Make sure styled-system is supported

[kof]

Styled-System by @jxnblk https://github.com/jxnblk/styled-system seems like a very solid approach for building design systems. I think we should look into it and see how it can be supported.

Todo

• [x] See how it can be supported
• [ ] Add it to documentation with links
• [ ] Make codesandbox examples
• [ ] Send a PR to styled-system and link the examples

[jxnblk]

Haven't really tested it recently, but styled-system should "just work" with styled-jss. Definitely let me know if you run into any bugs though

[kof]

I wonder if it also can work with react-jss and the future version of it based on hooks (prototype https://github.com/cssinjs/react-jss-hook)

[HenriBeck]

It should already work with react-jss

[eddort]

this only works with react-jss @ alpha-10 but if you want to use something like <Box p = {[1, 1/2, 1/4]}> </ Box> you will notice a bug #1044

[kof]

Putting high prio on that bug.

[HenriBeck]

I think the issue is that styled-system is accessing the theme via props and not from our themed styles function.

EDIT: The reason why this is not a problem for styled-components is that they generate an entirely new stylesheet when the props change and not just update the existing rules.

[kevinSuttle]

Would love to see this also.

[kevinSuttle]

What is the relationship between https://material-ui.com/system/basics/ and JSS here?

[kof]

MUI style system is an independent effort by @oliviertassinari inspired by styled-system. It is a separate package https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/next/packages/material-ui-system and seems to have no direct dependency on JSS, but can be used together.

I am also porting (right now) an SC-like, similar to styled-jss into the react-jss package to support styled-system and SC-pattern users.

[kevinSuttle]

See also: https://github.com/emotion-js/emotion/tree/master/packages/primitives-core

[kof]

@kevinSuttle what specific use case from primitives-core are you interested in?

[kevinSuttle]

Nothing in particular. It's just another approach—one that isn't included in the Prior Art section here: https://material-ui.com/system/basics/#prior-art

[kof]

Turns out styled system doesn't depend on SC pattern at all, those are just functions. I was confused by the fact they expose propTypes, so I thought they must be rendered as components, but actually those propTypes need to be merged into user component manually if you want the warnings.

The only thing that is actually special about styled system is the data structure which is used to return the styles:

[
  [
    {
      "paddingTop": "32px"
    },
    {
      "paddingBottom": "32px"
    },
    [
      {
        "paddingLeft": "16px"
      },
      {
        "@media screen and (min-width: 40em)": {
          "paddingLeft": "32px"
        }
      }
    ],
    [
      {
        "paddingRight": "16px"
      },
      {
        "@media screen and (min-width: 40em)": {
          "paddingRight": "32px"
        }
      }
    ]
  ],
  []
]

space({theme, px: [3,4], py: 4})

Also there is a hard dependency on props.theme. And an optional one on fn.propTypes.

[kof]

Turns out v3 of styled-system just works without any extra code, the only thing one needs to do is to set injectTheme to true:

    const styles = {
      root: compose(
        space,
        color,
        fontSize,
        width,
        fontWeight,
        lineHeight
      )
    }

    const MyComponent = ({classes}) => <div className={classes.root} />

    const MyStyledComponent = withStyles(styles, {injectTheme: true})(MyComponent)

    const renderer = TestRenderer.create(
      <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
        <MyStyledComponent
          px={[3, 4]}
          py={[1, 2]}
          color="white"
          bg="blue"
          fontSize={[4, 5, 6]}
          fontWeight="bold"
        />
      </ThemeProvider>
    )

[jxnblk]

@kof Heads up: I've started a PR here: https://github.com/styled-system/styled-system/pull/473 and it's now published as styled-system@4.2.0-0 if you'd like to test it out

[kevinSuttle]

How does that affect performance, especially with regards to https://styled-system.com/babel-plugin?

[kof]

@jxnblk nice, gonna try it out in a bit

[jxnblk]

@kevinSuttle the babel plugin package is experimental and does not use the same code base as Styled System core

[kof]

@jxnblk I confirm styled-system@4.2.0-0 works with my tests