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# PostCSS Logical Properties and Values

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[PostCSS Logical Properties and Values](https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-logical) lets you use logical, rather than physical, direction and dimension mappings in CSS, following the [CSS Logical Properties and Values](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-logical/) specification.

```
.banner {
  color: #222222;
  inset: logical 0 5px 10px;
  padding-inline: 20px 40px;
  resize: block;
  transition: color 200ms;
}

/* becomes */

.banner:dir(ltr) {
  padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 40px;
}

.banner:dir(rtl) {
  padding-right: 20px; padding-left: 40px;
}

.banner {
  resize: vertical;
  transition: color 200ms;
}

/* or, when used with { dir: 'ltr' } */

.banner {
  color: #222222;
  top: 0; left: 5px; bottom: 10px; right: 5px;
  padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 40px;
  resize: vertical;
  transition: color 200ms;
}

/* or, when used with { preserve: true } */

.banner:dir(ltr) {
  padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 40px;
}

.banner:dir(rtl) {
  padding-right: 20px; padding-left: 40px;
}

.banner {
  color: #222222;
  top: 0; left: 5px; bottom: 10px; right: 5px;
  inset: logical 0 5px 10px;
  padding-inline: 20px 40px;
  resize: block;
  resize: vertical;
  transition: color 200ms;
}
```

These shorthand properties set values for physical properties by default. Specifying the `logical` keyboard at the beginning of the property value will transform the flow-relative values afterward into both physical LTR and RTL properties:

#### Logical Borders

* `border`, `border-block`, `border-block-start`, `border-block-end`, `border-inline`, `border-inline-start`, `border-inline-end`, `border-start`, `border-end`, `border-color`, `border-block-color`, `border-block-start-color`, `border-block-end-color`, `border-inline-color`, `border-inline-start-color`, `border-inline-end-color`, `border-start-color`, `border-end-color`, `border-style`, `border-block-style`, `border-block-start-style`, `border-block-end-style`, `border-inline-style`, `border-inline-start-style`, `border-inline-end-style`, `border-start-style`, `border-end-style`, `border-width`, `border-block-width`, `border-block-start-width`, `border-block-end-width`, `border-inline-width`, `border-inline-start-width`, `border-inline-end-width`, `border-start-width`, `border-end-width`

#### Logical Offsets

* `inset`, `inset-block`, `inset-block-start`, `inset-block-end`, `inset-inline`, `inset-inline-start`, `inset-inline-end`, `inset-start`, `inset-end`

#### Logical Margins

* `margin`, `margin-block`, `margin-block-start`, `margin-block-end`, `margin-inline`, `margin-inline-start`, `margin-inline-end`, `margin-start`, `margin-end`

#### Logical Paddings

* `padding`, `padding-block`, `padding-block-start`, `padding-block-end`, `padding-inline`, `padding-inline-start`, `padding-inline-end`, `padding-start`, `padding-end`

#### Logical Sizes

* `block-size`, `inline-size`

#### Flow-Relative Values

* `clear: inline-start`, `clear: inline-end`, `float: inline-start`, `float: inline-end`, `text-align: start`, `text-align: end`

***

By default, [PostCSS Logical Properties and Values](https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-logical) creates fallback selectors which require at least one `[dir]` attribute in your HTML. If you don’t have any `[dir]` attributes, consider using the following JavaScript:

```js
// force at least one dir attribute (this can run at any time)
document.documentElement.dir=document.documentElement.dir||'ltr';
```

Otherwise, consider using the `dir` option to transform all logical properties and values to a specific direction.

```js
require('postcss-logical')({
  dir: 'ltr'
});
```

## Usage

Add [PostCSS Logical Properties and Values](https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-logical) to your project:

```bash
npm install postcss-logical --save-dev
```

Use [PostCSS Logical Properties and Values](https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-logical) to process your CSS:

```js
const postcssLogical = require('postcss-logical');

postcssLogical.process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions, pluginOptions */);
```

Or use it as a [PostCSS](https://github.com/postcss/postcss) plugin:

```js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssLogical = require('postcss-logical');

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

[PostCSS Logical Properties and Values](https://github.com/jonathantneal/postcss-logical) runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for:

| [Node](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#node) | [PostCSS CLI](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#postcss-cli) | [Webpack](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#webpack) | [Create React App](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#create-react-app) | [Gulp](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#gulp) | [Grunt](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/postcss-logical/INSTALL.md#grunt) |
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## Options

### dir

The `dir` option determines how directional fallbacks should be added to CSS. By default, fallbacks replace the logical declaration with nested `:dir` pseudo-classes. If `dir` is defined as `ltr` or `rtl` then only the left or right directional fallbacks will replace the logical declarations. If `preserve` is defined as `true`, then the `dir` option will be ignored.

### preserve

The `preserve` option determines whether directional fallbacks should be added before logical declarations without replacing them. By default, directional fallbacks replace logical declaration. If `preserve` is defined as `true`, then the `dir` option will be ignored.