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CSS Sass Basics Improve Your Workflow with Sass Write Nested Selectors

Posted by shadan afrasiabi
shadan afrasiabi
1,324 Points

Next, use the & symbol to create the selector .icn-success. Set the color of .icn-success to green.

.banner {

.button { font-size: 1.5em }

padding: 1em; background-color: lightgrey; }

.icn { font-size:1.25em;

&.icn-success { color:green; } }

style.scss 
.banner {
  padding: 1em;
  background-color: lightgrey;
  .button {
    font-size: 1.5em
  }

}
.icn {
  font-size:1.25em;
&.icn-success {
    color:green;
   }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

The & symbol stands for the part of the selector already defined in the rule, so to create a sub-selector for
.icn-success within a rule for .icn, you would use &-success.