@tenphi/tasty 0.0.0-snapshot.d2dcdeb → 0.0.0-snapshot.d4ccea8

package/docs/configuration.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Configuration
 
-Configure the Tasty style system before your app renders using the `configure()` function. Configuration must be done **before any styles are generated** (before first render). For a higher-level docs map, see the [Docs Hub](README.md).
+Tasty works without upfront configuration. Use `configure()` when your app or design system is ready to define shared tokens, state aliases, units, recipes, presets, or extension points.
+
+Call it **before any styles are generated** (before first render). For a guided setup, see [Getting Started](getting-started.md). For the higher-level docs map, see the [Docs Hub](README.md).
 
 ```jsx
 import { configure } from '@tenphi/tasty';
@@ -26,12 +28,15 @@ configure({
     custom: (n) => `${n * 10}px`, // Function-based unit
   },
 
-  // Custom functions for the parser
-  funcs: {
+  // Custom functions — a single map for both flavors, discriminated by value type:
+  functions: {
+    // Bare key + function value → parse-time function, called as `double(...)`
     double: (groups) => {
       const value = parseFloat(groups[0]?.output || '0');
       return `${value * 2}px`;
     },
+    // `$$name` key + object value → declarative CSS @function, called as `$$negative(...)`
+    $$negative: { args: ['$value'], result: '(-1 * $value)' },
   },
 });
 ```
@@ -42,45 +47,281 @@ These docs use `data-schema="dark"` in examples. If your app already standardize
 
 ## Options
 
-| Option | Type | Default | Description |
-|--------|------|---------|-------------|
-| `nonce` | `string` | - | CSP nonce for style elements |
-| `states` | `Record<string, string>` | - | Global state aliases for advanced state mapping |
-| `parserCacheSize` | `number` | `1000` | Parser LRU cache size |
-| `units` | `Record<string, string \| Function>` | Built-in | Custom units (merged with built-in). See [built-in units](dsl.md#built-in-units) |
-| `funcs` | `Record<string, Function>` | - | Custom parser functions (merged with existing) |
-| `handlers` | `Record<string, StyleHandlerDefinition>` | Built-in | Custom style handlers (replace built-in) |
-| `tokens` | `Record<string, value \| stateMap>` | - | Design tokens injected as `:root` CSS custom properties |
-| `replaceTokens` | `Record<string, string \| number>` | - | Parse-time token substitution (inline replacement) |
-| `keyframes` | `Record<string, KeyframesSteps>` | - | Global keyframes for animations |
-| `properties` | `Record<string, PropertyDefinition>` | - | Global CSS @property definitions |
-| `fontFace` | `Record<string, FontFaceInput>` | - | Global @font-face definitions |
-| `counterStyle` | `Record<string, CounterStyleDescriptors>` | - | Global @counter-style definitions |
-| `autoPropertyTypes` | `boolean` | `true` | Auto-infer and register `@property` types from values |
-| `recipes` | `Record<string, RecipeStyles>` | - | Predefined style recipes (named style bundles) |
-| `presets` | `Record<string, TypographyPreset>` | - | Typography presets — shorthand for `generateTypographyTokens()` |
-| `globalStyles` | `Record<string, Styles>` | - | Global Tasty styles keyed by CSS selector |
-| `colorSpace` | `'rgb' \| 'hsl' \| 'oklch'` | `'oklch'` | Color space for decomposed color token companion variables |
+| Option               | Type                                             | Default                               | Description                                                                                                                                                          |
+| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `nonce`              | `string`                                         | -                                     | CSP nonce for style elements                                                                                                                                         |
+| `maxRulesPerSheet`   | `number`                                         | `8192`                                | Maximum rules per injected stylesheet                                                                                                                                |
+| `forceTextInjection` | `boolean`                                        | auto (`true` in test envs)            | Force text-node CSS injection instead of constructable stylesheets                                                                                                   |
+| `devMode`            | `boolean`                                        | auto                                  | Enable development-mode features: performance metrics and debug info                                                                                                 |
+| `states`             | `Record<string, string>`                         | -                                     | Global state aliases for advanced state mapping                                                                                                                      |
+| `parserCacheSize`    | `number`                                         | `1000`                                | Parser LRU cache size                                                                                                                                                |
+| `units`              | `Record<string, string \| UnitHandler>`          | Built-in                              | Custom units (merged with built-in). See [built-in units](dsl.md#built-in-units)                                                                                     |
+| `functions`          | `Record<string, FunctionDefinition \| Function>` | -                                     | Custom functions (merged). Bare keys → parse functions; `$$name` keys → declarative CSS `@function` definitions                                                      |
+| `handlers`           | `Record<string, StyleHandlerDefinition>`         | Built-in                              | Custom style handlers (replace built-in). See [Custom Style Handlers](#custom-style-handlers)                                                                        |
+| `propHandlers`       | `Record<string, PropHandlerDefinition>`          | -                                     | Props middleware for every component — props in, props out. See [Props Middleware](#props-middleware)                                                                |
+| `baseStyleProps`     | `readonly string[]`                              | -                                     | Style names exposed as props on **every** component. See [Base Style Props](#base-style-props)                                                                       |
+| `tokens`             | `Record<string, value \| stateMap>`              | -                                     | Design tokens injected as `:root` CSS custom properties                                                                                                              |
+| `replaceTokens`      | `Record<string, string \| number \| boolean>`    | -                                     | Parse-time token substitution (inline replacement). `boolean` is allowed for `#` color tokens                                                                        |
+| `keyframes`          | `Record<string, KeyframesSteps>`                 | -                                     | Global keyframes for animations                                                                                                                                      |
+| `properties`         | `Record<string, PropertyDefinition>`             | -                                     | Global CSS @property definitions                                                                                                                                     |
+| `fontFaces`          | `Record<string, FontFaceInput>`                  | -                                     | Global @font-face definitions                                                                                                                                        |
+| `counterStyles`      | `Record<string, CounterStyleDescriptors>`        | -                                     | Global @counter-style definitions                                                                                                                                    |
+| `polyfills`          | `{ functions?: boolean }`                        | `{}`                                  | Opt-in polyfills for not-yet-baseline features. `functions: true` inlines `@function` calls into plain CSS at parse time                                             |
+| `autoPropertyTypes`  | `boolean`                                        | `true`                                | Auto-infer and register `@property` types from values                                                                                                                |
+| `recipes`            | `Record<string, RecipeStyles>`                   | -                                     | Predefined style recipes (named style bundles)                                                                                                                       |
+| `presets`            | `Record<string, TypographyPreset>`               | -                                     | Typography presets — shorthand for `generateTypographyTokens()`                                                                                                      |
+| `globalStyles`       | `Record<string, Styles>`                         | -                                     | Global Tasty styles keyed by CSS selector                                                                                                                            |
+| `plugins`            | `TastyPlugin[]`                                  | -                                     | Plugins that bundle any of the above (processed in order; later override earlier, and direct config wins over all). See [Plugins](plugins.md)                        |
+| `gc`                 | `GCConfig`                                       | -                                     | Garbage-collection tuning for unused styles (`{ touchInterval, capacity }`)                                                                                          |
+| `batchInjection`     | `boolean \| 'always'`                            | `false`                               | Defer stylesheet writes and apply them in one batch. See [Batched injection](#batched-injection)                                                                     |
+| `colorSpace`         | `'rgb' \| 'hsl' \| 'oklch'`                      | -                                     | **Deprecated** — no longer has any effect. See [Color space](#color-space)                                                                                           |
+| `namePrefix`         | `string`                                         | `'t'` (`tasty`) / `'ts'` (build-time) | Prefix prepended to every generated identifier (class, keyframe, counter-style names). Must match `^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{0,31}$`. See [Name prefix](#name-prefix). |
+
+---
+
+## Batched Injection
+
+Every `insertRule()` on a live stylesheet invalidates style for that sheet's
+scope. Components inject during React's render phase, and if anything else reads
+layout in the same pass, the two interleave:
+
+```
+inject -> read (forced style recalc) -> inject -> read (forced recalc) -> ...
+```
+
+A UI kit that measures during render — popovers, autosizing inputs, virtualized
+lists — can turn one mount into a dozen full-tree recalculations. `batchInjection`
+queues the writes instead and applies them together, so the tree is invalidated
+once per flush.
+
+```tsx
+import { configure, TastyBatchProvider } from '@tenphi/tasty';
+
+configure({ batchInjection: true });
+
+createRoot(el).render(
+  <TastyBatchProvider>
+    <App />
+  </TastyBatchProvider>,
+);
+```
+
+### Why the provider is required
+
+Deferring a write past React's layout phase would let a `useLayoutEffect`
+measure an element whose rules are not in the sheet yet and read its _unstyled_
+box — a wrong number, not a stale one, so it never self-corrects.
+
+`TastyBatchProvider` closes that hole. It opens a _batch window_ during its
+render and closes it — flushing — in `useInsertionEffect`, which React runs in
+the mutation phase, before any layout effect:
+
+```
+provider renders          -> window OPEN
+  children render         -> injections queued
+provider insertionEffect  -> FLUSH, window CLOSED
+layout effects run        -> rules are in the sheet
+```
+
+With `batchInjection: true` a write is only ever queued inside such a window, so
+turning the flag on can make injection cheaper but can never make a measurement
+wrong. Injections outside a window are written straight through, exactly as with
+batching off:
+
+- a deep update that did not re-render the provider
+- an injection from a layout effect, an event handler or an async callback
+- SSR and RSC, where there is no live sheet at all
+
+Mount the provider as high in the tree as you can: batching applies to the
+commits it takes part in.
+
+### Modes
+
+| Value             | Behaviour                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `false` (default) | One `insertRule()` per component, synchronously.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `true`            | Batch inside a provider window only. Cannot affect measurement. Without the provider nothing is batched, and dev mode says so once.                                                                                                                     |
+| `'always'`        | Batch every injection, flushing on a microtask when no window is open. Covers more commits; a `useLayoutEffect` measuring a freshly mounted element can read its unstyled box. Paint is unaffected — microtasks always drain before the browser paints. |
+
+### Ordering
+
+All writes share one FIFO queue — component rules, global rules, raw CSS,
+`@property`, `@keyframes`, `@font-face`, `@counter-style` and `@function`.
+Draining it in insertion order keeps the sheet byte-identical to unbatched
+output, which matters because equal-specificity rules resolve by document order.
+
+### Client rendering, server rendering, and build-time extraction
+
+**Server render — nothing to batch, safe to leave enabled.** SSR and RSC collect
+CSS as text through `ServerStyleCollector`; the runtime injector never runs
+there, so `batchInjection` changes nothing either way. `<TastyBatchProvider>`
+renders its children and does nothing else: the window it opens is a no-op
+without a `document`, and the `useInsertionEffect` that would close it never
+fires on the server. Configure the flag once in shared code — no environment
+branching needed.
+
+**Hydration — the better your SSR coverage, the less there is to batch.**
+`hydrateTastyClasses()` (wired up for you by `@tenphi/tasty/ssr/next` and the
+Astro integration) pre-populates the injector from `window.__TASTY__`, so
+hydrating a server-rendered class is a cache hit that produces no sheet write at
+all. Batching pays off on what SSR could not cover: client-only routes, styles
+that first appear after hydration (a `styles` prop that changes on interaction, a
+modal or popover mounting), and dynamic tokens.
+
+**Astro islands — one provider per island, or `'always'`.** Every island is its
+own React root, so a provider inside one island does not open a window for
+another. With `batchInjection: true`, wrap each island root that renders enough
+tasty components to be worth it. `'always'` needs no provider and covers every
+island, at the cost of the measurement hazard above. Either way, an island that
+only re-hydrates server-rendered classes has nothing to batch.
+
+**Build-time extraction (`tastyStatic`) — unaffected.** The Babel plugin never
+touches the injector: the babel plugin emits either a CSS file import or an
+`injectCSS()` call from `@tenphi/tasty/static/inject`, which appends text to a
+single `<style data-tasty-static>` element. `batchInjection` only defers CSSOM
+writes made by the browser injector, so extracted styles are unchanged. In an app
+that mixes both, it still applies to the `tasty()` half.
+
+### `flushStyles()`
+
+Applies every pending write immediately. Every injector read API calls it for
+you — `getCSSText`, `getCSSTextForClasses`, `getCSSTextForNode`,
+`getRawCSSText`, `isPropertyDefined`, `getMetrics`, `cleanup`, `gc` and
+`destroy` — so a read never observes a partial sheet.
+Call it directly before measuring in code that runs outside a batch window under
+`'always'`:
+
+```tsx
+import { flushStyles } from '@tenphi/tasty';
+
+useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  flushStyles();
+  const { width } = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+}, []);
+```
+
+`hasPendingStyleWrites()` reports whether anything is queued, and
+`resetStyleBatch()` drops the queue without applying it (tests only).
 
 ---
 
 ## Color Space
 
-Controls the CSS color space used for decomposed color token companion variables. When you define `#name` color tokens, tasty generates both `--name-color` (full color) and `--name-color-{suffix}` (decomposed components for alpha composition).
+> **Deprecated.** `configure({ colorSpace })` no longer has any effect and will
+> be removed in the next major. Setting it warns in development.
+
+A `#name` token's value used to be rewritten into a configured color space, so
+`#brand: '#ff8800'` declared `--brand-color: oklch(0.75 0.16 55)`. That existed
+to serve the opacity suffix, which needed numeric channels to write an alpha
+into. Opacity now uses CSS relative color syntax —
+`oklch(from var(--brand-color) l c h / .5)` — which has the browser read the
+channels, so there is nothing left for the setting to decide.
+
+A color is emitted exactly as authored:
+
+```jsx
+configure({ tokens: { '#brand': '#ff8800' } });
+// → --brand-color: #ff8800
+```
+
+That holds for every form: a hex literal, a native color function, a bare CSS
+color name, a `color-mix()`, a `light-dark()`, a fallback chain. A `#token`
+reference still resolves to its `var()` chain, and a plugin color function such
+as `okhsl()` is still resolved by the parser to the color it denotes.
+
+To address a token's channels, use relative color syntax against the token:
+
+```css
+background: oklch(from var(--brand-color) calc(l * 1.2) c h);
+```
+
+This works on any `<color>`, including the ones no build-time conversion could
+have evaluated — and it is what the [opacity suffix](dsl.md#color-tokens--opacity)
+itself uses. Its space is always `oklch`, which is unbounded, so a wide-gamut
+color survives a round trip a narrower space would clamp.
+
+### Migrating off `colorSpace`
+
+Drop the option. If you relied on the uniform output format, nothing in Tasty
+needs it — author your tokens in the space you want them emitted in, since the
+value now passes through untouched:
+
+```jsx
+// before: any input, normalized to the configured space on the way out
+configure({ colorSpace: 'oklch', tokens: { '#brand': '#ff8800' } });
+
+// after: author it in the space you want
+configure({ tokens: { '#brand': 'oklch(0.75 0.16 55)' } });
+```
+
+### Migrating off the channel companions
+
+A `#name` token used to declare a second variable beside `--name-color` holding
+its channels decomposed, suffixed with the configured space —
+`--brand-color-oklch: 0.75 0.16 55` — and a `color` style emitted
+`--current-color-{space}` beside `--current-color`. Both are gone, for the same
+reason: they existed so an opacity suffix had channels to write an alpha into.
+
+These were never part of the public API, but they were visible in the emitted
+CSS, so hand-authored CSS may reference one. Address the token itself instead:
+
+```css
+/* before */
+color: oklch(var(--brand-color-oklch) / 0.5);
+background: oklch(var(--brand-color-oklch));
+
+/* after */
+color: oklch(from var(--brand-color) l c h / 0.5);
+background: var(--brand-color);
+```
+
+The replacement is strictly more capable — the companion could only be
+decomposed for a color the engine could evaluate at build time, while relative
+color syntax works on every `<color>`, including a `color-mix()`, a
+`light-dark()`, and a variable Tasty never defined.
+
+---
+
+## Name Prefix
+
+Every identifier Tasty generates — class names, keyframe names, counter-style names — starts with a configurable prefix. The `tasty()` client, SSR, and RSC paths default to `'t'`; the build-time extraction path (`tastyStatic` via the Babel plugin) defaults to `'ts'` so extracted classes can never collide with `tasty()` classes when both are loaded on the same page.
 
 ```jsx
 configure({
-  colorSpace: 'oklch', // default
+  namePrefix: 'mb',
 });
 ```
 
-| Color Space | Suffix | Components Format | Alpha Syntax |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| `rgb` | `-rgb` | `255 128 0` | `rgb(var(--name-color-rgb) / .5)` |
-| `hsl` | `-hsl` | `300 100% 25%` | `hsl(var(--name-color-hsl) / .5)` |
-| `oklch` | `-oklch` | `0.42 0.16 328` | `oklch(var(--name-color-oklch) / .5)` |
+The prefix is prepended verbatim to the hash, so include any separator inside the prefix string itself:
+
+| Setting                     | Class         | Keyframe       | Counter-style  |
+| --------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
+| `'t'` (`tasty` default)     | `t1a2b3`      | `tk1a2b3`      | `tc1a2b3`      |
+| `'ts'` (build-time default) | `ts1a2b3`     | `tsk1a2b3`     | `tsc1a2b3`     |
+| `'mb'`                      | `mb1a2b3`     | `mbk1a2b3`     | `mbc1a2b3`     |
+| `'myapp-'`                  | `myapp-1a2b3` | `myapp-k1a2b3` | `myapp-c1a2b3` |
+
+The single-letter discriminators (`k` for keyframes, `c` for counter-styles) keep the three kinds visually distinct in devtools — they are not required for correctness because CSS keeps these in separate namespaces.
+
+### Rules
+
+- Must match `^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{0,31}$`. Examples that pass: `'t'`, `'ts'`, `'app'`, `'myapp-'`, `'_foo'`. Examples that fail: `''`, `'1foo'`, `'my app'`.
+- Validated at `configure()` time; an invalid prefix throws synchronously rather than silently producing broken hydration.
+- Locked once styles have been generated, like all other config.
 
-The `oklch` color space is the default because it provides perceptually uniform color manipulation — alpha fading and color mixing produce more natural-looking results.
+### Coexistence with build-time extraction
+
+The `tasty()` and `tastyStatic()` paths **must use different prefixes** when both are loaded on the same page. Defaults already guarantee this; if you customize one, customize the other accordingly:
+
+```jsx
+// app config (client / SSR / RSC)
+configure({ namePrefix: 'mb' });
+
+// tasty-zero.config.ts (Babel plugin)
+export default { namePrefix: 'mbs' };
+```
+
+If you only use one of the two builds, you only need to set `namePrefix` on that path.
 
 ---
 
@@ -93,8 +334,8 @@ Tokens support state maps for responsive or theme-aware values:
 ```jsx
 configure({
   tokens: {
-    '$gap': '4px',
-    '$radius': '6px',
+    $gap: '4px',
+    $radius: '6px',
     '#primary': {
       '': '#purple',
       '@dark': '#light-purple',
@@ -108,9 +349,10 @@ configure({
 ```
 
 - `$name` keys become `--name` CSS custom properties
-- `#name` keys become `--name-color` and `--name-color-{colorSpace}` properties (suffix depends on `colorSpace`, default `oklch`)
+- `#name` keys become `--name-color` custom properties
+- Names keep their case, since CSS custom properties are case-sensitive: `$myVar` is `--myVar` and is referenced as `$myVar`. A leading capital is not supported and folds — `$Foo` and `#Purple` become `--foo` and `--purple-color` — so start names lowercase. Kebab-case (`$my-var`) remains the convention.
 
-Tokens are automatically emitted in all rendering modes: runtime (client), SSR, and zero-runtime (Babel plugin).
+Tokens are automatically emitted in all delivery modes: client rendering, server rendering, and build-time extraction with the Babel plugin.
 
 ---
 
@@ -143,7 +385,7 @@ Register custom fonts globally so every component can reference them by family n
 
 ```ts
 configure({
-  fontFace: {
+  fontFaces: {
     'Brand Sans': [
       {
         src: 'url("/fonts/brand-regular.woff2") format("woff2")',
@@ -164,9 +406,9 @@ configure({
 });
 ```
 
-Now any component can use `fontFamily: '"Brand Sans", sans-serif'` and the browser will already have the `@font-face` rules in the stylesheet.
+Now any component can use `font: '"Brand Sans", sans-serif'` and the browser will already have the `@font-face` rules in the stylesheet.
 
-See [Font Face (`@fontFace`)](dsl.md#font-face-fontface) for inline usage inside component styles and the full list of supported descriptors.
+See [Font Face (`@font-face`)](dsl.md#font-face-font-face) for inline usage inside component styles and the full list of supported descriptors.
 
 ---
 
@@ -176,7 +418,7 @@ Define custom list-marker algorithms globally. Rules are injected eagerly when s
 
 ```ts
 configure({
-  counterStyle: {
+  counterStyles: {
     thumbs: {
       system: 'cyclic',
       symbols: '"👍"',
@@ -192,7 +434,98 @@ configure({
 
 Components can then reference `listStyleType: 'thumbs'` directly.
 
-See [Counter Style (`@counterStyle`)](dsl.md#counter-style-counterstyle) for inline usage inside component styles and the full list of supported descriptors.
+See [Counter Style (`@counter-style`)](dsl.md#counter-style-counter-style) for inline usage inside component styles and the full list of supported descriptors.
+
+---
+
+## Functions
+
+The single `functions` map holds both kinds of custom functions, discriminated by the value type:
+
+- **Parse functions** — a **bare key** with a **function value** `(groups) => string`. Runs at parse time and is called as `name(...)`. Use these for computed/derived CSS that JavaScript produces (e.g. color-space conversions).
+- **CSS `@function` definitions** — a **`$$name` key** with an **object value** (a [`FunctionDefinition`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@function)). Injected eagerly as a native `@function` rule and called as `$$name(...)` (→ `--name(...)`).
+
+```ts
+configure({
+  functions: {
+    // Parse function — bare key, function value
+    double: (groups) => `calc(2 * ${groups[0]?.output ?? '0'})`,
+
+    // CSS @function — `$$` key, object value
+    $$negative: { args: ['$value'], result: '(-1 * $value)' },
+    $$shadow: {
+      args: { '$shadow-color': { syntax: '<color>', default: 'inherit' } },
+      returns: '<color>',
+      $offset: '2px',
+      result: '$offset $offset ($shadow-color, black)',
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+Components then invoke parse functions as `double(...)` and CSS functions with the `$$name(...)` sugar, e.g. `margin: '$$negative(10px) top'`.
+
+> A key whose prefix doesn't match its value type (an object under a bare key, or a function under a `$$` key) is **ignored with a dev-mode warning**.
+
+See [Functions (`@function`)](dsl.md#functions-function) for inline usage inside component styles, the full descriptor shape, and token conventions. `@function` is an experimental CSS feature — unsupported browsers safely ignore the native rule (see the polyfill below).
+
+### Custom color functions
+
+A parse function whose output is an already-supported color (`rgb`, `hsl`, `#…`, `oklch`, …) is treated as a **color function**: it works everywhere a color is accepted — style values, `#token.alpha` opacity injection, and `parseColor` — with no extra registration. This is the same mechanism the built-in `okhsl`/`okhst` plugins use; they are ordinary plugins registered by default.
+
+```ts
+import { configure, createColorFunc } from '@tenphi/tasty';
+
+// A custom color space is just a `functions` entry.
+const myColorPlugin = () => ({
+  name: 'mycolor',
+  functions: {
+    // Hand-written parse function:
+    mycolor: (groups) => {
+      const [r, g, b] = groups[0].all;
+      return `rgb(${r} ${g} ${b})`;
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+configure({ plugins: [myColorPlugin()] });
+
+// Now `mycolor(...)` is a color in every context:
+//   fill: 'mycolor(255 0 0)'
+//   fill: '#brand.5'   (with replaceTokens: { '#brand': 'mycolor(255 0 0)' })
+```
+
+For HSL-style color spaces (a hue angle plus two percentages), the exported `createColorFunc(name, convert, label?)` helper handles angle/percentage parsing, clamping, alpha, and caching. `convert` returns sRGB `[r, g, b]` in 0-1; `label` is an optional string used only in dev warnings (e.g. `'H S L'`) and has no effect on output. This is exactly how `okhslPlugin`/`okhstPlugin` are implemented.
+
+---
+
+## Polyfills
+
+`@function` only ships natively in Chromium 139+. To use CSS functions in browsers that don't support the at-rule yet (Firefox, Safari), enable the **functions polyfill**, which expands every `$$name(...)` call into plain CSS (`calc()`/`var()`/`color-mix()`) at parse time instead of emitting the native `@function` rule:
+
+```ts
+configure({
+  polyfills: {
+    functions: true, // default: false
+  },
+  functions: {
+    $$negative: { args: ['$value'], result: '(-1 * $value)' },
+  },
+});
+
+// Now `margin: '$$negative(10px) top'` renders `margin: calc(-1 * 10px) 0 0 0`
+// — no native @function rule is emitted.
+```
+
+This works across all rendering modes (client, SSR/RSC, and `tastyStatic`) because expansion happens in the parser. Note `polyfills.functions` (the feature toggle) is distinct from the top-level `functions` (the definitions map).
+
+**Decided limitations when the polyfill is on:**
+
+- **No native fallback** — functions are always inlined; we do exactly what is configured.
+- **Conditional results** (`@media`/`@supports`/`if()` inside `result`) are inlined verbatim; the conditional nuance is not resolved per-element.
+- **Typed params / `returns`** are dropped (inlining is purely lexical substitution).
+- **Param name collisions** are avoided by fully inlining argument values (no function-internal custom properties are emitted) and by namespacing the function's own variables.
+- **Recursion** — self/mutually-recursive functions are not expanded; the cycle guard bails and leaves the call untouched.
 
 ---
 
@@ -216,7 +549,7 @@ configure({
 });
 ```
 
-Recipe values are flat tasty styles (no sub-element keys). They may contain base styles, tokens, local states, `@keyframes`, and `@properties`. Recipes cannot reference other recipes.
+Recipe values are flat tasty styles (no sub-element keys). They may contain base styles, tokens, local states, `@keyframes`, and `@property`. Recipes cannot reference other recipes.
 
 For how to apply, compose, and override recipes in components, see [Recipes](dsl.md#recipes) in the Style DSL reference.
 
@@ -273,7 +606,7 @@ configure({
       color: '#text',
       preset: 't2',
       margin: 0,
-      fontFamily: 'system-ui, sans-serif',
+      font: 'system-ui, sans-serif',
     },
     html: {
       overflow: 'hidden',
@@ -284,7 +617,7 @@ configure({
 
 Each key is a CSS selector, and each value is a Tasty `Styles` object supporting the full style syntax including style properties, tokens, state maps, and selector-based sub-styling (e.g. `$: '> .app'` for elements outside React scope). Global styles are injected alongside `:root` tokens when the first style is rendered.
 
-Global styles are automatically emitted in all rendering modes: runtime (client), SSR, and zero-runtime (Babel plugin). Plugins can also provide `globalStyles`; they are merged per selector with config global styles (config wins on conflict).
+Global styles are automatically emitted in all delivery modes: client rendering, server rendering, and build-time extraction with the Babel plugin. Plugins can also provide `globalStyles`; they are merged per selector with config global styles (config wins on conflict).
 
 ---
 
@@ -292,25 +625,25 @@ Global styles are automatically emitted in all rendering modes: runtime (client)
 
 CSS cannot transition or animate custom properties unless their type is declared via [`@property`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@property). Tasty handles this automatically — when a custom property is assigned a concrete value (e.g. `'$scale': 1`, `'$gap': '10px'`, `'#accent': 'purple'`), the type is inferred and a `@property` rule is registered.
 
-This works across all declaration contexts: component styles, `@keyframes`, global config, and the zero-runtime Babel plugin. It also resolves `var()` chains — if `$a` references `var(--b)`, the type propagates once `--b` is resolved.
+This works across all declaration contexts: component styles, `@keyframes`, global config, and build-time extraction with the Babel plugin. It also resolves `var()` chains — if `$a` references `var(--b)`, the type propagates once `--b` is resolved.
 
 Supported types:
 
-| Detection | Inferred syntax |
-|-----------|-----------------|
-| `1`, `0.5`, `-3` (bare numbers) | `<number>` |
-| `10px`, `2rem`, `100vw` (length units) | `<length>` |
-| `50%` | `<percentage>` |
-| `45deg`, `0.5turn` (angle units) | `<angle>` |
-| `300ms`, `1s` (time units) | `<time>` |
-| `#name` tokens (by naming convention) | `<color>` |
+| Detection                              | Inferred syntax |
+| -------------------------------------- | --------------- |
+| `1`, `0.5`, `-3` (bare numbers)        | `<number>`      |
+| `10px`, `2rem`, `100vw` (length units) | `<length>`      |
+| `50%`                                  | `<percentage>`  |
+| `45deg`, `0.5turn` (angle units)       | `<angle>`       |
+| `300ms`, `1s` (time units)             | `<time>`        |
+| `#name` tokens (by naming convention)  | `<color>`       |
 
-Auto-inferred properties use `inherits: true` (the CSS default). Use explicit `@properties` when you need different settings:
+Auto-inferred properties use `inherits: true` (the CSS default). Use explicit `@property` when you need different settings:
 
 ```jsx
 // In component styles
 styles: {
-  '@properties': {
+  '@property': {
     '$scale': { syntax: '<number>', inherits: false, initialValue: 1 },
   },
 }
@@ -323,7 +656,7 @@ configure({
 });
 ```
 
-To disable auto-inference entirely (only explicit `@properties` will be used):
+To disable auto-inference entirely (only explicit `@property` will be used):
 
 ```jsx
 configure({ autoPropertyTypes: false });
@@ -335,27 +668,19 @@ configure({ autoPropertyTypes: false });
 
 Override or extend the built-in style property handlers. A handler definition can take three forms:
 
-| Form | Syntax | Description |
-|------|--------|-------------|
-| Function only | `handler` | Triggered by its key name; receives only that property |
-| Single dep | `['styleName', handler]` | Triggered by the specified style property |
-| Multi dep | `[['dep1', 'dep2', ...], handler]` | Triggered by any of the listed properties; receives all of them |
+| Form          | Syntax                             | Description                                                     |
+| ------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Function only | `handler`                          | Triggered by its key name; receives only that property          |
+| Single dep    | `['styleName', handler]`           | Triggered by the specified style property                       |
+| Multi dep     | `[['dep1', 'dep2', ...], handler]` | Triggered by any of the listed properties; receives all of them |
 
-The multi-dep form is useful when output depends on several style properties together (e.g., `gap` needs to know `display` and `flow` to decide the CSS strategy).
+The multi-dep form is useful when output depends on several style properties together (e.g., `gap` needs to know `display` and `flow` to decide the CSS strategy). Use `defineHandler` for it and the dependency types are inferred from the dependency list, so a typo in the destructure is a type error instead of a silent `undefined`.
 
 ```jsx
-import { configure, styleHandlers } from '@tenphi/tasty';
+import { configure, defineHandler, styleHandlers } from '@tenphi/tasty';
 
 configure({
   handlers: {
-    // Function only — overrides built-in fill handler
-    fill: ({ fill }) => {
-      if (fill?.startsWith('gradient:')) {
-        return { background: fill.slice(9) };
-      }
-      return styleHandlers.fill({ fill });
-    },
-
     // Function only — new single-prop handler
     elevation: ({ elevation }) => {
       const level = parseInt(elevation) || 1;
@@ -365,16 +690,120 @@ configure({
       };
     },
 
+    // Overriding a built-in: declare every style the built-in handled and pass
+    // them all through, or the ones you leave out stop working (see below).
+    fill: defineHandler(
+      [
+        'fill',
+        'backgroundColor',
+        'image',
+        'backgroundImage',
+        'backgroundPosition',
+        'backgroundSize',
+        'backgroundRepeat',
+      ],
+      (props) => {
+        if (
+          typeof props.fill === 'string' &&
+          props.fill.startsWith('gradient:')
+        ) {
+          return { background: props.fill.slice(9) };
+        }
+        return styleHandlers.fill(props);
+      },
+    ),
+
     // Multi dep — handler reads multiple style properties
-    gap: [['display', 'flow', 'gap'], ({ display, flow, gap }) => {
+    gap: defineHandler(['display', 'flow', 'gap'], ({ display, flow, gap }) => {
       if (!gap) return;
-      const isGrid = display?.includes('grid');
+      const isGrid = String(display ?? '').includes('grid');
       return { gap: isGrid ? gap : `/* custom logic for ${flow} */` };
-    }],
+    }),
+  },
+});
+```
+
+### Return shape
+
+A handler returns a `CSSMap`, an array of them, or nothing:
+
+- Keys are **kebab-case** CSS property names (`'background-color'`, not `backgroundColor`) or `--custom-property` names. A camelCase key warns in development and is emitted verbatim, which the browser ignores.
+- Values are stringified, so numbers are fine (`{ '-webkit-line-clamp': 3 }`).
+- The reserved `$` key is a **selector suffix**: `{ $: '& > *:not(:last-child)', 'margin-right': gap }` applies the declarations to a nested selector. It accepts an array to fan out over several.
+- Return an array of maps to emit several declaration sets, each with its own `$`.
+
+Values arrive **state-resolved but unparsed** — the raw authored DSL string (`'2x'`, `'#purple.5'`, `true`, `4`). Call the exported `parseStyle()` / `parseColor()` yourself; nothing parses them for you.
+
+### Replacing a built-in handler
+
+Built-in handlers are shared across several style names. Registering a handler for one of those names unregisters the built-in from **all** of them, and the displaced names then fall back to auto-generated CSS aliases — so `hide: true` starts emitting a literal `hide: true` declaration. A development-mode warning lists exactly what was displaced.
+
+The shared groups worth knowing:
+
+| Registering a handler for      | Also takes over                                                                                           |
+| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `fill`                         | `backgroundColor`, `image`, `backgroundImage`, `backgroundPosition`, `backgroundSize`, `backgroundRepeat` |
+| `display`                      | `hide`, `overflow`, `whiteSpace`, `textOverflow`, `flow`, `gap`                                           |
+| `preset`                       | `font`, `fontSize`, `fontWeight`, `fontStyle`, `lineHeight`, `letterSpacing`, `textTransform`             |
+| `padding` / `margin` / `inset` | their `*Top`/`*Right`/`*Bottom`/`*Left`/`*Block`/`*Inline` longhands                                      |
+
+Either declare the whole group and delegate the rest to `styleHandlers.*`, or pick a name that isn't shared.
+
+### Chunk membership
+
+Tasty renders and caches CSS in independent chunks, and a chunk's cache key covers only its own style values. All of a handler's dependencies must therefore live in one chunk. Custom style names are pulled into their handler's chunk automatically at registration; a handler whose dependencies span two _built-in_ chunks (say `fill` and `padding`) warns, because it would be invoked once per chunk with a subset of its inputs.
+
+`configure({ handlers })` must run before the first render, like every other config option.
+
+---
+
+## Props Middleware
+
+`propHandlers` are middleware over a component's props — props in, props out. Where a style _handler_ turns a style property into CSS declarations, a prop handler turns a **component prop** into other props, including `styles`. It is the extension point for props whose value isn't a style value.
+
+```jsx
+import { configure, mergeStyles } from '@tenphi/tasty';
+
+configure({
+  propHandlers: {
+    glaze: (props) => {
+      const { glaze, ...rest } = props;
+      if (!glaze) return rest;
+
+      return { ...rest, styles: mergeStyles(glazeStyles(glaze), rest.styles) };
+    },
   },
 });
+
+<Element glaze="purple" />;
+```
+
+The map key is the handler's name and, by default, the prop that triggers it, so an absent prop costs one property check rather than a call. A tuple overrides that: `['glaze', fn]`, `[['glaze', 'tint'], fn]`, or `['*', fn]` for unconditional.
+
+Handlers run at the very top of every component's render, before any prop is destructured, so one can rewrite `styles`, `mods`, `tokens`, `variant`, `as`, `element`, and `qa`. They run in registration order — plugins first, then direct config — each receiving the previous one's output.
+
+Handlers must be **pure** and must not mutate their input, and should memoize the styles they build per input value: style values are cached by object identity, so mutating one in place yields stale CSS, and a reference-stable object avoids re-serializing on every render.
+
+Injected styles occupy the `styles` slot, so they beat a component's own default styles and lose to a style prop at the call site. Prop handlers do not apply to sub-elements or to build-time `tastyStatic()`, which has no props.
+
+See [Plugins → Props middleware](plugins.md#props-middleware) for the full contract and a worked example.
+
+---
+
+## Base Style Props
+
+`baseStyleProps` exposes style properties as props on **every** `tasty()` component, on top of the built-in base styles (`display`, `font`, `preset`, `hide`, `whiteSpace`, `opacity`, `transition`):
+
+```jsx
+configure({ baseStyleProps: ['radius', 'shadow'] });
+
+<Card radius="1r" shadow />;
 ```
 
+`configure()` may run after your components are defined — each factory resolves its prop list lazily.
+
+Each name costs one property check per render of every component, and the effect is app-global, so keep the list short and use a factory's own `styleProps` for anything narrower. Avoid names that collide with real DOM or component props (`width`, `size`, `color`), since every component will then swallow them as styles.
+
 ---
 
 ## Extending Style Types (TypeScript)