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CSS CSS to Sass Refactoring with Sass Placeholder Selectors

lesak
lesak
6,260 Points
Posted by lesak
lesak
6,260 Points

Is it ok to define an extend in one partial of folder A and use it (the extend) in another partial of folder B?

I tried it and it worked. I'm just not sure if it's bad practice. I'm wondering because Guil put his extends.scss file in the layout folder, while others(mixins, variables) get placed in the base folder. Thanks.

2 Answers

Daniel Gonzalez
Daniel Gonzalez
22,105 Points

Hi Lesak,

You can definitely do that but I believe Guil included his extends in the layout directory because they are "helpers" that pertain to the layout of the website and thus for reference should be included in the layout directory. I prefer to include my extends in a _helpers.scss file and included at the very top of my stylesheet. Below is a great article on the best uses of extends.

https://www.sitepoint.com/avoid-sass-extend/

lesak
lesak
6,260 Points
lesak
lesak
6,260 Points

Hi Daniel. Thanks for your reply and the link to an interesting article. Your answer was very helpful.