How to get sourcemaps working for React Css Modules?

Question

I'm trying to setup a React project with react-css-modules, webpack and Hot Module Replacement. Everything is working like a charm but I can't get the CSS sourcemaps to work.

I followed this guide to make HMR work. It involves a BrowserSync setup to update the css file after Webpack writes it to disk.

I use (as suggested by react-css-modules) the ExtractTextPlugin to extract all of the css:

{
    test: /\.scss$/,
    loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style','css?modules&importLoaders=1&localIdentName=[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]!sass')
}

But if I change this to sourcemaps, as suggested here

loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style', 'css?sourceMap!sass-loader outputStyle=expanded&sourceMap=true&sourceMapContents=true')

I get the error: "root" CSS module is undefined. in my browser console.

You can find my example repo here, but here's the full webpack config I'm using for development.

var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');
var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
var WriteFilePlugin = require('write-file-webpack-plugin').default;

module.exports = {
  entry: {
    bundle: [
      'webpack/hot/dev-server',
      'webpack-hot-middleware/client',
      './index.js'
    ]
  },
  devtool: 'cheap-module-source-map',
  debug: true,
  devServer: devServer,
  context: path.resolve(__dirname, './src'),
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, './builds'),
    filename: '[name].js',
    publicPath: '/builds/'
  },
  plugins: [
    new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
    new webpack.OldWatchingPlugin(),
    new WriteFilePlugin(),
    new ExtractTextPlugin('[name].css', {
      allChunks: true
    })
  ],
  module: {
    loaders: [
      {
        test: /\.js$/,
        loaders: ['react-hot', 'babel-loader'],
        exclude: /node_modules/
      },
      {
        test: /\.scss$/,
        loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style','css?modules&importLoaders=1&localIdentName=[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]!sass')
      }
    ]
  },
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.json']
  }
};

How to make the sourcemap work?

Moramorabito

Might sound silly, but what about this? ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style','css?sourceMap&modules&importLoaders=1&localIdentName=[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]!sass?sourceMap') – Giacinta

$@##&$ me.. that is indeed working. I would swear I've tried that... Nevertheless thanks a lot. Could you maybe add this as an answer so I can reward you the bounty? – Moramorabito

Added some documentation as well. github.com/gajus/react-css-modules/pull/72 :) – Moramorabito

Weird.. it only works with sourceMap on css and without the parameter on sass at the end. Doesn't make sense... – Moramorabito

According to the docs you need to pass both. Added an answer. Glad it helped. :) – Giacinta

Weird.. that both is not working for me... to be continued.. – Moramorabito

Answer 1

Use this:

ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style','css?sourceMap&modules&importLoaders=1&localI‌​dentName=[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]!sass?sourceMap')

i.e. add the sourceMap param to both css & sass loaders. It said so in sass-loader docs.

Giacinta

Answer 2

This is how I have my css modules set up:

'css-loader?modules&sourceMap&importLoaders=1&localIdentName=[name]__[local]___[hash:base64:5]!',

Marcelline

That will work as long as you don't use react-css-modules or don't need hot reloading of those modules. In those cases you need the ExtractTextPlugin. – Moramorabito

@Moramorabito Thats not true. I apologize for spreading this misconception. I updated the docs (github.com/gajus/react-css-modules#webpack) and updated the discussion thread on the related topic (github.com/gajus/react-css-modules/issues/…). – Empirin

Thanks! No problem :) – Moramorabito