MadLittleMods / MadLittleMods/postcss-css-variables
Parenthesis problem
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- JavaScript
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Description
When using rgba fallbacks for CSS variables, output is wrong:
```css
:root{
--color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
p{
color: var(--color, rgba(0,0,0,0.5));
}
```
is transformed into (notice two parentheses on the right):
```css
p{
color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5));
}
```
Any way around that?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the provided CSS custom-property fallback example in the PostCSS plugin and inspect the transformation that produces the extra closing parenthesis. Done means the fallback output contains balanced parentheses and preserves the intended rgba value.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100