PostCSS Blank Pseudo [][PostCSS]

npm install css-blank-pseudo --save-dev

[PostCSS Blank Pseudo] lets you style form elements when they are empty, following
the [Selectors Level 4] specification.

To use this feature you need to do two things :
- add the PostCSS plugin that transforms the selector into a class or attribute
- add the browser polyfill that sets the attribute or class on elements in a browser

``css
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}

/ becomes /

input[blank].js-blank-pseudo, .js-blank-pseudo input[blank] {
background-color: yellow;
}
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}
`

Usage

Add [PostCSS Blank Pseudo] to your project:

`bash
npm install postcss css-blank-pseudo --save-dev
`

Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:

`js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssBlankPseudo = require('css-blank-pseudo');

postcss([
postcssBlankPseudo(/ pluginOptions /)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /, processOptions /);
`

Options

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The preserve option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is preserved.

`js
postcssBlankPseudo({ preserve: false })
`

`css
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}

/ becomes /

input[blank].js-blank-pseudo, .js-blank-pseudo input[blank] {
background-color: yellow;
}
`

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The replaceWith option determines the selector to use when replacing
the :blank pseudo. By default is [blank]

`js
postcssBlankPseudo({ replaceWith: '.css-blank' })
`

`css
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}

/ becomes /

.foo {
color: blue;
color: red;
}

.baz {
color: green;
}
`

Note that changing this option implies that it needs to be passed to the
browser polyfill as well.

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The disablePolyfillReadyClass option determines if selectors are prefixed with an indicator class.
This class is only set on your document if the polyfill loads and is needed.

By default this option is false.
Set this to true to prevent the class from being added.

`js
postcssBlankPseudo({ disablePolyfillReadyClass: true })
`

`css
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}

/ becomes /

input[blank] {
background-color: yellow;
}
input:blank {
background-color: yellow;
}
`

Browser

`js
import cssBlankPseudoInit from 'css-blank-pseudo/browser';

cssBlankPseudoInit();
`

or

`html



`

[PostCSS Blank Pseudo] works in all major browsers, including Safari 6+ and
Internet Explorer 9+ without any additional polyfills.

This plugin conditionally uses MutationObserver to ensure recently inserted
inputs get correct styling upon insertion. If you intend to rely on that
behaviour for browsers that do not support MutationObserver, you have two
options:

1. Polyfill MutationObserver. As long as it runs before cssBlankPseudoInit,
the polyfill will work.
2. If you don't want to polyfill MutationObserver you can also manually fire
a change event upon insertion so they're automatically inspected by the
polyfill.

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#### force

The force option determines whether the library runs even if the browser
supports the selector or not. By default, it won't run if the browser does
support the selector.

`js
cssBlankPseudoInit({ force: true });
`

#### replaceWith

Similar to the option for the PostCSS Plugin, replaceWith determines the
attribute or class to apply to an element when it's considered to be :blank.

`js
cssBlankPseudoInit({ replaceWith: '.css-blank' });
`

This option should be used if it was changed at PostCSS configuration level.
Please note that using a class, leverages classList under the hood which
might not be supported on some old browsers such as IE9, so you may need
to polyfill classList in those cases.

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Given that Next.js imports packages both on the browser and on the server, you need to make sure that the package is only imported on the browser.

As outlined in the Next.js documentation, you need to load the package with a dynamic import:

`jsx
useEffect(async () => {
const cssBlankPseudoInit = (await import('css-blank-pseudo/browser')).default;
cssBlankPseudoInit();
}, []);
`

We recommend you load the polyfill as high up on your Next application as possible, such as your pages/_app.ts` file.

[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#blank-pseudo-class
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/css-blank-pseudo

[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Blank Pseudo]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/css-blank-pseudo
[Selectors Level 4]: https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#blank