Runtime Theming using style variables
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- JavaScript
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Description
I have been using Radium to do runtime themable components. A bit like how with SASS Bootstrap you have theme variables you can configure ([see Egghead series](https://egghead.io/playlists/react-recompose-theme-with-context-for-ui-library-customization-533a4e94)). This is possible with Aphrodite but if you change colors by dragging sliders etc it generates 100's of css classes for each component.
Ideally I need some way to remove classes that are no longer needed. This looks like it would be hard to track on a component level. Could be a style garbage collector of some kind.
Changing a theme variable probably requires a top down render of the App so I think I can get most of the way there by wiping out the whole aphrodite style tag when a theme variable changes. Is there a library way of doing this? Or should I just use querySelector?
Radium is now struggling to handle Pseudo selectors because of changes in React 15 and seriously considering adopting style tags instead of inline styles:
https://github.com/FormidableLabs/radium/issues/788
So for the two style libraries I like the fact Radium allows me to style at runtime without leaving garbage and that Aphrodite has solid handling of hover states etc. But I don't want to choose between these two features.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by reviewing Aphrodite's runtime style-tag handling and the issue's comparison with Radium; determine whether the requested theme changes require a supported way to remove obsolete generated styles. Done means the project has a decided, library-level approach for runtime theming without accumulating unused CSS classes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100