CSS Formatter for Sublime Text

Description

CSS Format is a CSS formatting plugin for Sublime Text, you can convert CSS/SASS/SCSS/LESS code to Expanded, Compact or Compressed format. CSS Format is just only a formatter, do not supports grammar check and auto correct feature.

Example:

• Expanded:

  body {
      background: #fff;
      font: 12px/2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  }
  ol, ul, li {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
  }
  a {
      color: rgba(65, 131, 196, 0.8);
  }

• Expanded (Break Selectors):

  body {
      background: #fff;
      font: 12px/2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  }
  
  ol,
  ul,
  li {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
  }
  
  a {
      color: rgba(65, 131, 196, 0.8);
  }

• Compact:

  body { background: #fff; font: 12px/2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
  ol, ul, li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
  a { color: rgba(65, 131, 196, 0.8); }

• Compact (No Spaces):

  body{background:#fff;font:12px/2em Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;}
  ol,ul,li{margin:0;padding:0;}
  a{color:rgba(65,131,196,0.8);}

• Compact (Break Selectors):

  body { background: #fff; font: 12px/2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
  ol,
  ul,
  li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
  a { color: rgba(65, 131, 196, 0.8); }

• Compact (Break Selectors, No Spaces):

  body{background:#fff;font:12px/2em Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;}
  ol,
  ul,
  li{margin:0;padding:0;}
  a{color:rgba(65,131,196,0.8);}

• Compressed:

  body{background:#fff;font:12px/2em Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif}ol,ul,li{margin:0;padding:0}a{color:rgba(65,131,196,0.8)}

Installation

OPTION 1 - with Package Control (recommended)

The easiest way to install this package is through Package Control.

1. Install Package Control, follow instructions on the website.

2. Open command panel: Ctrl+Shift+P (Linux/Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (OS X) and select Package Control: Install Package.

3. When packages list appears, type CSS Format and select it.

OPTION 2 - with Git

Clone the repository in your Sublime Text "Packages" directory:

git clone git://github.com/mutian/Sublime-CSS-Format.git "CSS Format"

You can find your "Packages" inside the following directories:

• OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/

• Windows: %APPDATA%/Sublime Text 2/Packages/

• Linux: ~/.Sublime Text 2/Packages/

OPTION 3 - without Git

Download the latest source zip from Github and extract it into a new folder named CSS Format in your Sublime Text "Packages" folder.

Usage

Select the code, or place cursor in the document, and execute commands in one of the following ways:

• Context Menu: CSS Format.

• Edit Menu: Edit > CSS Format.

• Command Panel: Open command panel: Ctrl+Shift+P (Linux/Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (OS X) and select Format CSS: XXX.

Shortcuts

By default, CSS Format provides no keyboard shortcuts to avoid conflicts, but you can read the included Example.sublime-keymaps file to get an idea how to set up your own.

Configuration

There are a number of configuration options available to customize the behavior on save. For the latest information on what options are available, select the menu item Preferences > Package Settings > CSS Format > Settings - Default.

DO NOT edit the default settings. Your changes will be lost when CSS Format is updated. ALWAYS edit the user settings by selecting Preferences > Package Settings > CSS Format > Settings - User.

• indentation: Format indentation, you can set it to " ". By default, this is set to "\t"

• expand_block_break: Set the line breaks after each rules block under Expanded format. By default, this is set to "\n\n".

• format_on_save: Set to true to trigger format on save. By default, this is set to false.

• format_on_save_action: Format action. You can refer to Settings - Default. By default, this is set to "expand".

• format_on_save_filter: CSS Format matches the name of the file being saved against this regular expression to determine if a build should be triggered. By default, the setting has a value of "\\.(css|sass|scss|less)$".

Author

Created by Mutian (http://mutian.wang).

For more info, you can send email to me: mutian(a)me.com!

Acknowledgements

For Chinese information, please visit http://mutian.wang/1508.