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Posted by Lyric Abbott
Lyric Abbott
35,595 Points

I DONT UNDERSTAND

The following example will work, but using the same name for the argument as the global variable is confusing. How can you make this better?

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/advanced-sass/advanced-variables-mixins-functions-and-placeholders/mixins

3 Answers

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

All you have to do is change the name of the local variable in the Sass mixin the-box to something other than the global variable $default-background-color. This code passes the challenge:

$default-background-color: orange;

@mixin the-box($color: $default-background-color) {
  width: 100%;
  height: 500px;
  border: 1px solid red;
  background-color: $color;
}

#box {
  @include the-box;
}
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I think I misread read the question. Sorry