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PostCSS Nesting
PostCSS Nesting lets you nest style rules inside each other, following the CSS Nesting specification. If you want nested rules the same way Sass works you might want to use PostCSS Nested instead.
a, b {
color: red;
/* "&" comes first */
& c, & d {
color: white;
}
/* "&" comes later, requiring "@nest" */
@nest e & {
color: yellow;
}
}
/* becomes */
a, b {
color: red;
}
a c, a d, b c, b d {
color: white;
}
e a, e b {
color: yellow;
}
Usage
Add PostCSS Nesting to your project:
npm install postcss-nesting --save-dev
Use PostCSS Nesting as a PostCSS plugin:
import postcss from 'postcss';
import postcssNesting from 'postcss-nesting';
postcss([
postcssNesting(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);
PostCSS Nesting runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for:
Node | Webpack | Create React App | Gulp | Grunt |
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Deno
You can also use PostCSS Nesting on Deno:
import postcss from "https://deno.land/x/postcss/mod.js";
import postcssNesting from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/postcss-nesting@10/mod.js";
await postcss([postcssNesting]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);
Options
noIsPseudoSelector
Specificity
Before :
#alpha,
.beta {
&:hover {
order: 1;
}
}
After without the option :
postcssNesting()
:is(#alpha,.beta):hover {
order: 1;
}
.beta:hover
has specificity as if .beta
where an id selector, matching the specification.
After with the option :
postcssNesting({
noIsPseudoSelector: true
})
#alpha:hover, .beta:hover {
order: 1;
}
.beta:hover
has specificity as if .beta
where a class selector, conflicting with the specification.
Complex selectors
Before :
.alpha > .beta {
& + & {
order: 2;
}
}
After without the option :
postcssNesting()
:is(.alpha > .beta) + :is(.alpha > .beta) {
order: 2;
}
After with the option :
postcssNesting({
noIsPseudoSelector: true
})
.alpha > .beta + .alpha > .beta {
order: 2;
}
this is a different selector than expected as .beta + .alpha
matches .beta
followed by .alpha
.
avoid these cases when you disable :is()
writing the selector without nesting is advised here
/* without nesting */
.alpha > .beta + .beta {
order: 2;
}
⚠️ Spec disclaimer
The CSS Nesting Module spec states on nesting that "Declarations occurring after a nested rule are invalid and ignored.".
While we think it makes sense on browsers, enforcing this at the plugin level introduces several constraints that would
interfere with PostCSS' plugin nature such as with @mixin