Builtin lightningcss-loader

The builtin:lightningcss-loader uses the builtin lightningcss from Rspack to process CSS, which can replace the syntax lowering functionality in postcss-loader to make the CSS transformation faster.

Example

To use builtin:lightningcss-loader in your project, you need to configure it as follows.

const rspack = require('@rspack/core');

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        use: [
          {
            loader: 'builtin:lightningcss-loader',
            options: {
              targets: 'ie 10',
            },
          },
          // ... other loaders
        ],
      },
    ],
  },
};

Type Declarations

You can use the LightningcssLoaderOptions type exported by @rspack/core to enable type hints:

  • rspack.config.js:
module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        use: [
          {
            loader: 'builtin:lightningcss-loader',
            /** @type {import('@rspack/core').LightningcssLoaderOptions} */
            options: {
              targets: 'ie 10',
            },
          },
          // ... other loaders
        ],
      },
    ],
  },
};

Options

Below are the configurations supported by builtin:lightningcss-loader. For detailed configuration, please refer to lightningcss document

type LightningcssFeatureOptions = {
  nesting?: boolean;
  notSelectorList?: boolean;
  dirSelector?: boolean;
  langSelectorList?: boolean;
  isSelector?: boolean;
  textDecorationThicknessPercent?: boolean;
  mediaIntervalSyntax?: boolean;
  mediaRangeSyntax?: boolean;
  customMediaQueries?: boolean;
  clampFunction?: boolean;
  colorFunction?: boolean;
  oklabColors?: boolean;
  labColors?: boolean;
  p3Colors?: boolean;
  hexAlphaColors?: boolean;
  spaceSeparatedColorNotation?: boolean;
  fontFamilySystemUi?: boolean;
  doublePositionGradients?: boolean;
  vendorPrefixes?: boolean;
  logicalProperties?: boolean;
  selectors?: boolean;
  mediaQueries?: boolean;
  color?: boolean;
};

type LightningcssLoaderOptions = {
  minify?: boolean;
  errorRecovery?: boolean;
  targets?: string[] | string;
  include?: LightningcssFeatureOptions;
  exclude?: LightningcssFeatureOptions;
  draft?: Drafts;
  nonStandard?: NonStandard;
  pseudoClasses?: PseudoClasses;
  unusedSymbols?: Set<String>;
};

targets

browserslist query string.

Here are some examples of setting targets.

  • Setting a browserslist query string:
const loader = {
  loader: 'builtin:lightningcss-loader',
  /** @type {import('@rspack/core').LightningcssLoaderOptions} */
  options: {
    targets: 'ie 10',
  },
};
  • Setting an array of browserslist query strings:
const loader = {
  loader: 'builtin:lightningcss-loader',
  /** @type {import('@rspack/core').LightningcssLoaderOptions} */
  options: {
    targets: ['chrome >= 87', 'edge >= 88', '> 0.5%'],
  },
};