babel.md

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Babel Plugin

babel-plugin-emotion is highly recommended. All of the options that can be provided to babel-plugin-emotion are documented in babel-plugin-emotion's README.

Install

In emotion version 8 and above, installation is optional. In older versions, installation is required. See the installation instructions.

Features which are enabled with the babel plugin

styled.element Syntax

styled('div') will work without the plugin

Minification

Any leading/trailing space between properties in your css and styled blocks is removed. This can reduce the size of your final bundle.

Dead Code Elimination

Uglifyjs will use the injected /*#__PURE__*/ flag comments to mark your css and styled blocks as candidates for dead code elimination.

Static Extraction

Generated CSS that is eligible for extraction can be moved to an external css file.

Source Maps

When enabled, navigate directly to the style declaration in your javascript file.

css as Prop

Convenient helper for calling css and appending the generated className during compile time.

Components as selectors

The ability to refer to another component to apply override styles depending on nesting context. Learn more in the react-emotion docs.