Unused CSS

A Ruby gem that will watch a suite of functional tests running and gather all of the unused CSS styles.

gem install unused_css

Here's a typical 'features/support/env.rb' file using Unused CSS to watch the Watir webdriver as it runs your functional tests:

require "watir-webdriver"
require "unused_css/watir"

$browser = Watir::Browser.new

at_exit do
  $browser.close
  
  # A list of all stylehseets together with their unused styles
  puts "Unused CSS"
  $browser.stylesheets.each do |stylesheet|
    puts stylesheet.uri
    stylesheet.unused_styles.each { |style| puts style }
  end
  
end

Unused CSS will override the 'goto' method on Watir webdriver. After going to the specified web page, it will grab any new stylesheets it may have found and scan all stylesheets it knows about removing any used css found on the page.

I thought it would be nice to also put you in control of when you want to check for used styles on a page. A page that relies on AJAX to dynamically load content will likely benefit from being able to do so.

In one of your step definitions you can simply call:

When(/^I recheck the styles on the page$/) do

    # Where $browser is an instance of Watir webdriver
    $browser.check_for_unused_styles!
end

Unused CSS currently only works with Watir webdriver, I will be adding more webdrivers soon.

Please send me a message or an email and let me know what you think.

Chris Temple