css loader module for webpack
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The css-loader interprets @import and url() like import/require() and resolves them.
> [!WARNING]
>
> To use the latest version of css-loader, webpack@5 is required
To begin, you'll need to install css-loader:
``console`
npm install --save-dev css-loader
or
`console`
yarn add -D css-loader
or
`console`
pnpm add -D css-loader
Then, add the loader to your webpack configuration. For example:
file.js
`js`
import * as css from "file.css";
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};
Finally, run webpack using the method you normally use (e.g., via CLI or an npm script).
If you need to extract CSS into a separate file (i.e. do not store CSS in a JS module), consider using the recommend example.
- url
- import
- modules
- sourceMap
- importLoaders
- esModule
- exportType
Type:
`ts`
type url =
| boolean
| {
filter: (url: string, resourcePath: string) => boolean;
};
Default: true
Enables or disables handling the CSS functions url and image-set.
- If set to false, css-loader will not parse any paths specified in url or image-set.
- You can also pass a function to control this behavior dynamically based on the asset path.
As of version 4.0.0, absolute paths are resolved based on the server root.
Examples resolutions:
`js`
url(image.png) => require('./image.png')
url('image.png') => require('./image.png')
url(./image.png) => require('./image.png')
url('./image.png') => require('./image.png')
url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/2112.png') => require('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/2112.png')
image-set(url('image2x.png') 1x, url('image1x.png') 2x) => require('./image1x.png') and require('./image2x.png')
To import assets from a node_modules path (including resolve.modules) or an alias, prefix it with a ~:
`js`
url(~module/image.png) => require('module/image.png')
url('~module/image.png') => require('module/image.png')
url(~aliasDirectory/image.png) => require('otherDirectory/image.png')
#### boolean
Enable/disable url() resolving.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
url: true,
},
},
],
},
};
#### object
Allows filtering of url() values.
Any filtered url() will not be resolved (left in the code as they were written).
webpack.config.js
`js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
url: {
filter: (url, resourcePath) => {
// resourcePath - path to css file
// Don't handle img.png urls
if (url.includes("img.png")) {
return false;
}
// Don't handle images under root-relative /external_images/
if (/^\/external_images\//.test(url)) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
`
Type:
`ts`
type importFn =
| boolean
| {
filter: (
url: string,
media: string,
resourcePath: string,
supports?: string,
layer?: string,
) => boolean;
};
Default: true
Allows you to enable or disable handling of @import at-rules.
Controls how @import statements are resolved.
Absolute URLs in @import will be moved in runtime code.
Examples resolutions:
``
@import 'style.css' => require('./style.css')
@import url(style.css) => require('./style.css')
@import url('style.css') => require('./style.css')
@import './style.css' => require('./style.css')
@import url(./style.css) => require('./style.css')
@import url('./style.css') => require('./style.css')
@import url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/style.css') => @import url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/style.css') in runtime
To import styles from a node_modules path (include resolve.modules) or an alias, prefix it with a ~:
``
@import url(~module/style.css) => require('module/style.css')
@import url('~module/style.css') => require('module/style.css')
@import url(~aliasDirectory/style.css) => require('otherDirectory/style.css')
#### boolean
Enable/disable @import resolving.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
import: true,
},
},
],
},
};
#### object
##### filter
Type:
`ts`
type filter = (url: string, media: string, resourcePath: string) => boolean;
Default: undefined
Allows filtering of @import.
Any filtered @import will not be resolved (left in the code as they were written).
webpack.config.js
`js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
import: {
filter: (url, media, resourcePath) => {
// resourcePath - path to css file
// Don't handle style.css import
if (url.includes("style.css")) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
`
Type:
`ts`
type modules =
| boolean
| "local"
| "global"
| "pure"
| "icss"
| {
auto: boolean | regExp | ((resourcePath: string) => boolean);
mode:
| "local"
| "global"
| "pure"
| "icss"
| ((resourcePath) => "local" | "global" | "pure" | "icss");
localIdentName: string;
localIdentContext: string;
localIdentHashSalt: string;
localIdentHashFunction: string;
localIdentHashDigest: string;
localIdentRegExp: string | regExp;
getLocalIdent: (
context: LoaderContext,
localIdentName: string,
localName: string,
) => string;
namedExport: boolean;
exportGlobals: boolean;
exportLocalsConvention:
| "as-is"
| "camel-case"
| "camel-case-only"
| "dashes"
| "dashes-only"
| ((name: string) => string);
exportOnlyLocals: boolean;
getJSON: ({
resourcePath,
imports,
exports,
replacements,
}: {
resourcePath: string;
imports: object[];
exports: object[];
replacements: object[];
}) => Promise
};
Default: undefined
Allows you to enable or disable CSS Modules or ICSS and configure them:
- undefined: Enables CSS modules for all files matching /\.module\.\w+$/i.test(filename) or /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) regexp.true
- : Enables CSS modules for all files.false
- : Disables CSS Modules for all files.string
- : Disables CSS Modules for all files and set the mode option (see mode for details).object
- : Enables CSS modules for all files unless the modules.auto option is provided. otherwise the modules.auto option will determine whether if it is CSS Modules or not (see auto for more details).
The modules option enables/disables the CSS Modules specification and configures its behavior.
Setting modules: false can improve performance because we avoid parsing CSS Modules features, this is useful for developers using use vanilla CSS or other technologies.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
},
},
],
},
};
#### Features
##### Scope
- Using local value requires you to specify :global classes.global
- Using value requires you to specify :local classes.pure
- Using value requires selectors must contain at least one local class or ID.
You can find more information on scoping module here.
With CSS Modules, styles are scoped locally, preventing conflicts with global styles.
Use :local(.className) to declare a className in the local scope. The local identifiers are exported by the module.
- With :local (without parentheses) local mode can be switched on for this selector.:global(.className)
- The notation can be used to declare an explicit global selector.:global
- With (without parentheses) global mode can be switched on for this selector.
The loader replaces local selectors with unique, scoped identifiers. The chosen unique identifiers are exported by the module.
`css`
:local(.className) {
background: red;
}
:local .className {
color: green;
}
:local(.className .subClass) {
color: green;
}
:local .className .subClass :global(.global-class-name) {
color: blue;
}
Output (example):
`css`
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
background: red;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
color: green;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO ._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 {
color: green;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO ._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 .global-class-name {
color: blue;
}
> [!NOTE]
>
> Identifiers are exported
`js`
exports.locals = {
className: "_23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
subClass: "_13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1",
};
CamelCase naming is recommended for local selectors, as it simplifies usage in imported JS modules.
Although you can use :local(#someId), but this is not recommended. Prefer classes instead of IDs for modular styling.
##### Composing
When declaring a local class name, you can compose it from one or more other local class names.
`css
:local(.className) {
background: red;
color: yellow;
}
:local(.subClass) {
composes: className;
background: blue;
}
`
This does not alter the final CSS output, but the generated subClass will include both class names in its export.
`js`
exports.locals = {
className: "_23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
subClass: "_13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 _23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
};
`css
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
background: red;
color: yellow;
}
._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 {
background: blue;
}
`
##### Importing
To import a local class names from another module.
> [!NOTE]
>
> It is highly recommended to include file extensions when importing a file, since it is possible to import a file with any extension and it is not known in advance which file to use.
`css`
:local(.continueButton) {
composes: button from "library/button.css";
background: red;
}
`css`
:local(.nameEdit) {
composes: edit highlight from "./edit.css";
background: red;
}
To import from multiple modules use multiple composes: rules.
`css`
:local(.className) {
composes:
edit highlight from "./edit.css",
button from "module/button.css",
classFromThisModule;
background: red;
}
or
`css`
:local(.className) {
composes: edit highlight from "./edit.css";
composes: button from "module/button.css";
composes: classFromThisModule;
background: red;
}
##### Values
You can use @value to specific values to be reused throughout a document.
We recommend following a naming convention:
- v- prefix for valuess-
- prefix for selectorsm-
- prefix for media at-rules.
`css
@value v-primary: #BF4040;
@value s-black: black-selector;
@value m-large: (min-width: 960px);
.header {
color: v-primary;
padding: 0 10px;
}
.s-black {
color: black;
}
@media m-large {
.header {
padding: 0 20px;
}
}
`
#### boolean
Enable CSS Modules features.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
},
},
],
},
};
#### string
Enable CSS Modules features and setup mode.
webpack.config.js
`jslocal
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
// Using value has same effect like using modules: true`
modules: "global",
},
},
],
},
};
#### object
Enable CSS Modules features and configure its behavior through options.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
mode: "local",
auto: true,
exportGlobals: true,
localIdentName: "[path][name]__[local]--[hash:base64:5]",
localIdentContext: path.resolve(__dirname, "src"),
localIdentHashSalt: "my-custom-hash",
namedExport: true,
exportLocalsConvention: "as-is",
exportOnlyLocals: false,
getJSON: ({ resourcePath, imports, exports, replacements }) => {},
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### auto
Type:
`ts`
type auto =
| boolean
| regExp
| ((
resourcePath: string,
resourceQuery: string,
resourceFragment: string,
) => boolean);
Default: undefined
Allows auto enable CSS modules or ICSS based on the file name, query or fragment when modules option is an object.
Possible values:
- undefined: Enables CSS modules for all files.true
- : Enables CSS modules for files matching /\.module\.\w+$/i.test(filename) and /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) regexp.false
- : Disables CSS Modules for all files.RegExp
- : Enables CSS modules for all files matching /RegExp/i.test(filename) regexp.function
- : Enables CSS Modules for files based on the file name satisfying your filter function check.
###### boolean
Possible values:
- true: Enables CSS modules or Interoperable CSS (ICSS) format, sets the modules.mode option to local value for all files which satisfy /\.module(s)?\.\w+$/i.test(filename) condition or sets the modules.mode option to icss value for all files which satisfy /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) condition.false
- : Disables CSS modules or ICSS format based on filename for all files.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};
###### RegExp
Enables CSS modules for files based on the filename satisfying your regex check.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: /\.custom-module\.\w+$/i,
},
},
},
],
},
};
###### function
Enables CSS Modules for files based on the filename, query or fragment satisfying your filter function check.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: (resourcePath, resourceQuery, resourceFragment) => {
return resourcePath.endsWith(".custom-module.css");
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### mode
Type:
`ts`
type mode =
| "local"
| "global"
| "pure"
| "icss"
| ((
resourcePath: string,
resourceQuery: string,
resourceFragment: string,
) => "local" | "global" | "pure" | "icss");
Default: 'local'
Setup mode option. You can omit the value when you want local mode.
Controls the level of compilation applied to the input styles.
- The local, global, and pure handles class and id scoping and @value values.icss
- The will only compile the low level Interoperable CSS (ICSS) format for declaring :import and :export dependencies between CSS and other languages.
ICSS underpins CSS Module support, and provides a low level syntax for other tools to implement CSS-module variations of their own.
###### string
Possible values - local, global, pure, and icss.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
mode: "global",
},
},
},
],
},
};
###### function
Allows setting different values for the mode option based on the filename, query or fragment.local
Possible return values - , global, pure and icss.
webpack.config.js
`js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
// Callback must return "local", "global", or "pure" values
mode: (resourcePath, resourceQuery, resourceFragment) => {
if (/pure.css$/i.test(resourcePath)) {
return "pure";
}
if (/global.css$/i.test(resourcePath)) {
return "global";
}
return "local";
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
`
##### localIdentName
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentName = string;
Default: '[hash:base64]'
Allows to configure the generated local ident name.
For more information on options see:
- webpack template strings,
- output.hashDigest,
- output.hashDigestLength,
- output.hashFunction,
- output.hashSalt.
Supported template strings:
- [name] the basename of the resource[folder]
- the folder the resource relative to the compiler.context option or modules.localIdentContext option.[path]
- the path of the resource relative to the compiler.context option or modules.localIdentContext option.[file]
- - filename and path.[ext]
- - extension with leading ..[hash]
- - the hash of the string, generated based on localIdentHashSalt, localIdentHashFunction, localIdentHashDigest, localIdentHashDigestLength, localIdentContext, resourcePath and exportName[
- - hash with hash settings.[local]
- - original class.
Recommendations:
- Use '[path][name]__[local]' for development'[hash:base64]'
- Use for production
The [local] placeholder contains original class.
Note: all reserved characters (<>:"/\|?*) and control filesystem characters (excluding characters in the [local] placeholder) will be converted to -.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentName: "[path][name]__[local]--[hash:base64:5]",
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentContext
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentContex = string;
Default: compiler.context
Allows redefining the basic loader context for local ident name.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentContext: path.resolve(__dirname, "src"),
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentHashSalt
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentHashSalt = string;
Default: undefined
Allows to add custom hash to generate more unique classes.
For more information see output.hashSalt.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashSalt: "hash",
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentHashFunction
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentHashFunction = string;
Default: md4
Allows to specify hash function to generate classes .
For more information see output.hashFunction.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashFunction: "md4",
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentHashDigest
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentHashDigest = string;
Default: hex
Allows to specify hash digest to generate classes.
For more information see output.hashDigest.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashDigest: "base64",
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentHashDigestLength
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentHashDigestLength = number;
Default: 20
Allows to specify hash digest length to generate classes.
For more information, see output.hashDigestLength.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashDigestLength: 5,
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### hashStrategy
Type: 'resource-path-and-local-name' | 'minimal-subset''resource-path-and-local-name'
Default:
Should local name be used when computing the hash.
- 'resource-path-and-local-name' Both resource path and local name are used when hashing. Each identifier in a module gets its own hash digest, always.'minimal-subset'
- Auto detect if identifier names can be omitted from hashing. Use this value to optimize the output for better GZIP or Brotli compression.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
hashStrategy: "minimal-subset",
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### localIdentRegExp
Type:
`ts`
type localIdentRegExp = string | RegExp;
Default: undefined
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentRegExp: /page-(.*)\.css/i,
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### getLocalIdent
Type:
`ts`
type getLocalIdent = (
context: LoaderContext,
localIdentName: string,
localName: string,
) => string;
Default: undefined
Allows to specify a function to generate the classname.
By default we use built-in function to generate a classname.
If your custom function returns null or undefined, the built-in generator is used as a fallback.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
getLocalIdent: (context, localIdentName, localName, options) => {
return "whatever_random_class_name";
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### namedExport
Type:
`ts`
type namedExport = boolean;
Default: Depends on the value of the esModule option. If the value of the esModule options is true, namedExport defaults to true ; otherwise, it defaults to false.
Enables or disables ES modules named export for locals.
> [!WARNING]
>
> The default class name cannot be used directly when namedExport is true because default is a reserved keyword in ECMAScript modules. It is automatically renamed to _default.
styles.css
`css`
.foo-baz {
color: red;
}
.bar {
color: blue;
}
.default {
color: green;
}
index.js
`js
import * as styles from "./styles.css";
// If using exportLocalsConvention: "as-is" (default value):
console.log(styles["foo-baz"], styles.bar);
// If using exportLocalsConvention: "camel-case-only":
console.log(styles.fooBaz, styles.bar);
// For the default classname`
console.log(styles["_default"]);
You can enable ES module named export using:
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
esModule: true,
modules: {
namedExport: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};
To set a custom name for namedExport, can use exportLocalsConvention option as a function.
See below in the examples section.
##### exportGlobals
Type:
`ts`
type exportsGLobals = boolean;
Default: false
Allow css-loader to export names from global class or ID, so you can use that as local name.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportGlobals: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### exportLocalsConvention
Type:
`ts`
type exportLocalsConvention =
| "as-is"
| "camel-case"
| "camel-case-only"
| "dashes"
| "dashes-only"
| ((name: string) => string);
Default: Depends on the value of the modules.namedExport option:
- If true - as-iscamel-case-only
- Otherwise (class names converted to camelCase, original name removed).
> [!WARNING]
>
> Names of locals are converted to camelCase when the named export is false, i.e. the exportLocalsConvention option hascamelCaseOnly value by default.
> You can set this back to any other valid option but selectors which are not valid JavaScript identifiers may run into problems which do not implement the entire modules specification.
Style of exported class names.
###### string
By default, the exported JSON keys mirror the class names (i.e as-is value).
| Name | Type | Description |
| :---------------------: | :------: | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 'as-is' | string | Class names will be exported as is. |'camel-case'
| | string | Class names will be camelCased, but the original class name will not to be removed from the locals. |'camel-case-only'
| | string | Class names will be camelCased, and original class name will be removed from the locals. |'dashes'
| | string | Only dashes in class names will be camelCased |'dashes-only'
| | string | Dashes in class names will be camelCased, the original class name will be removed from the locals |
file.css
`css`
.class-name {
}
file.js
`js`
import { className } from "file.css";
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: "camel-case-only",
},
},
},
],
},
};
###### function
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return name.replace(/-/g, "_");
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return [
name.replace(/-/g, "_"),
// dashesCamelCase
name.replace(/-+(\w)/g, (match, firstLetter) =>
firstLetter.toUpperCase(),
),
];
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### exportOnlyLocals
Type:
`ts`
type exportOnlyLocals = boolean;
Default: false
Export only locals.
Useful when you use css modules for pre-rendering (for example SSR).
For pre-rendering with mini-css-extract-plugin you should use this option instead of style-loader!css-loader in the pre-rendering bundle.
It doesn't embed CSS; it only exports the identifier mappings.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportOnlyLocals: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};
##### getJSON
Type:
`ts`
type getJSON = ({
resourcePath,
imports,
exports,
replacements,
}: {
resourcePath: string;
imports: object[];
exports: object[];
replacements: object[];
}) => Promise
Default: undefined
Enables a callback to output the CSS modules mapping JSON.
The callback is invoked with an object containing the following:
- resourcePath: the absolute path of the original resource, e.g., /foo/bar/baz.module.css
- imports: an array of import objects with data about import types and file paths, e.g.,
`json`
[
{
"type": "icss_import",
"importName": "___CSS_LOADER_ICSS_IMPORT_0___",
"url": "\"-!../../../../../node_modules/css-loader/dist/cjs.js??ruleSet[1].rules[4].use[1]!../../../../../node_modules/postcss-loader/dist/cjs.js!../../../../../node_modules/sass-loader/dist/cjs.js!../../../../baz.module.css\"",
"icss": true,
"index": 0
}
]
(Note that this will include all imports, not just those relevant to CSS Modules.)
- exports: an array of export objects with exported names and values, e.g.,
`json`
[
{
"name": "main",
"value": "D2Oy"
}
]
- replacements: an array of import replacement objects used for linking imports and exports, e.g.,
`json`
{
"replacementName": "___CSS_LOADER_ICSS_IMPORT_0_REPLACEMENT_0___",
"importName": "___CSS_LOADER_ICSS_IMPORT_0___",
"localName": "main"
}
Using getJSON, it's possible to output a file with all CSS module mappings.
In the following example, we use getJSON to cache canonical mappings and add stand-ins for any composed values (through composes), and we use a custom plugin to consolidate the values and output them to a file:
webpack.config.js
`js
const path = require("path");
const fs = require("fs");
const CSS_LOADER_REPLACEMENT_REGEX =
/(___CSS_LOADER_ICSS_IMPORT_\d+_REPLACEMENT_\d+___)/g;
const REPLACEMENT_REGEX = /___REPLACEMENT\[(.?)]\[(.?)]___/g;
const IDENTIFIER_REGEX = /\[(.?)]\[(.?)]/;
const replacementsMap = {};
const canonicalValuesMap = {};
const allExportsJson = {};
function generateIdentifier(resourcePath, localName) {
return [${resourcePath}][${localName}];
}
function addReplacements(resourcePath, imports, exportsJson, replacements) {
const importReplacementsMap = {};
// create a dict to quickly identify imports and get their absolute stand-in strings in the currently loaded file
// e.g., { '___CSS_LOADER_ICSS_IMPORT_0_REPLACEMENT_0___': '___REPLACEMENT[/foo/bar/baz.css][main]___' }
importReplacementsMap[resourcePath] = replacements.reduce(
(acc, { replacementName, importName, localName }) => {
const replacementImportUrl = imports.find(
(importData) => importData.importName === importName,
).url;
const relativePathRe = /.!(.)"/;
const [, relativePath] = replacementImportUrl.match(relativePathRe);
const importPath = path.resolve(path.dirname(resourcePath), relativePath);
const identifier = generateIdentifier(importPath, localName);
return { ...acc, [replacementName]: ___REPLACEMENT${identifier}___ };
},
{},
);
// iterate through the raw exports and add stand-in variables
// ('___REPLACEMENT[
// to be replaced in the plugin below
for (const [localName, classNames] of Object.entries(exportsJson)) {
const identifier = generateIdentifier(resourcePath, localName);
if (CSS_LOADER_REPLACEMENT_REGEX.test(classNames)) {
// if there are any replacements needed in the concatenated class names,
// add them all to the replacements map to be replaced altogether later
replacementsMap[identifier] = classNames.replaceAll(
CSS_LOADER_REPLACEMENT_REGEX,
(_, replacementName) =>
importReplacementsMap[resourcePath][replacementName],
);
} else {
// otherwise, no class names need replacements so we can add them to
// canonical values map and all exports JSON verbatim
canonicalValuesMap[identifier] = classNames;
allExportsJson[resourcePath] = allExportsJson[resourcePath] || {};
allExportsJson[resourcePath][localName] = classNames;
}
}
}
function replaceReplacements(classNames) {
return classNames.replaceAll(
REPLACEMENT_REGEX,
(_, resourcePath, localName) => {
const identifier = generateIdentifier(resourcePath, localName);
if (identifier in canonicalValuesMap) {
return canonicalValuesMap[identifier];
}
// Recurse through other stand-in that may be imports
const canonicalValue = replaceReplacements(replacementsMap[identifier]);
canonicalValuesMap[identifier] = canonicalValue;
return canonicalValue;
},
);
}
function getJSON({ resourcePath, imports, exports, replacements }) {
const exportsJson = exports.reduce((acc, { name, value }) => {
return { ...acc, [name]: value };
}, {});
if (replacements.length > 0) {
// replacements present --> add stand-in values for absolute paths and local names,
// which will be resolved to their canonical values in the plugin below
addReplacements(resourcePath, imports, exportsJson, replacements);
} else {
// no replacements present --> add to canonicalValuesMap verbatim
// since all values here are canonical/don't need resolution
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(exportsJson)) {
const id = [${resourcePath}][${key}];
canonicalValuesMap[id] = value;
}
allExportsJson[resourcePath] = exportsJson;
}
}
class CssModulesJsonPlugin {
constructor(options) {
this.options = options;
}
// eslint-disable-next-line class-methods-use-this
apply(compiler) {
compiler.hooks.emit.tap("CssModulesJsonPlugin", () => {
for (const [identifier, classNames] of Object.entries(replacementsMap)) {
const adjustedClassNames = replaceReplacements(classNames);
replacementsMap[identifier] = adjustedClassNames;
const [, resourcePath, localName] = identifier.match(IDENTIFIER_REGEX);
allExportsJson[resourcePath] = allExportsJson[resourcePath] || {};
allExportsJson[resourcePath][localName] = adjustedClassNames;
}
fs.writeFileSync(
this.options.filepath,
JSON.stringify(
// Make path to be relative to context (your project root)
Object.fromEntries(
Object.entries(allExportsJson).map((key) => {
key[0] = path
.relative(compiler.context, key[0])
.replace(/\\/g, "/");
return key;
}),
),
null,
2,
),
"utf8",
);
});
}
}
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: { modules: { getJSON } },
},
],
},
plugins: [
new CssModulesJsonPlugin({
filepath: path.resolve(__dirname, "./output.css.json"),
}),
],
};
`
In the above, all import aliases are replaced with ___REPLACEMENT[ in getJSON, and they're resolved in the custom plugin. All CSS mappings are contained in allExportsJson:
`json`
{
"foo/bar/baz.module.css": {
"main": "D2Oy",
"header": "thNN"
},
"foot/bear/bath.module.css": {
"logo": "sqiR",
"info": "XMyI"
}
}
This is saved to a local file named output.css.json.
Type:
`ts`
type importLoaders = number;
Default: 0
Allows to enables/disables or sets up the number of loaders applied before CSS loader for @import at-rules, CSS Modules and ICSS imports, i.e. @import/composes/@value value from './values.css'/etc.
The option importLoaders allows you to configure how many loaders before css-loader should be applied to @imported resources and CSS Modules/ICSS imports.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 2,
// 0 => no loaders (default);
// 1 => postcss-loader;
// 2 => postcss-loader, sass-loader
},
},
"postcss-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
};
This may change in the future when the module system (i. e. webpack) supports loader matching by origin.
Type:
`ts`
type sourceMap = boolean;
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool value
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool option. All values enable source map generation except eval and false values.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
};
Type:
`ts`
type esModule = boolean;
Default: true
By default, css-loader generates JS modules that use the ES modules syntax.
There are some cases in which using ES modules is beneficial, like in the case of module concatenation and tree shaking.
You can enable CommonJS module syntax using:
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};
Type:
`ts`
type exportType = "array" | "string" | "css-style-sheet";
Default: 'array'
Allows exporting styles as array with modules, string or constructable stylesheet (i.e. CSSStyleSheet).
The default value is 'array', i.e. loader exports an array of modules with a specific API which is used in style-loader or other.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
assert: { type: "css" },
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
exportType: "css-style-sheet",
},
},
],
},
};
src/index.js
`js
import sheet from "./styles.css" assert { type: "css" };
document.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];
shadowRoot.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];
`
#### 'array'
The default export is array of modules with specific API which is used in style-loader or other.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "postcss-loader", "sass-loader"],
},
],
},
};
src/index.js
`jsstyle-loader
// applies styles to DOM`
import "./styles.css";
#### 'string'
> [!WARNING]
>
> You should not use style-loader or mini-css-extract-plugin with this value.
>
> The esModule option should be enabled if you want to use it with CSS modules. By default for locals named export will be used.
The default export is string.
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/i,
use: ["css-loader", "postcss-loader", "sass-loader"],
},
],
},
};
src/index.js
`js
import sheet from "./styles.css";
console.log(sheet);
`
#### 'css-style-sheet'
> [!WARNING]
>
> @import rules not yet allowed, more information
> [!WARNING]
>
> You don't need style-loader anymore, please remove it.
> [!WARNING]
>
> The esModule option should be enabled if you want to use it with CSS modules. By default for locals named export will be used.
> [!WARNING]
>
> Source maps are not currently supported in Chrome due to a bug
The default export is a constructable stylesheet (i.e. CSSStyleSheet).
Useful for custom elements and shadow DOM.
More information:
- Using CSS Module Scripts to import stylesheets
- Constructable Stylesheets: seamless reusable styles
webpack.config.js
`js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
assert: { type: "css" },
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
exportType: "css-style-sheet",
},
},
// For Sass/SCSS:
//
// {
// assert: { type: "css" },
// rules: [
// {
// loader: "css-loader",
// options: {
// exportType: "css-style-sheet",
// // Other options
// },
// },
// {
// loader: "sass-loader",
// options: {
// // Other options
// },
// },
// ],
// },
],
},
};
`
src/index.js
`js
// Example for Sass/SCSS:
// import sheet from "./styles.scss" assert { type: "css" };
// Example for CSS modules:
// import sheet, { myClass } from "./styles.scss" assert { type: "css" };
// Example for CSS:
import sheet from "./styles.css" assert { type: "css" };
document.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];
shadowRoot.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];
`
For migration purposes, you can use the following configuration:
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
oneOf: [
{
assert: { type: "css" },
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
exportType: "css-style-sheet",
// Other options
},
},
{
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
// Other options
},
},
],
},
],
},
],
},
};
For production builds, it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle being able to use parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
This can be achieved by using the mini-css-extract-plugin, because it creates separate css files.
For development mode (including webpack-dev-server) you can use style-loader, because it injects CSS into the DOM using multiple and works faster.
> [!NOTE]
>
> Do not use style-loader and mini-css-extract-plugin together.
webpack.config.js
`js
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
const devMode = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
// If you enable experiments.css or experiments.futureDefaults, please uncomment line below`
// type: "javascript/auto",
test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/i,
use: [
devMode ? "style-loader" : MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
"css-loader",
"postcss-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [].concat(devMode ? [] : [new MiniCssExtractPlugin()]),
};
With the help of the / webpackIgnore: true /comment, it is possible to disable sources handling for rules and for individual declarations.
`css
/ webpackIgnore: true /
@import url(./basic.css);
@import / webpackIgnore: true / url(./imported.css);
.class {
/ Disabled url handling for the all urls in the 'background' declaration /
color: red;
/ webpackIgnore: true /
background: url("./url/img.png"), url("./url/img.png");
}
.class {
/ Disabled url handling for the first url in the 'background' declaration /
color: red;
background:
/ webpackIgnore: true / url("./url/img.png"), url("./url/img.png");
}
.class {
/ Disabled url handling for the second url in the 'background' declaration /
color: red;
background:
url("./url/img.png"),
/ webpackIgnore: true / url("./url/img.png");
}
/ prettier-ignore /
.class {
/ Disabled url handling for the second url in the 'background' declaration /
color: red;
background: url("./url/img.png"),
/ webpackIgnore: true /
url("./url/img.png");
}
/ prettier-ignore /
.class {
/ Disabled url handling for third and sixth urls in the 'background-image' declaration /
background-image: image-set(
url(./url/img.png) 2x,
url(./url/img.png) 3x,
/ webpackIgnore: true / url(./url/img.png) 4x,
url(./url/img.png) 5x,
url(./url/img.png) 6x,
/ webpackIgnore: true /
url(./url/img.png) 7x
);
}
`
The following webpack.config.js can load CSS files, embed small PNG/JPG/GIF/SVG images as well as fonts as Data URLs and copy larger files to the output directory.
For webpack v5:
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|eot|ttf|woff|woff2)$/i,
// More information here https://webpack.js.org/guides/asset-modules/
type: "asset",
},
],
},
};
For production builds it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle to enable parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
- This can be achieved by using the mini-css-extract-plugin to extract the CSS when running in production mode.
- As an alternative, if seeking better development performance and css outputs that mimic production. extract-css-chunks-webpack-plugin offers a hot module reload friendly, extended version of mini-css-extract-plugin. HMR real CSS files in dev, works like mini-css in non-dev.
When you have pure CSS (without CSS modules), CSS modules and PostCSS in your project, you can use this setup:
webpack.config.js
`jspostcss-loader
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
// For pure CSS - /\.css$/i,
// For Sass/SCSS - /\.((c|sa|sc)ss)$/i,
// For Less - /\.((c|le)ss)$/i,
test: /\.((c|sa|sc)ss)$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
// Run on each CSS @import and CSS modules/ICSS imports, do not forget that sass-loader compile non CSS @import's into a single filesass-loader
// If you need run and postcss-loader on each CSS @import please set it to 2less-loader
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { plugins: () => [postcssPresetEnv({ stage: 0 })] },
},
// Can be `
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// For webpack v5
{
test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|eot|ttf|woff|woff2)$/i,
// More information here https://webpack.js.org/guides/asset-modules/
type: "asset",
},
],
},
};
index.css
`css`
.class {
background: url(/assets/unresolved/img.png);
}
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
resolve: {
alias: {
"/assets/unresolved/img.png": path.resolve(
__dirname,
"assets/real-path-to-img/img.png",
),
},
},
};
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
namedExport: true,
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return name.replace(/-/g, "_");
},
},
},
},
],
},
};
The following setup is an example of allowing Interoperable CSS features only (such as :import and :export) without using further CSS Module functionality by setting the mode option for all files that do not match the *.module.scss naming convention. This is for reference, as having ICSS features applied to all files was default css-loader behavior before v4.
Meanwhile, all files matching *.module.scss are treated as CSS Modules in this example.
An example case is assumed where a project requires canvas drawing variables to be synchronized with CSS - canvas drawing uses the same color (set by color name in JavaScript) as HTML background (set by class name in CSS).
webpack.config.js
`js`
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
// ...
// --------
// SCSS ALL EXCEPT MODULES
{
test: /\.scss$/i,
exclude: /\.module\.scss$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
modules: {
mode: "icss",
},
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// --------
// SCSS MODULES
{
test: /\.module\.scss$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
modules: {
mode: "local",
},
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// --------
// ...
],
},
};
variables.scss
File treated as ICSS-only.
`scss`
$colorBackground: red;
:export {
colorBackgroundCanvas: $colorBackground;
}
Component.module.scss
File treated as CSS Module.
`scss`
@import "variables.scss";
.componentClass {
background-color: $colorBackground;
}
Component.jsx
Using both CSS Module functionality as well as SCSS variables directly in JavaScript.
`jsx
import * as svars from "variables.scss";
import * as styles from "Component.module.scss";
// Render DOM with CSS modules class name
//
// Somewhere in JavaScript canvas drawing code use the variable directly
// const ctx = mountsCanvas.current.getContext('2d',{alpha: false});
ctx.fillStyle = ${svars.colorBackgroundCanvas};``
We welcome all contributions!
If you are new here, please take a moment to review our contributing guidelines before submitting issues or pull requests.
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