyfills you need based on your targeted browsers or runtime environments.
npm install postcss-preset-env@custom-media --viewport-medium (width <= 50rem);
@custom-selector :--heading h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6;
:root {
--mainColor: #12345678;
}
body {
color: var(--mainColor);
font-family: system-ui;
overflow-wrap: break-word;
}
:--heading {
background-image: image-set(url(img/heading.png) 1x, url(img/heading@2x.png) 2x);
@media (--viewport-medium) {
margin-block: 0;
}
}
a {
color: rgb(0 0 100% / 90%);
&:hover {
color: rebeccapurple;
}
}
/* becomes */
:root {
--mainColor: rgba(18, 52, 86, 0.47059);
}
body {
color: rgba(18, 52, 86, 0.47059);
color: var(--mainColor);
font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Helvetica Neue;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
background-image: url(img/heading.png);
}
@media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (min-resolution: 192dpi) {
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
background-image: url(img/heading@2x.png)
}
}
@media (max-width: 50rem) {
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
}
a {
color: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.9)
}
a:hover {
color: #639;
}
Without any configuration options, PostCSS Preset Env enables Stage 2 features and supports all browsers.
Usage
Add PostCSS Preset Env to your project:
npm install postcss-preset-env --save-devUse PostCSS Preset Env to process your CSS:
const postcssPresetEnv = require('postcss-preset-env');
postcssPresetEnv.process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions, pluginOptions */);Or use it as a PostCSS plugin:
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssPresetEnv = require('postcss-preset-env');
postcss([
postcssPresetEnv(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);PostCSS Preset Env runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for:
| Node | PostCSS CLI | Webpack | Create React App | Gulp | Grunt |
|---|
Options
stage
The stage option determines which CSS features to
polyfill, based upon their stability in the process of becoming
implemented web standards.
postcssPresetEnv({ stage: 0 })The stage can be 0 (experimental) through
4 (stable), or false. Setting
stage to false will disable every polyfill.
Doing this would only be useful if you intended to exclusively use the
features option.
Without any configuration options, PostCSS Preset Env enables Stage 2 features.
features
The features option enables or disables specific
polyfills by ID. Passing true to a specific feature ID will
enable its polyfill, while passing false will disable
it.
postcssPresetEnv({
/* use stage 3 features + css nesting rules */
stage: 3,
features: {
'nesting-rules': true
}
})Passing an object to a specific feature ID will both enable and configure it.
postcssPresetEnv({
/* use stage 3 features + css color-mod (warning on unresolved) */
stage: 3,
features: {
'color-mod-function': { unresolved: 'warn' }
}
})Any polyfills not explicitly enabled or disabled through
features are determined by the stage option.
browsers
The browsers option determines which polyfills are
required based upon the browsers you are supporting.
PostCSS
Preset Env supports any standard browserslist
configuration, which can be a .browserslistrc file, a
browserslist key in package.json, or
browserslist environment variables.
The browsers option should only be used when a standard
browserslist configuration is not available.
postcssPresetEnv({ browsers: 'last 2 versions' })If not valid browserslist configuration is specified, the default browserslist query will be used.
insertBefore / insertAfter
The insertBefore and insertAfter keys allow
you to insert other PostCSS plugins into the chain. This is only useful
if you are also using sugary PostCSS plugins that must execute before or
after certain polyfills. Both insertBefore and
insertAfter support chaining one or multiple plugins.
import postcssSimpleVars from 'postcss-simple-vars';
postcssPresetEnv({
insertBefore: {
'all-property': postcssSimpleVars
}
})autoprefixer
PostCSS
Preset Env includes autoprefixer and browsers option will be passed to it
automatically.
Specifying the autoprefixer option enables passing additional
options into autoprefixer.
postcssPresetEnv({
autoprefixer: { grid: true }
})Passing autoprefixer: false disables autoprefixer.
preserve
The preserve option determines whether all plugins
should receive a preserve option, which may preserve or
remove otherwise-polyfilled CSS. By default, this option is not
configured.
postcssPresetEnv({
preserve: false // instruct all plugins to omit pre-polyfilled CSS
});importFrom
The importFrom option specifies sources where variables
like Custom Media, Custom Properties, Custom Selectors, and Environment
Variables can be imported from, which might be CSS, JS, and JSON files,
functions, and directly passed objects.
postcssPresetEnv({
/*
@custom-media --small-viewport (max-width: 30em);
@custom-selector :--heading h1, h2, h3;
:root { --color: red; }
*/
importFrom: 'path/to/file.css'
});Multiple sources can be passed into this option, and they will be parsed in the order they are received. JavaScript files, JSON files, functions, and objects will use different namespaces to import different kinds of variables.
postcssPresetEnv({
importFrom: [
/*
@custom-media --small-viewport (max-width: 30em);
@custom-selector :--heading h1, h2, h3;
:root { --color: red; }
*/
'path/to/file.css',
/* module.exports = {
customMedia: { '--small-viewport': '(max-width: 30em)' },
customProperties: { '--color': 'red' },
customSelectors: { ':--heading': 'h1, h2, h3' },
environmentVariables: { '--branding-padding': '20px' }
} */
'and/then/this.js',
/* {
"custom-media": { "--small-viewport": "(max-width: 30em)" }
"custom-properties": { "--color": "red" },
"custom-selectors": { ":--heading": "h1, h2, h3" },
"environment-variables": { "--branding-padding": "20px" }
} */
'and/then/that.json',
{
customMedia: { '--small-viewport': '(max-width: 30em)' },
customProperties: { '--color': 'red' },
customSelectors: { ':--heading': 'h1, h2, h3' },
environmentVariables: { '--branding-padding': '20px' }
},
() => {
const customMedia = { '--small-viewport': '(max-width: 30em)' };
const customProperties = { '--color': 'red' };
const customSelectors = { ':--heading': 'h1, h2, h3' };
const environmentVariables = { '--branding-padding': '20px' };
return { customMedia, customProperties, customSelectors, environmentVariables };
}
]
});exportTo
The exportTo option specifies destinations where
variables like Custom Media, Custom Properties, Custom Selectors, and
Environment Variables can be exported to, which might be CSS, JS, and
JSON files, functions, and directly passed objects.
postcssPresetEnv({
/*
@custom-media --small-viewport (max-width: 30em);
@custom-selector :--heading h1, h2, h3;
:root { --color: red; }
*/
exportTo: 'path/to/file.css'
});Multiple destinations can be passed into this option as well, and they will be parsed in the order they are received. JavaScript files, JSON files, and objects will use different namespaces to import different kinds of variables.
const cachedObject = {};
postcssPresetEnv({
exportTo: [
/*
@custom-media --small-viewport (max-width: 30em);
@custom-selector :--heading h1, h2, h3;
:root { --color: red; }
*/
'path/to/file.css',
/* module.exports = {
customMedia: { '--small-viewport': '(max-width: 30em)' },
customProperties: { '--color': 'red' },
customSelectors: { ':--heading': 'h1, h2, h3' },
environmentVariables: { '--branding-padding': '20px' }
} */
'and/then/this.js',
/* {
"custom-media": { "--small-viewport": "(max-width: 30em)" }
"custom-properties": { "--color": "red" },
"custom-selectors": { ":--heading": "h1, h2, h3" },
"environment-variables": { "--branding-padding": "20px" }
} */
'and/then/that.json',
cachedObject,
variables => {
if ('customProperties' in variables) {
// do something special with customProperties
}
Object.assign(cachedObject, variables);
}
]
});