Base SCSS utilities and variables for WordPress.
Note: This package requires Dart Sass to compile. When using this package, make sure you are using Sass version 1.23.0 or later, which is based on Dart Sass.
Installation
Install the module
npm install @wordpress/base-styles --save-dev
Usage
In your application’s SCSS file, include styles like so:
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/colors';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/variables';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/mixins';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/breakpoints';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/animations';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/z-index';
@use '@wordpress/base-styles/default-custom-properties';
Make sure to use namespaces when accessing utilities, variables, functions, etc. For example:
.selector {
color: colors.$gray-300;
@include mixins.break-medium() {
font-size: variables.$font-size-large;
}
}
CSS Admin Themes
The package also includes a built version of the output generated by the wordpress-admin-schemes()
mixin which can be used directly in your project. The CSS file is located at node_modules/@wordpress/base-styles/build-style/admin-schemes.css
.
Contributing to this package
This is an individual package that’s part of the Gutenberg project. The project is organized as a monorepo. It’s made up of multiple self-contained software packages, each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to npm and used by WordPress as well as other software projects.
To find out more about contributing to this package or Gutenberg as a whole, please read the project’s main contributor guide.