# PostCSS Initial [
][PostCSS]
[
][npm-url] [
][css-url] [
][cli-url] [
][discord]
```bash
npm install @csstools/postcss-initial --save-dev
```
[PostCSS Initial] fallback the `initial` keyword following the [CSS Cascade 4 Specification].
```pcss
.foo {
border: initial;
}
/* becomes */
.foo {
border: medium none currentcolor;
border: initial;
}
```
_See prior work by [maximkoretskiy](https://github.com/maximkoretskiy) here [postcss-initial](https://github.com/maximkoretskiy/postcss-initial)
To ensure long term maintenance and to provide the needed features this plugin was recreated based on maximkoretskiy's work._
## Usage
Add [PostCSS Initial] to your project:
```bash
npm install postcss @csstools/postcss-initial --save-dev
```
Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:
```js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssInitial = require('@csstools/postcss-initial');
postcss([
postcssInitial(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);
```
[PostCSS Initial] 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 preserved.
```js
postcssInitial({ preserve: false })
```
```pcss
.foo {
border: initial;
}
/* becomes */
.foo {
border: medium none currentcolor;
}
```
[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#all-property
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/postcss-initial
[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Initial]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-initial
[CSS Cascade 4 Specification]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-cascade-4/#initial