# Autoprefixer [![Cult Of Martians][cult-img]][cult] [PostCSS] plugin to parse CSS and add vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from [Can I Use]. It is [recommended] by Google and used in Twitter and Alibaba. Write your CSS rules without vendor prefixes (in fact, forget about them entirely): ```css ::placeholder { color: gray; } .image { background-image: url(image@1x.png); } @media (min-resolution: 2dppx) { .image { background-image: url(image@2x.png); } } ``` Autoprefixer will use the data based on current browser popularity and property support to apply prefixes for you. You can try the [interactive demo] of Autoprefixer. ```css ::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: gray; } ::-moz-placeholder { color: gray; } :-ms-input-placeholder { color: gray; } ::-ms-input-placeholder { color: gray; } ::placeholder { color: gray; } .image { background-image: url(image@1x.png); } @media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1), (min-resolution: 2dppx) { .image { background-image: url(image@2x.png); } } ``` Twitter account for news and releases: [@autoprefixer]. [interactive demo]: https://autoprefixer.github.io/ [@autoprefixer]: https://twitter.com/autoprefixer [recommended]: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/setup/setup-buildtools#dont_trip_up_with_vendor_prefixes [Can I Use]: https://caniuse.com/ [cult-img]: http://cultofmartians.com/assets/badges/badge.svg [PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss [cult]: http://cultofmartians.com/tasks/autoprefixer-grid.html ## Contents - [Browsers](#browsers) - [FAQ](#faq) - [Does Autoprefixer polyfill Grid Layout for IE?](#does-autoprefixer-polyfill-grid-layout-for-ie) - [Does it add polyfills?](#does-it-add-polyfills) - [Why doesn’t Autoprefixer add prefixes to `border-radius`?](#why-doesnt-autoprefixer-add-prefixes-to-border-radius) - [Why does Autoprefixer use unprefixed properties in `@-webkit-keyframes`?](#why-does-autoprefixer-use-unprefixed-properties-in--webkit-keyframes) - [How to work with legacy `-webkit-` only code?](#how-to-work-with-legacy--webkit--only-code) - [Does Autoprefixer add `-epub-` prefix?](#does-autoprefixer-add--epub--prefix) - [Why doesn’t Autoprefixer transform generic font-family `system-ui`?](#why-doesnt-autoprefixer-transform-generic-font-family-system-ui) - [Usage](#usage) - [Gulp](#gulp) - [Webpack](#webpack) - [CSS-in-JS](#css-in-js) - [CLI](#cli) - [Other Build Tools](#other-build-tools) - [JavaScript](#javascript) - [Text Editors and IDE](#text-editors-and-ide) - [Warnings](#warnings) - [Disabling](#disabling) - [Options](#options) - [Grid Autoplacement support in IE](#grid-autoplacement-support-in-ie) - [Debug](#debug) ## Browsers Autoprefixer uses [Browserslist], so you can specify the browsers you want to target in your project with queries like `> 5%` (see [Best Practices]). The best way to provide browsers is a `.browserslistrc` file in your project root, or by adding a `browserslist` key to your `package.json`. We recommend the use of these options over passing options to Autoprefixer so that the config can be shared with other tools such as [babel-preset-env] and [Stylelint]. See [Browserslist docs] for queries, browser names, config format, and defaults. [Browserslist docs]: https://github.com/ai/browserslist#queries [babel-preset-env]: https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-preset-env [Best Practices]: https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#best-practices [Browserslist]: https://github.com/ai/browserslist [Stylelint]: https://stylelint.io/ ## FAQ ### Does Autoprefixer polyfill Grid Layout for IE? Autoprefixer can be used to translate modern CSS Grid syntax into IE 10 and IE 11 syntax, but this polyfill will not work in 100% of cases. This is why it is disabled by default. First, you need to enable Grid prefixes by using either the `grid: "autoplace"` option or the `/* autoprefixer grid: autoplace */` control comment. Second, you need to test every fix with Grid in IE. It is not an enable and forget feature, but it is still very useful. Financial Times and Yandex use it in production. Third, there is only very limited auto placement support. Read the [Grid Autoplacement support in IE](#grid-autoplacement-support-in-ie) section for more details. Fourth, if you are not using the autoplacement feature, the best way to use Autoprefixer is by using `grid-template` or `grid-template-areas`. ```css .page { display: grid; grid-gap: 33px; grid-template: "head head head" 1fr "nav main main" minmax(100px, 1fr) "nav foot foot" 2fr / 1fr 100px 1fr; } .page__head { grid-area: head; } .page__nav { grid-area: nav; } .page__main { grid-area: main; } .page__footer { grid-area: foot; } ``` See also: * [The guide about Grids in IE and Autoprefixer]. * [`postcss-gap-properties`] to use new `gap` property instead of old `grid-gap`. * [`postcss-grid-kiss`] has alternate “everything in one property” syntax, which makes using Autoprefixer’s Grid translations safer. [The guide about Grids in IE and Autoprefixer]: https://css-tricks.com/css-grid-in-ie-css-grid-and-the-new-autoprefixer/ [`postcss-gap-properties`]: https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-gap-properties [`postcss-grid-kiss`]: https://github.com/sylvainpolletvillard/postcss-grid-kiss ### Does it add polyfills? No. Autoprefixer only adds prefixes. Most new CSS features will require client side JavaScript to handle a new behavior correctly. Depending on what you consider to be a “polyfill”, you can take a look at some other tools and libraries. If you are just looking for syntax sugar, you might take a look at: - [postcss-preset-env] is a plugins preset with polyfills and Autoprefixer to write future CSS today. - [Oldie], a PostCSS plugin that handles some IE hacks (opacity, rgba, etc). - [postcss-flexbugs-fixes], a PostCSS plugin to fix flexbox issues. [postcss-flexbugs-fixes]: https://github.com/luisrudge/postcss-flexbugs-fixes [postcss-preset-env]: https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-preset-env [Oldie]: https://github.com/jonathantneal/oldie ### Why doesn’t Autoprefixer add prefixes to `border-radius`? Developers are often surprised by how few prefixes are required today. If Autoprefixer doesn’t add prefixes to your CSS, check if they’re still required on [Can I Use]. [Can I Use]: https://caniuse.com/ ### Why does Autoprefixer use unprefixed properties in `@-webkit-keyframes`? Browser teams can remove some prefixes before others, so we try to use all combinations of prefixed/unprefixed values. ### How to work with legacy `-webkit-` only code? Autoprefixer needs unprefixed property to add prefixes. So if you only wrote `-webkit-gradient` without W3C’s `gradient`, Autoprefixer will not add other prefixes. But [PostCSS] has plugins to convert CSS to unprefixed state. Use [postcss-unprefix] before Autoprefixer. [postcss-unprefix]: https://github.com/gucong3000/postcss-unprefix ### Does Autoprefixer add `-epub-` prefix? No, Autoprefixer works only with browsers prefixes from Can I Use. But you can use [postcss-epub] for prefixing ePub3 properties. [postcss-epub]: https://github.com/Rycochet/postcss-epub ### Why doesn’t Autoprefixer transform generic font-family `system-ui`? `system-ui` is technically not a prefix and the transformation is not future-proof. You can use [postcss-font-family-system-ui] to transform `system-ui` to a practical font-family list. [postcss-font-family-system-ui]: https://github.com/JLHwung/postcss-font-family-system-ui ## Usage ### Gulp In Gulp you can use [gulp-postcss] with `autoprefixer` npm package. ```js gulp.task('autoprefixer', () => { const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer') const sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps') const postcss = require('gulp-postcss') return gulp.src('./src/*.css') .pipe(sourcemaps.init()) .pipe(postcss([ autoprefixer() ])) .pipe(sourcemaps.write('.')) .pipe(gulp.dest('./dest')) }) ``` With `gulp-postcss` you also can combine Autoprefixer with [other PostCSS plugins]. [gulp-postcss]: https://github.com/postcss/gulp-postcss [other PostCSS plugins]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss#plugins ### Webpack In [webpack] you can use [postcss-loader] with `autoprefixer` and [other PostCSS plugins]. ```js module.exports = { module: { rules: [ { test: /\.css$/, use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "postcss-loader"] } ] } } ``` And create a `postcss.config.js` with: ```js module.exports = { plugins: [ require('autoprefixer') ] } ``` [other PostCSS plugins]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss#plugins [postcss-loader]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss-loader [webpack]: https://webpack.js.org/ ### CSS-in-JS The best way to use PostCSS with CSS-in-JS is [`astroturf`]. Add it’s loader to your `webpack.config.js`: ```js module.exports = { module: { rules: [ { test: /\.css$/, use: ['style-loader', 'postcss-loader'], }, { test: /\.jsx?$/, use: ['babel-loader', 'astroturf/loader'], } ] } } ``` Then create `postcss.config.js`: ```js module.exports = { plugins: [ require('autoprefixer') ] } ``` [`astroturf`]: https://github.com/4Catalyzer/astroturf ### CLI You can use the [postcss-cli] to run Autoprefixer from CLI: ```sh npm install postcss-cli autoprefixer npx postcss *.css --use autoprefixer -d build/ ``` See `postcss -h` for help. [postcss-cli]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss-cli ### Other Build Tools * **Grunt:** [grunt-postcss] * **Ruby on Rails**: [autoprefixer-rails] * **Neutrino**: [neutrino-middleware-postcss] * **Jekyll**: add `autoprefixer-rails` and `jekyll-assets` to `Gemfile` * **Brunch**: [postcss-brunch] * **Broccoli**: [broccoli-postcss] * **Middleman**: [middleman-autoprefixer] * **Mincer**: add `autoprefixer` npm package and enable it: `environment.enable('autoprefixer')` [neutrino-middleware-postcss]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/neutrino-middleware-postcss [middleman-autoprefixer]: https://github.com/middleman/middleman-autoprefixer [autoprefixer-rails]: https://github.com/ai/autoprefixer-rails [broccoli-postcss]: https://github.com/jeffjewiss/broccoli-postcss [postcss-brunch]: https://github.com/iamvdo/postcss-brunch [grunt-postcss]: https://github.com/nDmitry/grunt-postcss #### Preprocessors * **Less**: [less-plugin-autoprefix] * **Stylus**: [autoprefixer-stylus] * **Compass**: [autoprefixer-rails#compass] [less-plugin-autoprefix]: https://github.com/less/less-plugin-autoprefix [autoprefixer-stylus]: https://github.com/jenius/autoprefixer-stylus [autoprefixer-rails#compass]: https://github.com/ai/autoprefixer-rails#compass #### GUI Tools * [CodeKit](https://codekitapp.com/help/autoprefixer/) * [Prepros](https://prepros.io) ### JavaScript You can use Autoprefixer with [PostCSS] in your Node.js application or if you want to develop an Autoprefixer plugin for a new environment. ```js const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer') const postcss = require('postcss') postcss([ autoprefixer ]).process(css).then(result => { result.warnings().forEach(warn => { console.warn(warn.toString()) }) console.log(result.css) }) ``` There is also a [standalone build] for the browser or for a non-Node.js runtime. You can use [html-autoprefixer] to process HTML with inlined CSS. [html-autoprefixer]: https://github.com/RebelMail/html-autoprefixer [standalone build]: https://raw.github.com/ai/autoprefixer-rails/master/vendor/autoprefixer.js [PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss ### Text Editors and IDE Autoprefixer should be used in assets build tools. Text editor plugins are not a good solution, because prefixes decrease code readability and you will need to change values in all prefixed properties. I recommend you to learn how to use build tools like [Parcel]. They work much better and will open you a whole new world of useful plugins and automation. If you can’t move to a build tool, you can use text editor plugins: * [Sublime Text](https://github.com/sindresorhus/sublime-autoprefixer) * [Brackets](https://github.com/mikaeljorhult/brackets-autoprefixer) * [Atom Editor](https://github.com/sindresorhus/atom-autoprefixer) * [Visual Studio](https://github.com/madskristensen/WebCompiler) ([how to](https://stackoverflow.com/a/54908636/2440)) [Parcel]: https://parceljs.org/ ## Warnings Autoprefixer uses the [PostCSS warning API] to warn about really important problems in your CSS: * Old direction syntax in gradients. * Old unprefixed `display: box` instead of `display: flex` by latest specification version. You can get warnings from `result.warnings()`: ```js result.warnings().forEach(warn => { console.warn(warn.toString()) }) ``` Every Autoprefixer runner should display these warnings. [PostCSS warning API]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/master/docs/api.md#warning-class ## Disabling ### Prefixes Autoprefixer was designed to have no interface – it just works. If you need some browser specific hack just write a prefixed property after the unprefixed one. ```css a { transform: scale(0.5); -moz-transform: scale(0.6); } ``` If some prefixes were generated incorrectly, please create an [issue on GitHub]. [issue on GitHub]: https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer/issues ### Features You can use these plugin options to control some of Autoprefixer’s features. * `grid: "autoplace"` will enable `-ms-` prefixes for Grid Layout including some [limited autoplacement support](#grid-autoplacement-support-in-ie). * `supports: false` will disable `@supports` parameters prefixing. * `flexbox: false` will disable flexbox properties prefixing. Or `flexbox: "no-2009"` will add prefixes only for final and IE versions of specification. * `remove: false` will disable cleaning outdated prefixes. You should set them inside the plugin like so: ```js autoprefixer({ grid: 'autoplace' }) ``` ### Control Comments If you do not need Autoprefixer in some part of your CSS, you can use control comments to disable Autoprefixer. ```css .a { transition: 1s; /* will be prefixed */ } .b { /* autoprefixer: off */ transition: 1s; /* will not be prefixed */ } .c { /* autoprefixer: ignore next */ transition: 1s; /* will not be prefixed */ mask: url(image.png); /* will be prefixed */ } ``` There are three types of control comments: * `/* autoprefixer: (on|off) */`: enable/disable all Autoprefixer translations for the whole block both *before* and *after* the comment. * `/* autoprefixer: ignore next */`: disable Autoprefixer only for the next property or next rule selector or at-rule parameters (but not rule/at‑rule body). * `/* autoprefixer grid: (autoplace|no-autoplace|off) */`: control how Autoprefixer handles grid translations for the whole block: * `autoplace`: enable grid translations with autoplacement support. * `no-autoplace`: enable grid translations with autoplacement support *disabled* (alias for deprecated value `on`). * `off`: disable all grid translations. You can also use comments recursively: ```css /* autoprefixer: off */ @supports (transition: all) { /* autoprefixer: on */ a { /* autoprefixer: off */ } } ``` Note that comments that disable the whole block should not be featured in the same block twice: ```css /* How not to use block level control comments */ .do-not-do-this { /* autoprefixer: off */ transition: 1s; /* autoprefixer: on */ transform: rotate(20deg); } ``` ## Options Function `autoprefixer(options)` returns a new PostCSS plugin. See [PostCSS API] for plugin usage documentation. ```js autoprefixer({ cascade: false }) ``` Available options are: * `env` (string): environment for Browserslist. * `cascade` (boolean): should Autoprefixer use Visual Cascade, if CSS is uncompressed. Default: `true` * `add` (boolean): should Autoprefixer add prefixes. Default is `true`. * `remove` (boolean): should Autoprefixer [remove outdated] prefixes. Default is `true`. * `supports` (boolean): should Autoprefixer add prefixes for `@supports` parameters. Default is `true`. * `flexbox` (boolean|string): should Autoprefixer add prefixes for flexbox properties. With `"no-2009"` value Autoprefixer will add prefixes only for final and IE 10 versions of specification. Default is `true`. * `grid` (false|"autoplace"|"no-autoplace"): should Autoprefixer add IE 10-11 prefixes for Grid Layout properties? * `false` (default): prevent Autoprefixer from outputting CSS Grid translations. * `"autoplace"`: enable Autoprefixer grid translations and *include* autoplacement support. You can also use `/* autoprefixer grid: autoplace */` in your CSS. * `"no-autoplace"`: enable Autoprefixer grid translations but *exclude* autoplacement support. You can also use `/* autoprefixer grid: no-autoplace */` in your CSS. (alias for the deprecated `true` value) * `stats` (object): custom [usage statistics] for `> 10% in my stats` browsers query. * `overrideBrowserslist` (array): list of queries for target browsers. Try to not use it. The best practice is to use `.browserslistrc` config or `browserslist` key in `package.json` to share target browsers with Babel, ESLint and Stylelint. See [Browserslist docs] for available queries and default value. * `ignoreUnknownVersions` (boolean): do not raise error on unknown browser version in Browserslist config. Default is `false`. Plugin object has `info()` method for debugging purpose. You can use PostCSS processor to process several CSS files to increase performance. [usage statistics]: https://github.com/ai/browserslist#custom-usage-data [PostCSS API]: http://api.postcss.org ## Grid Autoplacement support in IE If the `grid` option is set to `"autoplace"`, limited autoplacement support is added to Autoprefixers grid translations. You can also use the `/* autoprefixer grid: autoplace */` control comment to enable autoplacement Autoprefixer will only autoplace grid cells if both `grid-template-rows` and `grid-template-columns` has been set. If `grid-template` or `grid-template-areas` has been set, Autoprefixer will use area based cell placement instead. Autoprefixer supports autoplacement by using `nth-child` CSS selectors. It creates [number of columns] x [number of rows] `nth-child` selectors. For this reason Autoplacement is only supported within the explicit grid. ```css /* Input CSS */ /* autoprefixer grid: autoplace */ .autoplacement-example { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: auto auto; grid-gap: 20px; } ``` ```css /* Output CSS */ /* autoprefixer grid: autoplace */ .autoplacement-example { display: -ms-grid; display: grid; -ms-grid-columns: 1fr 20px 1fr; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; -ms-grid-rows: auto 20px auto; grid-template-rows: auto auto; grid-gap: 20px; } .autoplacement-example > *:nth-child(1) { -ms-grid-row: 1; -ms-grid-column: 1; } .autoplacement-example > *:nth-child(2) { -ms-grid-row: 1; -ms-grid-column: 3; } .autoplacement-example > *:nth-child(3) { -ms-grid-row: 3; -ms-grid-column: 1; } .autoplacement-example > *:nth-child(4) { -ms-grid-row: 3; -ms-grid-column: 3; } ``` ### Beware of enabling autoplacement in old projects Be careful about enabling autoplacement in any already established projects that have previously not used Autoprefixer's grid autoplacement feature before. 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