Prefix every CSS selector with a custom namespace
.a => .prefix .a
$ npm install postcss-prefix-selector
const prefixer = require('postcss-prefix-selector')
// css to be processed
const css = fs.readFileSync("input.css", "utf8")
const out = postcss().use(prefixer({
  prefix: '.some-selector',
  exclude: ['.c'],
  // Optional transform callback for case-by-case overrides
  transform: function (prefix, selector, prefixedSelector, filePath, rule) {
    if (selector === 'body') {
      return 'body' + prefix;
    } else {
      return prefixedSelector;
    }
  }
})).process(css).css
Using the options above and the CSS below...
body {
  background: red;
}
.a, .b {
  color: aqua;
}
.c {
  color: coral;
}
You will get the following output
body.some-selector {
  background: red;
}
.some-selector .a, .some-selector .b {
  color: aqua;
}
.c {
  color: coral;
}
Use it like you'd use any other PostCSS plugin. If you also have autoprefixer in your webpack config then make sure that postcss-prefix-selector is called first. This is needed to avoid running the prefixer twice on both standard selectors and vendor specific ones (ex: @keyframes and @webkit-keyframes).
module: {
  rules: [{
    test: /\.css$/,
    use: [
      require.resolve('style-loader'),
      require.resolve('css-loader'),
      {
        loader: require.resolve('postcss-loader'),
        options: {
          postcssOptions: {
            plugins: {
              "postcss-prefix-selector": {
                prefix: '.my-prefix',
                transform(prefix, selector, prefixedSelector, filePath, rule) {
                  if (selector.match(/^(html|body)/)) {
                    return selector.replace(/^([^\s]*)/, `$1 ${prefix}`);
                  }
                  
                  if (filePath.match(/node_modules/)) {
                    return selector; // Do not prefix styles imported from node_modules
                  }
                  
                  const annotation = rule.prev();
                  if (annotation?.type === 'comment' && annotation.text.trim() === 'no-prefix') {
                    return selector; // Do not prefix style rules that are preceded by: /* no-prefix */
                  }
                  return prefixedSelector;
                },
              },
              autoprefixer: {
                browsers: ['last 4 versions']
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }]
}
Following the same way of Webpack but for Vite:
import prefixer from 'postcss-prefix-selector';
import autoprefixer from 'autoprefixer';
...
export default defineConfig({
...
  css: {
    postcss: {
      plugins: [
        prefixer({
          prefix: '.my-prefix',
          transform(prefix, selector, prefixedSelector, filePath, rule) {
            if (selector.match(/^(html|body)/)) {
              return selector.replace(/^([^\s]*)/, `$1 ${prefix}`);
            }
            if (filePath.match(/node_modules/)) {
              return selector; // Do not prefix styles imported from node_modules
            }
            const annotation = rule.prev();
            if (annotation?.type === 'comment' && annotation.text.trim() === 'no-prefix') {
              return selector; // Do not prefix style rules that are preceded by: /* no-prefix */
            }
            return prefixedSelector;
          },
        }),
        autoprefixer({}) // add options if needed
      ],
    }
  },
...
});  
| Name | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
| prefix | string | This string is added before every CSS selector |
| exclude | string[] or RegExp[] | It's possible to avoid prefixing some selectors by passing an array of selectors |
| transform | Function | In cases where you may want to use the prefix differently for different selectors, it is possible to pass in a custom transform method |
| ignoreFiles | string[] or RegExp[] | List of ignored files for processing |
| includeFiles | string[] or RegExp[] | List of included files for processing |
This project was originally created by @jongleberry and is being maintained by @RadValentin. If you have any questions, feel free to ping the latter.
Please contribute! If you have any questions or bugs, open an issue. Or, open a pull request with a fix.
This project uses Mocha. If you submit a PR, please add appropriate tests and make sure that everything is green for your branch.
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