Pattern CSS – Inline Block Styles

The missing inline CSS editor for blocks. Very powerful with synced patterns.

How to

• Every block will have a new “Additional CSS” settings panel.
• To target a block, you must use the [block] selector.
• To target any element inside the block, use the normal CSS selector.
• Use !important to override your theme styles (use sparingly)

Features

• Smart loading. Only loads the CSS when the block is present
• No lock in. The styles are attached to the block attributes
• Scopes styles to the block so that parent/sibling blocks are not affected
• It’s fast. CSS is minified and optimized in the browser
• It’s safe. Invalid, non-spec CSS is never persisted (validated via webassembly sandbox)
• Supports reusable (synced or not-synced) patterns
• See changes on the page as you make them
• Combines adjacent rules (to decrease size)
• Minifies colors and math functions to simplify according to spec
• Supports CSS nesting

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Basic Example

/* Target the block directly */ [block] { background: antiquewhite; padding: 2rem; } /* Target any inner elements */ a { text-decoration-color: burlywood; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-decoration-style: solid !important; } a:hover { text-decoration-color: darkgoldenrod; } /* Output: */ .pcss-a1b7b016{background:#faebd7;padding:2rem}.pcss-a1b7b016 a{text-decoration-color:#deb887;text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-style:solid!important}.pcss-a1b7b016 a:hover{text-decoration-color:#b8860b} 

Supports Media Queries

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { [block] { border-color: blue; } } /* Output: */ @media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.pcss-cddaa023{border-color:#00f}} 

Combines Rules

[block] { color: red; } .bar { color: red; } /* Output: */ .pcss-3aa0f0fc,.pcss-3aa0f0fc .bar{color:red} 

Fixes redundant properties

[block] { padding-top: 5px; padding-left: 50px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-right: 5px; } /* Output: */ .pcss-3aa0f0fc{padding:5px 5px 15px 50px} 

Supports CSS nesting

[block] { padding: 1rem; a { color: red; } background: white; /* Including media queries */ @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { background: black; color:white; } } /* Output: */ .pcss-f526bb2d{background:#fff;padding:1rem;& a{color:red}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){&{color:#fff;background:#000}}} 

Check browser support for CSS nesting