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Component library authors struggle to package CSS cleanly

JavaScript component-library authors—especially those using Vite—want components to work with their default styles without asking consumers to manage a separate CSS import. But putting styles inline can break CSS features or transitions, while injecting them in JavaScript can cause problems during server-side rendering or lead to unwanted global styles. The signals also include related Angular and React styling concerns, but most center on packaging library CSS.

For javaScript component-library maintainers. Mentioned from Jun 2018 to Feb 2024 on GitHub and Hacker News.

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  1. Not all css can be inlined directly (pseduo, media query, '>' and many more), which require me to rewrite my entire component into render function
    fuxingloh on GitHub (vitejs/vite)Feb 2021Has a workaround
  2. Requiring non-SSR users to manually import a CSS file to get a component's default style to work is suboptimal DX, and an unfamiliar surprise for anyone accustomed to importing components under Vue 2
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