# Style DSL in Compose Web **The API is experimental, and breaking changes can be expected** ## Introduction In this tutorial we have a look at how to style the components using the Style DSL. It’s a typesafe DSL for style sheets, which you can use to express CSS rules in your Kotlin code, and even modify styles based on the state of your Compose application. ### Inline Style You can declare inline styles via the `style` block of a component ```kotlin Div( style = { display(DisplayStyle.Flex) padding(20.px) // custom property (or not supported out of a box) property("font-family", value("Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif")) } ) { /* content goes here */ } ``` In HTML, it will look like this: ```html
``` ### Stylesheet An alternative way is to define a Stylesheet that contains rules: ```kotlin object AppStylesheet : StyleSheet() { val container by style { // container is a class display(DisplayStyle.Flex) padding(20.px) // custom property (or not supported out of a box) property("font-family", value("Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif")) } } // Stylesheet needs to be mounted: renderComposable("root") { Style(AppStylesheet) Container { Text("Content") } } @Composable fun Container(content: @Composable () -> Unit) { Div( attrs = { classes(AppStylesheet.container) } ) { content() } } ``` In HTML, it will look like this: ```html
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``` ### Selectors examples The Style DSL also provides a way to combine and unify selectors: ```kotlin object AppStylesheet : StyleSheet() { init { // CSSSelector.Universal can be used instead of "*" "*" style { fontSize(15.px) padding(0.px) } // raw selector "h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6" style { property("font-family", value("Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif")) } // combined selector type("A") + attr( // selects all tags with href containing 'jetbrains' name = "href", value = "jetbrains", operator = CSSSelector.Attribute.Operator.Equals ) style { fontSize(25.px) } } // A convenient way to create a class selector // AppStylesheet.container can be used as a class in component attrs val container by style { color("red") // hover selector for a class self + hover() style { // self is a selector for `container` color("green") } } } ``` ### Media query example To specify media queries, you can use the `media` function, which takes the related query, and a block of styles: ```kotlin object AppStylesheet : StyleSheet() { val container by style { padding(48.px) media(maxWidth(640.px)) { self style { padding(12.px) } } } } ``` ### CSS Variables The style DSL also provides support for CSS variables. ```kotlin object MyVariables : CSSVariables { // declare a variable val contentBackgroundColor by variable() } object MyStyleSheet: StyleSheet() { val container by style { //set variable's value for the `container` scope MyVariables.contentBackgroundColor(Color("blue")) } val content by style { // get the value backgroundColor(MyVariables.contentBackgroundColor.value()) } val contentWithDefaultBgColor by style { // default value can be provided as well // default value is used when the value is not previously set backgroundColor(MyVariables.contentBackgroundColor.value(Color("#333"))) } } ```