postcss-place

Use a place-* shorthand for align-* and justify-* in CSS

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import postcssPlace from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/postcss-place';
</script>

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PostCSS Place Properties lets you use place-* properties as shorthands for align-* and justify-*, following the CSS Box Alignment specification.

.example {
  place-self: center;
  place-content: space-between center;
}

/* becomes */

.example {
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: center;
  place-self: center;
  align-content: space-between;
  justify-content: center;
  place-content: space-between center;
}

Usage

Add PostCSS Place Properties to your project:

npm install postcss postcss-place --save-dev

Use it as a PostCSS plugin:

import postcss from 'postcss';
import postcssPlace from 'postcss-place';

postcss([
  postcssPlace(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);

PostCSS Place Properties runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for:

Node Webpack Create React App Gulp Grunt

Options

preserve

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

postcssPlace({ preserve: false })

.example {
  place-self: center;
  place-content: space-between center;
}

/* becomes */

.example {
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: center;
  align-content: space-between;
  justify-content: center;
}