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Posted by Bruno Dias
Bruno Dias
10,554 Points

BEM - Where to include modifiers for specific pages?

I am trying to use BEM naming convention and having some slight difficulty in deciding where to include a modifier for a specific page.

For example, say I have a button with the class btn:

My project has 3 different pages:

 - pageA.html - pageA.scss
 - pageB.html - pageB.scss
 - pageC.html - pageC.scss

On pageB.html the button should have a margin-top:30px. Is it correct to write the modifier this way:

    .btn {
      padding: 5px 20px;
      background: orange;
      margin: 0
      &--margin-top {
        margin-top: 30px;
      }
    }

And what is the best way to include a modifier like that only for a specific page? In this case that would be for pageB.html. Should I include that modifier inside the pageB.scss or buttons.scss?

cc: Guil Hernandez

1 Answer

Jason DeValadares
Jason DeValadares
7,190 Points
Jason DeValadares
Jason DeValadares
7,190 Points

I'm not familiar with BEM but why do you have a different CSS per page? I'd just give it specific class modifiers in a drill down. As for your CSS question you can short hand it like this:

.btn {
margin: 30px 0 0 0;
}

or you can do:

.btn {
margin-top: 30px;
}