CSS, data attributes and feature flags
I recently used Drupal's Feature Toggle module to set a data attribute which enabled some new styling for buttons.
Firstly, within the theme's .theme file, I added this code:
/**
* Implements hook_preprocess_html().
*/
function mytheme_preprocess_html(array &$variables): void {
$variables['attributes']['data-use-new-button-styles'] = \Drupal::service('feature_toggle.feature_status')->getStatus('use_the_new_button_styling');
}
If the feature toggle is enabled, it adds a data-use-new-button-styles="" attribute to the body element.
If it is disabled, the attribute is not added, so I can write CSS that's applied when the data attribute is present:
[data-use-new-button-styles] .btn-primary {
background-color: red;
}
In a Tailwind CSS project (this isn't), the same could be achiveable with a custom interaction state - similar to hover, focus and active. Something like new-button-styles:bg-red-500.
I like using feature flags and was happy to find a way to use them when adding this new CSS.
- Oliver
