# postcss-gap-properties

> Use the gap, column-gap, and row-gap shorthand properties in CSS

Latest version **7.0.0** (published 2026-01-14) · MIT-0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install postcss-gap-properties
pnpm add postcss-gap-properties
yarn add postcss-gap-properties
bun add postcss-gap-properties
```

## Health

**Score 58/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types package; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-01-14 |
| First published | 2018-05-01 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT-0 |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/postcss-gap-properties) |
| Module format | ESM |
| Node | >=20.19.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 5.4 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1052 |
| Maintainers | jonathantneal, alaguna, romainmenke |
| Keywords | columns, css, gaps, grids, layouts, postcss, postcss-plugin, prefixes, rows, shorthands |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/postcss-gap-properties
- Repository: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins
- Homepage: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-gap-properties#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/issues
- Funding: https://github.com/sponsors/csstools
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/postcss-gap-properties

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## Recent versions

- 7.0.0 (latest) — 2026-01-14
- 6.0.0 — 2024-08-03
- 5.0.1 — 2023-12-15
- 5.0.0 — 2023-07-03
- 4.0.1 — 2023-01-28
- 4.0.0 — 2023-01-24
- 3.0.5 — 2022-07-12
- 3.0.4 — 2022-07-08
- 3.0.3 — 2022-02-05
- 3.0.2 — 2022-01-02
- 3.0.1 — 2021-12-13
- 3.0.0 — 2021-09-17
- 2.0.0 — 2018-09-18
- 1.0.0 — 2018-05-01

## README

# PostCSS Gap Properties [<img src="https://postcss.github.io/postcss/logo.svg" alt="PostCSS Logo" width="90" height="90" align="right">][PostCSS]

`npm install postcss-gap-properties --save-dev`

[PostCSS Gap Properties] lets you use the `gap`, `column-gap`, and `row-gap`
shorthand properties in CSS, following the [CSS Grid Layout] specification.

```css
.standard-grid {
	display: grid;
	gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	display: grid;
	column-gap: 40px;
	row-gap: 20px;
}

/* becomes */

.standard-grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-gap: 20px;
	gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-column-gap: 40px;
	column-gap: 40px;
	grid-row-gap: 20px;
	row-gap: 20px;
}
```

## Usage

Add [PostCSS Gap Properties] to your project:

```bash
npm install postcss postcss-gap-properties --save-dev
```

Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin:

```js
const postcss = require('postcss');
const postcssGapProperties = require('postcss-gap-properties');

postcss([
	postcssGapProperties(/* pluginOptions */)
]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */);
```



## Options

### preserve

The `preserve` option determines whether the original notation
is preserved. By default, it is preserved.

```js
postcssGapProperties({ preserve: false })
```

```css
.standard-grid {
	display: grid;
	gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	display: grid;
	column-gap: 40px;
	row-gap: 20px;
}

/* becomes */

.standard-grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-gap: 20px;
}

.spaced-grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-column-gap: 40px;
	grid-row-gap: 20px;
}
```

[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#gap-properties
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/postcss-gap-properties

[PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss
[PostCSS Gap Properties]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-gap-properties
[CSS Grid Layout]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-grid-1/#gutters

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