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Switch from Less variables to CSS variables for design tokens

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
css
Domain
design, frontend

Research direction

Start by locating the existing Less variables and the CSS variables already used for colors. Review how spacing, sizing, and other design tokens are consumed before deciding the conversion scope; done means those tokens use CSS variables and can support the proposed spacing-density themes.

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Description

enhancement

Since we've converted colors to CSS variables, our other design tokens, spacing, sizing, etc, can be converted to CSS variables. This will allow Stacks to more easily ship various spacing density themes, and could shift more to the client like font sizes, etc.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
672
Forks
107
Avg merge
2d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
26

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