Set up Master CSS in React

Guide to setting up Master CSS in your React project.

Master CSS Runtime Rendering observes changes in DOM class names at browser runtime, generates corresponding CSS rules, and injects them into the running style sheet.

Fixed style cost

All features work out of the box with ~17KB transfer cost

Fully automatic

Capture any program-generated class names

CSS lifecycle

Generated on-demand and frees memory when not in use

https://react.rr.rc.css.master.co

A full-stack framework, such as Next.js, Remix, etc., is recommended for better application performance and experience.

Quick start

Clone the example

Copy-paste the commands to quickly start using the https://react.rr.rc.css.master.co example.

You can skip all installation steps.

npm create @master/css@rc project --example react
cd project
npm run dev

Installation

Create a project

If you don't have a React project, create one first. It's recommended to refer to Start a New React Project.

npm create vite@latest project -- --template react-ts
cd project

Initialize configuration file

Run npm create @master/css@rc to create a configuration file master.css.ts.

npm create @master/css@rc

Install Master CSS

Install Master CSS into your project via package managers.

npm install @master/css.react@rc

Set up CSS runtime engine

Import your custom configuration master.css.ts
Initialize the runtime engine using CSSRuntimeProvider
Add display: none in <html> to avoid FOUC

import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
import App from './App'
import './index.css'
import CSSRuntimeProvider from '@master/css.react'
import config from '../master.css'
 
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement).render(
    <React.StrictMode>
        <CSSRuntimeProvider config={config}>
            <App />
        </CSSRuntimeProvider>
    </React.StrictMode>,
)

Prevent flash of unstyled content

Add display: 'none' in <html> to avoid FOUC caused by the runtime engine not yet injecting CSS rules.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" style="display: none">
…

Launch server

Run the Vite development server.

npm run dev -- --open

Hello world!

Now style your first element using Master CSS syntax!

export default function App() {
    return (
        <h1 className="font:40 font:heavy italic m:12x text:center">Hello World</h1>
    )
}

Open your browser to watch the changes.

localhost:5173