Make a dynamic SCSS method to change variable values-CodePudding

I have done a project with a lot of code duplicity, so the problem occurs because I have to write the class in each query. I'm trying to improve performance here. In order to do that, I want to use dynamic values for styling. For example, the way CSS is being used here, but in ten different places using the same animation.

$center : 590px;

.container {
  width: $center;
 }

@media only screen and (max-width: 1660px){
//here I want to change $center to 490px;
// =================================================
// but the way that I found is to duplicate it 
$center: 490px;

.container {
  width: $center;
 }
/*note : if I don't call the '.container' everytime that I'm changing the $center variable it does not work,
I have some animations that must use the variables .
*/

}

CodePudding user response：

You can make use of @mixin and @include to avoid duplication.

@mixin media-container($center) {
  @media only screen and (max-width: 1660px) {
    .container {
      width: $center;
    }
  }
}

In order to use the @mixin in any classes you want, you can add the following to the class you want to use this in:

.container-class {
    @include media-container(540px);
}

Note that the 540px above can be replaced with any configuration you want for $center variable, which would change the width for your container.

Documentation: https://sass-lang.com/documentation/at-rules/mixin

CodePudding user response：

SCSS variables are static (compile time) to do what you want you need to use CSSVariables that are dynamic (run time) - something like this

.container {
  width: var(--width, 590px); /* default */
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 1660px){
  .container { 
     --width: 490px; 
  }
}

If you need to set multiple values - you can use Sass nesting to make it a little easier to type

.container {
  width: var(--width, 50px);
  @media (min-width: 100px) { --width: 100px; }
  @media (min-width: 200px) { --width: 200px; }
  @media (min-width: 300px) { --width: 300px; }
  ...
}


// output
.container { 
   width: var(--width, 50px); 
} 
@media (min-width: 100px) { 
  .container { --width: 100px; } 
}
@media (min-width: 200px) { 
  .container { --width: 200px; } 
}
@media (min-width: 300px) { 
  .container { --width: 300px; } 
}