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Summary

This PR unifies the CSS-to-React-Native style pipeline into a new @cssxjs/css-to-rn workspace package and wires CSSX, loaders, Babel output, and runtime entrypoints through it. The goal is to replace the separate forked CSS-to-RN transform libraries and the old CSSX runtime with one maintainable compiler/runtime package.

Key changes:

  • Adds packages/css-to-rn, a TypeScript ESM package owning CSS parsing, selector IR, value resolution, property transforms, style resolution, caching, and React runtime tracking.
  • Keeps Stylus-to-CSS compilation separate, while moving pure CSS-to-RN style compilation and runtime resolution into the unified package.
  • Supports local JS template interpolation in function-scoped css/styl templates, with interpolation values reusing one cache slot per compiled call shape.
  • Adds runtime CSS string compilation for generated CSS via useRuntimeCss(), useCssxLayer(), and cssx().
  • Implements nested var() resolution, partial shorthand substitution, dynamic dependency tracking, bounded cache behavior, deep inline-style hashing, media/dimension tracking, web matchMedia invalidation, and React Native Dimensions integration.
  • Adds React 19 tracking without Teamplay or @nx-js/observer-util, including Suspense/aborted-render cleanup tests.
  • Adds CssxProvider style and theme for subtree-scoped provider CSS, global utility classes, scoped :root / :root.<theme> variables, OS dark-mode auto selection, and component tag overrides.
  • Adds CSSX theme assets and exports: cssxjs/themes/tailwind and cssxjs/themes/shadcn.
  • Adds @custom-media, CSS media range evaluation for width/height comparisons, built-in @media (--theme-*) aliases, and provider-aware useMedia().
  • Adds component tag selectors through themed(tagName, Component), including Tag, Tag.class, Tag:part(name), Tag::part(name), Tag:hover, and Tag:active matching.
  • Adds useCssVariable(), useCssVariableRaw(), getCssVariable(), and getCssVariableRaw() for subscribed and global JS access to resolved CSS variables.
  • Adds useCssColor() and getCssColor() for provider-aware JS color bridges, including token lookup and color-mix() style mixing.
  • Adds a deprecated JS u() helper and build diagnostics for deprecated CSS u units.
  • Adds validating variables and defaultVariables proxy methods: .assign(), .set(), and .clear().
  • Resolves var() inside inline style props and tracks the variables used by those inline props.
  • Normalizes oklch(), oklab(), and color-mix() through pinned @colordx/core@5.4.3 so modern color CSS works on RN.
  • Supports percentage/unitless calc() in CSS value resolution for color-channel math while still rejecting mixed layout calc such as calc(100% - 16px).
  • Mixes color-mix(in srgb, color, transparent) with premultiplied alpha so transparent theme colors preserve the source RGB.
  • Preserves source-condition TypeScript consumers without committing build output: source entrypoints carry vendor shims, themed() preserves wrapped component props, and cssx() accepts loader-produced opaque sheet records at the type boundary.
  • Implements :hover/:active aliases, filter, background-image/gradient support, limited background shorthand, animations/transitions/keyframes, and Reanimated v4-compatible animation style output.
  • Adds build-strict diagnostics for unsupported static declarations while keeping runtime compilation graceful for generated CSS.
  • Migrates loaders and Babel runtime paths to the unified package, with source-condition test/dev imports and facade smoke coverage.
  • Stops tracking generated dist output; package builds still emit dist for published/default exports.
  • Keeps legacy runtime/*-teamplay import paths as compatibility wrappers only.
  • Removes the old packages/runtime package from the active graph.
  • Updates architecture.md, AGENTS.md, plan.md, public docs, README credits, and CI smoke checks for the new architecture.

Architect Review Follow-up

After a multi-agent architecture/performance/test-coverage review, this PR now also:

  • avoids promoting changed tracked sheets, interpolation values, or hook dependencies from Suspense-aborted renders
  • keeps useCssxLayer(false) hook order stable when toggled to a real sheet
  • allows and resolves template interpolation inside provider :root custom property values
  • resolves provider root variables from compiled sheets and { sheet, values } layers
  • adds regression coverage for complex partial var() values in box-shadow/filter/text-shadow/transform/background
  • updates runtime docs for precompiled provider :root interpolation
  • maps :part(root) to the root style prop consistently in the unified resolver
  • expands @custom-media subscriptions to concrete media dependencies and marks width/height range queries as dimension-dependent
  • surfaces runtime sheet compile diagnostics through resolveCssx() for generated CSS callers
  • keeps cssxjs/runtime/web and cssxjs/runtime/react-native exporting the public CSSX/color helpers with smoke coverage

Related PRs

Validation

  • cd packages/css-to-rn && npm test
  • cd packages/babel-plugin-rn-stylename-inline && yarn test
  • cd packages/babel-plugin-rn-stylename-to-style && yarn test
  • git diff --check
  • cd packages/cssxjs && yarn test
  • CSSX theme entrypoints compile through JS import/default-export wrappers instead of leaking .cssx.css assets into consuming web builds.
  • Cross-repo StartupJS UI validation with local source links:
    • node scripts/update-style-reference-docs.mjs idempotency check
    • yarn generate-package-dts
    • node scripts/check-startupjs-ui-exports.mjs
    • yarn build for startupjs-ui docs
    • Playwright smoke for the generic Styling guide plus Button, Item, Div, and DateTimePicker docs pages
    • Playwright smoke for Storybook iframe stories: Overview, Button, Item, Badge, Modal, Popover, System/StartupJS UI, and DateTimePicker
    • visual screenshots checked for Styling, Button, Item, DateTimePicker, provider, and popover stories
  • Known during DateTimePicker smoke: Moment Timezone logs its existing missing timezone-data warning; no CSS token, page, or provider errors were observed.
  • startupjs PR validation: NODE_OPTIONS="-C cssx-ts" npm test in core/startupjs, plus the normal pre-commit hook with eslint and npx startupjs check.

Review Focus

This is a large architectural PR. Please scrutinize:

  • Runtime cache invalidation, interpolation cache behavior, and reference stability.
  • Provider :root / :root.<theme> variable scoping and precedence relative to runtime/default variables.
  • Theme selection, OS color-scheme subscriptions, and @media (--theme-*) behavior.
  • @custom-media, range media evaluation, and useMedia() subscriptions.
  • Component tag selector matching and the themed() render-local tracking model.
  • useCssVariable() / useCssColor() exact subscriptions and Suspense/aborted-render safety.
  • Media/dimension invalidation, web matchMedia subscriptions, React Native dimensions, and listener cleanup.
  • Complex value parsing: nested var(), shorthand fragments, modern colors, gradients/backgrounds, transforms, animations, transitions, and invalid generated CSS.
  • Babel output compatibility with existing CSSX styleName, css, styl, and part workflows.
  • Package exports/source-condition behavior and whether the new package boundary is maintainable long term.

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cray0000 marked this pull request as ready for review June 24, 2026 02:30
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cray0000 changed the base branch from master to alpha June 24, 2026 14:08
@cray0000 cray0000 changed the title Unify CSS-to-RN compiler and runtime pipeline feat: Unify CSS-to-RN compiler and runtime pipeline Jun 24, 2026
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## Summary

- wrap `StartupjsProvider` children in CSSX `CssxProvider`
- pass `StartupjsProvider style` into CSSX and through the existing
plugin `renderRoot` hook
- pass `StartupjsProvider theme` into CSSX so apps can select `auto`,
`default`, `light`, `dark`, or custom CSSX themes from the framework
root
- add a `.d.ts` surface for `StartupjsProvider`, including CSSX provider
style and theme inputs
- re-export CSSX theme assets from `startupjs/themes/tailwind` and
`startupjs/themes/shadcn`

## Why

The CSS-first UI theme migration needs framework users to configure
global CSSX variables, utility classes, component tag overrides, and
theme selection through the normal StartupJS root provider. Direct CSSX
users can still use `CssxProvider` themselves; StartupJS users can pass
the same style and theme inputs to `StartupjsProvider`.

Bare StartupJS still does not include Tailwind, shadcn, or StartupJS UI
theme styles by default. Those are included by startupjs-ui when its
plugin injects the UI provider.

## Related PRs

- startupjs/cssx#5 adds the unified CSSX compiler/runtime,
`CssxProvider`, provider-scoped `:root`, tag selectors, CSS variable
hooks, OKLCH/color-mix evaluation, custom media, theme assets, and
runtime CSS support.
- startupjs/startupjs-ui#41 moves the UI theme system onto CSSX theme
assets, `startupjsUiTheme.cssx.css`, direct CSS variable primitives, and
component tag/part overrides.

## Validation

- `NODE_OPTIONS="-C cssx-ts" npm test` in `core/startupjs`
- normal pre-commit hook, including eslint and `npx startupjs check`
cray0000 added a commit to startupjs/startupjs-ui that referenced this pull request Jun 24, 2026
## Summary

- migrate StartupJS UI to the CSSX-first theme model backed by CSS
variables, component tag selectors, and `:part()` overrides
- compose `UiProvider` from CSSX Tailwind tokens, CSSX shadcn semantic
tokens, and `startupjsUiTheme.cssx.css`, with app-provided
`StartupjsProvider style` layered after UI defaults
- replace the old palette/Colors/CssVariables theme runtime with normal
CSSX `:root` variables and semantic `--color-*` tokens
- remove public `useThemeColor()`, `getThemeColor()`,
`getThemeColorVariableName()`, `Colors`, `Palette`, `CssVariables`,
`generateColors`, and `useColors` APIs
- keep `@startupjs-ui/core` as a tiny non-style package for the `UIRole`
type only
- refactor component JS color reads to CSSX `useCssColor()` /
`useCssVariable()` primitives re-exported from `startupjs`
- inline all component, demo, MDX renderer, and docs styles into local
`css` templates; only the package-level `startupjsUiTheme.cssx.css`
theme asset remains
- replace Stylus helpers, `$UI`, `u`, `:export config`, and separate
`.cssx.styl` files with CSS variables, `rem`, `color-mix()`, `oklch()`,
and CSSX custom media
- preserve component customization through `themed(name, Component)`,
component tag selectors, semantic `part` props, and per-instance `style`
/ `*Style` props
- update documentation to present `StartupjsProvider style`, CSSX
tokens, tag overrides, and `:part()` as the customization model
- keep the generic Styling guide as the canonical theming doc while
component pages document only their own parts and variables/defaults
- memoize the UI provider style layer array so provider context does not
churn when `style` is unchanged
- improve generated part reference extraction for conditional part
arrays such as TextInput icon parts

## Why

CSSX now owns provider-scoped `:root` variables, global utility classes,
component tag selectors, `:part()` / `::part()` overrides, subscribed
CSS variable reads, OKLCH evaluation, and `color-mix()`. Keeping palette
generation, theme-color hooks, theme context, component override wiring,
or style helpers inside startupjs-ui would duplicate that model and keep
theming in the wrong layer.

With this change, the StartupJS UI theme is normal CSSX CSS:

```css
:root {
  --color-primary: oklch(0.55 0.22 260);
  --Button-radius: var(--radius-md);
}

Button {
  border-radius: 12px;
}

Button:part(text) {
  color: var(--color-primary-foreground);
}
```

Component color props still accept tokens such as `primary`, which map
to `--color-primary`. Raw CSS values and `var(--x)` remain valid where
component props accept raw colors.

## Related PRs

- startupjs/cssx#5 adds the unified CSSX compiler/runtime,
`CssxProvider`, provider-scoped `:root`, component tag selectors, CSS
variable/color hooks, OKLCH/color-mix evaluation, custom media, runtime
CSS support, and source-condition types.
- startupjs/startupjs#1327 wires `StartupjsProvider style` and `theme`
into CSSX so framework users can configure this without importing CSSX
directly.

## Validation

- `node scripts/update-style-reference-docs.mjs` idempotency check
- `yarn generate-package-dts`
- `node scripts/check-startupjs-ui-exports.mjs`
- `yarn build` for the docs app
- `git diff --check`
- CSSX docs/provider smoke with local source links:
- generic `/docs/Styling` theming guide renders and remains the
canonical styling model doc
- `/docs/TextInput` renders and includes conditional `inputIconLeft` /
`inputIconRight` parts
- component docs for Button, Item, Div, and DateTimePicker render their
generated Styling reference sections
- component reference sections list parts and component-specific
variables/defaults and link back to the generic Styling guide
  - no unknown CSS color token warnings or page errors observed
- Storybook runtime smoke through `http://localhost:4400/iframe.html`:
  - Introduction/Overview
  - Actions/Button
  - Data/Item
  - Display/Badge
  - Feedback/Modal
  - Overlay/Popover
  - System/StartupJS UI
  - Inputs/TextInput
  - Inputs/DateTimePicker
- Visual screenshots checked for Styling, Button, Item, DateTimePicker,
provider, and popover pages/stories.
- Known during DateTimePicker smoke: Moment Timezone logs its existing
missing timezone-data warning; no CSS token, page, or provider errors
were observed.
- Previous validation in this draft also included `yarn install
--immutable --mode=skip-build`, targeted eslint over migrated
packages/docs slices, and direct CSS-template compile smoke over
`packages/` plus `startupjsUiTheme.cssx.css`.

## Review Focus

- token naming and override surface in `startupjsUiTheme.cssx.css`
- remaining public API compatibility that should intentionally stay or
be removed for the breaking release
- `part` coverage on roots and semantically useful sub-elements
- JS-only color bridge usage where CSS variables could replace code
- docs clarity around `StartupjsProvider style`, CSSX variables,
component tag selectors, and `:part()` overrides
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