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Introduction Styles Styles are the foundational layer of our design language and define basics like colors in different themes, typography and other effects that can be applied to objects; or to define the structure and appearance with layout grid and spacings. You should only use the styles whenever you have to build a custom component or pattern that is not yet available in the components library or for foundational layout objects like typography, surfaces and boxes. The styles are available as JavaScript and SCSS version and available in the Figma library. Border Drop Shadow Focus Frosted Glass Gradient Grid Media Query Motion Spacing Theme Typography JS When working with JavaScript styles, the way you import them depends on the library or tool you're using. For most css-in-js libraries (e.g., JSS, styled-components...): import { … } from '@porsche-design-system/components-{js|angular|react|vue}/styles';. For vanilla-extract: import { … } from '@porsche-design-system/components-{js|angular|react|vue}/styles/vanilla-extract';. Make sure to use "moduleResolution": "bundler" in the compilerOptions of your tsconfig.json to ensure the correct resolution of the styles. SCSS SCSS styles can be imported by: @use '@porsche-design-system/components-{js|angular|react|vue}/styles' as *;
Global settingsThemeChanges the theme of the application and any Porsche Design System component. It's possible to choose between forced theme light and dark. It's also possible to use auto, which applies light or dark theme depending on the operating system settings automatically.LightDarkAuto (sync with operating system)DirectionThe dir global attribute in HTML changes the direction of text and other content within an element. It's most often used on the <html> tag to set the entire page's direction, which is crucial for supporting languages that are written from right to left (RTL), such as Arabic and Hebrew. For example, using <html dir="rtl"> makes the entire page display from right to left, adjusting the layout and text flow accordingly.LTR (left-to-right)RTL (right-to-left)Text ZoomTo ensure accessibility and comply with WCAG 2.2 AA standards, it is mandatory for web content to support text resizing up to at least 200% without loss of content or functionality. Using relative units like rem is a best practice for achieving this, as they allow the text to scale uniformly based on the user's browser settings.100%130%150%200%