Better use @extend with % placeholder.
Extend is useful when you want to reuse some of you class. Always use % placeholder.
EXTEND I
It looks like .blueprint
and .surveyor
have a number of matching properties. Add an @extend
to .surveyor
to make this section more efficient.
.blueprint { background: blue; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 10px; } .surveyor { background: blue; border-radius: 5px; color: #fff; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 10px; }
Answer:
.blueprint { background: blue; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 10px; } .surveyor { @extend .blueprint; color: #fff; }
NESTED EXTEND
The developers are using .notice
in some places of the application, .error
in others, and are unable to only use one or the other. Extend the .notice
styles into an .error
declaration.
.notice { background: yellow; border: 5px solid #000; padding: 20px; &.alert { background: red; box-shadow: 0 0 10px red; } a { color: #222; &:hover { color: #313131; } } }
Answer:
.notice { background: yellow; border: 5px solid #000; padding: 20px; &.alert { background: red; box-shadow: 0 0 10px red; } a { color: #222; &:hover { color: #313131; } } } .error { @extend .notice; }
EXTEND III
Some of the CSS copied over originally contains already-combined selectors. Refactor the segment below to make use of extend on .socket
instead, in case we need to add elements later.
.socket, .wrench, .bolt { border-radius: 50%; padding: 15px; width: 30px; } .wrench { width: 100px; } .bolt { padding: 14px; }
Answer:
.socket { border-radius: 50%; padding: 15px; width: 30px; } .wrench { @extend .socket; width: 100px; } .bolt { @extend .socket; padding: 14px; }
PLACEHOLDER SELECTOR I
.group
(commonly referred to as clearfix) is used throughout our application for clearing floats. To keep use of this relegated to our styles rather than allowing .group
to be added as a class, convert .group
over to a placeholder selector and update the extend inside .factory
.
.group { zoom: 1; &:before, &:after { content: ''; display: table; } &:after { clear: both; } } .factory { @extend .group; background: #fff; }
Answer:
%group { zoom: 1; &:before, &:after { content: ''; display: table; } &:after { clear: both; } } .factory { @extend %group; background: #fff; }
PLACEHOLDER SELECTOR II
Whoops - we've discovered an alteration to .blueprint
later in our stylesheet, and extending.blueprint
with .surveyor
is creating extra selectors in .factory
that aren't needed. Create a placeholder selector called container
to hold the shared properties and extend it with.blueprint
and .surveyor
to remove the extra .factory .surveyor
selector.
.blueprint { background: blue; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 10px; } .surveyor { @extend .blueprint; color: #fff; } .factory { background: #fff; .blueprint { margin-bottom: 20px; } }
Answer:
%container{ background: blue; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 10px; } .blueprint { @extend %container; } .surveyor { @extend %container; color: #fff; } .factory { background: #fff; .blueprint { margin-bottom: 20px; } }