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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/fix-tailwind-media-query-compat.md
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---
"@react-email/tailwind": patch
---

Convert modern CSS range media queries and nesting to legacy syntax for email client compatibility
24 changes: 12 additions & 12 deletions packages/tailwind/src/tailwind.spec.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Tailwind component', () => {
<meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting" />
<!--$-->
<style>
.md_p-4{@media (width>=48rem){padding:1rem!important}}
@media (min-width:48rem){.md_p-4{padding:1rem!important}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ describe('Tailwind component', () => {
<meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting" />
<!--$-->
<style>
.sm_bg-red-50{@media (width>=40rem){background-color:rgb(254,242,242)!important}}.sm_text-sm{@media (width>=40rem){font-size:0.875rem!important;line-height:1.4285714285714286!important}}.md_text-lg{@media (width>=48rem){font-size:1.125rem!important;line-height:1.5555555555555556!important}}
@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_bg-red-50{background-color:rgb(254,242,242)!important}}@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_text-sm{font-size:0.875rem!important;line-height:1.4285714285714286!important}}@media (min-width:48rem){.md_text-lg{font-size:1.125rem!important;line-height:1.5555555555555556!important}}
</style></head
><span
><!--[if mso]><i style="letter-spacing: 10px;mso-font-width:-100%;" hidden>&nbsp;</i><![endif]--></span
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);

expect(actualOutput).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
`"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html dir="ltr" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/><meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting"/><!--$--><style>.text-body{@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){color:orange!important}}</style></head><body class="text-body"><table border="0" width="100%" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="color:green">this is the body</td></tr></tbody></table><!--/$--></body></html>"`,
`"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html dir="ltr" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/><meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting"/><!--$--><style>@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.text-body{color:orange!important}}</style></head><body class="text-body"><table border="0" width="100%" cellPadding="0" cellSpacing="0" role="presentation" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="color:green">this is the body</td></tr></tbody></table><!--/$--></body></html>"`,
);
});

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<meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting" />
<!--$-->
<style>
.xl_bg-green-500{@media (width>=1280px){background-color:rgb(0,201,80)!important}}.twoxl_bg-blue-500{@media (width>=1536px){background-color:rgb(43,127,255)!important}}
@media (min-width:1280px){.xl_bg-green-500{background-color:rgb(0,201,80)!important}}@media (min-width:1536px){.twoxl_bg-blue-500{background-color:rgb(43,127,255)!important}}
</style>
</head>
<div class="xl_bg-green-500" style="background-color:rgb(255,226,226)">
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ describe('Tailwind component', () => {
<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.lg_max-h-calc50pxplus5rem{@media (width>=64rem){max-height:calc(50px + 5rem)!important}}
@media (min-width:64rem){.lg_max-h-calc50pxplus5rem{max-height:calc(50px + 5rem)!important}}
</style>
</head>
<div
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ describe('Tailwind component', () => {
<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.sm_bg-red-300{@media (width>=40rem){background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}.md_bg-red-400{@media (width>=48rem){background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}.lg_bg-red-500{@media (width>=64rem){background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_bg-red-300{background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}@media (min-width:48rem){.md_bg-red-400{background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}@media (min-width:64rem){.lg_bg-red-500{background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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</Tailwind>,
),
).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
`"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html lang="en"><head><!--$--><style>.sm_bg-red-300{@media (width>=40rem){background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}.md_bg-red-400{@media (width>=48rem){background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}.lg_bg-red-500{@media (width>=64rem){background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}</style></head><body><div class="sm_bg-red-300 md_bg-red-400 lg_bg-red-500" style="background-color:rgb(255,201,201)"></div><!--/$--></body></html>"`,
`"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html lang="en"><head><!--$--><style>@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_bg-red-300{background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}@media (min-width:48rem){.md_bg-red-400{background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}@media (min-width:64rem){.lg_bg-red-500{background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}</style></head><body><div class="sm_bg-red-300 md_bg-red-400 lg_bg-red-500" style="background-color:rgb(255,201,201)"></div><!--/$--></body></html>"`,
);
});

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<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.text-body{@media (width>=40rem){color:darkgreen!important}}
@media (min-width:40rem){.text-body{color:darkgreen!important}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.hover_bg-red-600{&:hover{@media (hover:hover){background-color:rgb(231,0,11)!important}}}.focus_bg-red-700{&:focus{background-color:rgb(193,0,7)!important}}.sm_bg-red-300{@media (width>=40rem){background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}.sm_hover_bg-red-200{@media (width>=40rem){&:hover{@media (hover:hover){background-color:rgb(255,201,201)!important}}}}.md_bg-red-400{@media (width>=48rem){background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}.lg_bg-red-500{@media (width>=64rem){background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
@media (hover:hover){.hover_bg-red-600:hover{background-color:rgb(231,0,11)!important}}.focus_bg-red-700:focus{background-color:rgb(193,0,7)!important}@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_bg-red-300{background-color:rgb(255,162,162)!important}}@media (min-width:40rem){@media (hover:hover){.sm_hover_bg-red-200:hover{background-color:rgb(255,201,201)!important}}}@media (min-width:48rem){.md_bg-red-400{background-color:rgb(255,100,103)!important}}@media (min-width:64rem){.lg_bg-red-500{background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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<meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting" />
<!--$-->
<style>
.max-sm_text-red-600{@media (width<40rem){color:rgb(231,0,11)!important}}
@media (max-width:40rem){.max-sm_text-red-600{color:rgb(231,0,11)!important}}
</style>
</head>
<p class="max-sm_text-red-600" style="color:rgb(20,71,230)">I am some text</p>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ describe('Tailwind component', () => {
<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.sm_bg-red-500{@media (width>=40rem){background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_bg-red-500{background-color:rgb(251,44,54)!important}}
</style>
<style></style>
<link />
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<head>
<!--$-->
<style>
.sm_border-custom{@media (width>=40rem){border:2px solid!important}}
@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_border-custom{border:2px solid!important}}
</style>
</head>
<body>
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions packages/tailwind/src/tailwind.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
import type { Config } from 'tailwindcss';
import { useSuspensedPromise } from './hooks/use-suspended-promise';
import { sanitizeStyleSheet } from './sanitize-stylesheet';
import { downlevelCss } from './utils/css/downlevel-css';
import { extractRulesPerClass } from './utils/css/extract-rules-per-class';
import { getCustomProperties } from './utils/css/get-custom-properties';
import { sanitizeNonInlinableRules } from './utils/css/sanitize-non-inlinable-rules';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export function Tailwind({ children, config }: TailwindProps) {
),
};
sanitizeNonInlinableRules(nonInlineStyles);
downlevelCss(nonInlineStyles);

const hasNonInlineStylesToApply = nonInlinableRules.size > 0;
let appliedNonInlineStyles = false as boolean;
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78 changes: 78 additions & 0 deletions packages/tailwind/src/utils/css/downlevel-css.spec.ts
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import { generate, parse, type StyleSheet } from 'css-tree';
import { downlevelCss } from './downlevel-css';

function transform(css: string): string {
const ast = parse(css) as StyleSheet;
downlevelCss(ast);
return generate(ast);
}

describe('downlevelCss()', () => {
describe('range media feature conversion', () => {
it('converts width>= to min-width', () => {
expect(transform('@media (width>=40rem){.foo{padding:1rem}}')).toBe(
'@media (min-width:40rem){.foo{padding:1rem}}',
);
});

it('converts width<= to max-width', () => {
expect(transform('@media (width<=40rem){.foo{padding:1rem}}')).toBe(
'@media (max-width:40rem){.foo{padding:1rem}}',
);
});

it('does not modify non-range media features', () => {
expect(transform('@media (hover:hover){.foo{color:red}}')).toBe(
'@media (hover:hover){.foo{color:red}}',
);
});
});

describe('CSS unnesting', () => {
it('hoists @media out of rules', () => {
expect(
transform('.sm_p-4{@media (width>=40rem){padding:1rem!important}}'),
).toBe('@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_p-4{padding:1rem!important}}');
});

it('resolves & nesting selector with pseudo class', () => {
expect(transform('.foo{&:hover{color:red}}')).toBe(
'.foo:hover{color:red}',
);
});

it('handles @media + & combined', () => {
expect(
transform(
'.sm_focus_outline-none{@media (width>=40rem){&:focus{outline-style:none!important}}}',
),
).toBe(
'@media (min-width:40rem){.sm_focus_outline-none:focus{outline-style:none!important}}',
);
});

it('handles triple nesting: @media > &:hover > @media (hover:hover)', () => {
expect(
transform(
'.sm_hover_bg-red{@media (width>=40rem){&:hover{@media (hover:hover){background-color:red!important}}}}',
),
).toBe(
'@media (min-width:40rem){@media (hover:hover){.sm_hover_bg-red:hover{background-color:red!important}}}',
);
});

it('leaves plain rules unchanged', () => {
expect(transform('.foo{padding:1rem}')).toBe('.foo{padding:1rem}');
});

it('handles multiple rules', () => {
expect(
transform(
'.a{@media (width>=40rem){padding:1rem!important}}.b{@media (width>=48rem){margin:2rem!important}}',
),
).toBe(
'@media (min-width:40rem){.a{padding:1rem!important}}@media (min-width:48rem){.b{margin:2rem!important}}',
);
});
});
});
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