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Marizoo
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A simple global styling method with styled component.

Using Styled-components, I have tried several ways to apply global styling & media queries to my React App. I'm here to share my preferred method this far (until I find another better way, of course!).

(For this article, I am using React version 17.0.2, and styled component version 5.3.3) Here it is, in step by step format:

Step 01.

  • Install styled components
yarn add styled-components

//or

npm install styled-components

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Step 02.

  • Inside the src folder: create a file, and call it globalStyle.js
  • Here is a screenshot of my folder structure

screenshot of my folder structure

  • Inside globalStyle.js, add these codes:
import { css } from "styled-components";

// Create global color
export const ctaColor = () => {
  return css`
        palevioletred
    `;
};

// Create media queries
export const mobile = (props) => {
  return css`
    @media (min-width: 576px) {
      ${props}
    }
  `;
};

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- as you can see, we are simply creating functions that return CSS for us

Step 03.

  • To use these "CSS-functions" in our components: just import it, then apply it to our styling.

  • It works just like the usual JavaScript functions.

  • Refer to the codes below for some examples:

import styled from "styled-components";
import { mobile, ctaColor } from "../../globalStyle";


const Navbar = styled.div`
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  background: ${ctaColor};
  ${mobile({ flexDirection: "row" })}`

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Voila!

That is it, short and simple. I hope it is useful for your projects.

Cheers,

Your friend,
Marizoo

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How to Create Global Styles with Styled Components? Spell to make someone move out