Use the gap, column-gap, and row-gap shorthand properties in CSS
npm install postcss-gap-propertiesnpm install postcss-gap-properties --save-dev
[PostCSS Gap Properties] lets you use the gap, column-gap, and row-gap
shorthand properties in CSS, following the [CSS Grid Layout] specification.
``css
.standard-grid {
display: grid;
gap: 20px;
}
.spaced-grid {
display: grid;
column-gap: 40px;
row-gap: 20px;
}
/ becomes /
.standard-grid {
display: grid;
grid-gap: 20px;
gap: 20px;
}
.spaced-grid {
display: grid;
grid-column-gap: 40px;
column-gap: 40px;
grid-row-gap: 20px;
row-gap: 20px;
}
`
Add [PostCSS Gap Properties] to your project:
`bash`
npm install postcss postcss-gap-properties --save-dev
Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:
`js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssGapProperties = require('postcss-gap-properties');
postcss([
postcssGapProperties(/ pluginOptions /)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /, processOptions /);
`
The preserve option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is preserved.
`js`
postcssGapProperties({ preserve: false })
`css
.standard-grid {
display: grid;
gap: 20px;
}
.spaced-grid {
display: grid;
column-gap: 40px;
row-gap: 20px;
}
/ becomes /
.standard-grid {
display: grid;
grid-gap: 20px;
}
.spaced-grid {
display: grid;
grid-column-gap: 40px;
grid-row-gap: 20px;
}
``
[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#gap-properties
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/postcss-gap-properties
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Gap Properties]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-gap-properties
[CSS Grid Layout]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-grid-1/#gutters