# PostCSS Scope Pseudo Class [][PostCSS]
[][npm-url] [][css-url] [][cli-url] [][discord]
[PostCSS Scope Pseudo Class] lets you use the `:scope` Pseudo-class following the [Selectors 4 specification].
```pcss
:scope {
color: green;
}
/* becomes */
:root {
color: green;
}
```
## Usage
Add [PostCSS Scope Pseudo Class] to your project:
```bash
npm install postcss @csstools/postcss-scope-pseudo-class --save-dev
```
Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:
```js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssScopePseudoClass = require('@csstools/postcss-scope-pseudo-class');
postcss([
postcssScopePseudoClass(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);
```
[PostCSS Scope Pseudo Class] runs in all Node environments, with special
instructions for:
- [Node](INSTALL.md#node)
- [PostCSS CLI](INSTALL.md#postcss-cli)
- [PostCSS Load Config](INSTALL.md#postcss-load-config)
- [Webpack](INSTALL.md#webpack)
- [Next.js](INSTALL.md#nextjs)
- [Gulp](INSTALL.md#gulp)
- [Grunt](INSTALL.md#grunt)
## Options
### preserve
The `preserve` option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is not preserved.
```js
postcssScopePseudoClass({ preserve: true })
```
```pcss
:scope {
color: green;
}
/* becomes */
:root {
color: green;
}
:scope {
color: green;
}
```
[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#scope-pseudo-class
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/postcss-scope-pseudo-class
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Scope Pseudo Class]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-scope-pseudo-class
[Selectors 4 specification]: https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#the-scope-pseudo