@carbon/elements

A collection of design elements in code for the IBM Design Language

Getting started

To install @carbon/elements in your project, you will need to run the following command using npm:

npm install -S @carbon/elements

If you prefer Yarn, use the following command instead:

yarn add @carbon/elements

Usage

@carbon/elements includes all of the other elements packages in the project and can be useful instead of installing each package individually. This package offers support for both the JavaScript exports from these packages, in addition to Sass support.

Sass

@carbon/elements provides two entrypoints for you to leverage: a bundled entrypoint and a module entrypoint. For most use-cases, the bundled entrypoint will work for you. If you have taken an extra step to configure your build configuration to properly resolve @imports from files, then feel free to use the module entrypoint.

To include the bundled entrypoint, you can include the following in your Sass file:

@import '@carbon/elements/scss/elements';

# Import a specific package nested in elements
@import '@carbon/elements/scss/themes/g10';

Include in the example above is how to access nested packages. These packages are ones that you could optionally install as a package, like @carbon/themes, but we've included them inline as a convenience.

To include the module entrypoint, you can include the following in your Sass file:

@import '@carbon/elements/scss/index';

JavaScript

@carbon/elements re-exports the exports from all of the packages that it exports. That means that if an individual package exports a value, then you can import it the same way when using @carbon/elements. For example, with @carbon/colors we might write:

import { colors } from '@carbon/colors';

With @carbon/elements, you can also import colors:

import { colors } from '@carbon/elements';

🙌 Contributing

We're always looking for contributors to help us fix bugs, build new features, or help us improve the project documentation. If you're interested, definitely check out our Contributing Guide! 👀

📝 License

Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.