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CSS

Posted by Jonathan Chaidez
Jonathan Chaidez
3,008 Points

@import confusion

Hey,

My head is spinning over this @import thing. I don't really understand what it does. Can someone explain it to me in dummy terms?

3 Answers

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

It's like a dream within a dream in the Inception movie. With @import you can import a CSS file into another CSS file, which you can import into a third CSS and so on. It's very powerful if you are using a CSS preprocessor like Sass, but you should avoid using it within pure CSS, because it makes your page load slower. Instead, it's best if you link your fonts and stylesheets inside your HTML pages. Feel free to ask if you have further questions!

Jonathan Chaidez
Jonathan Chaidez
3,008 Points
Jonathan Chaidez
Jonathan Chaidez
3,008 Points

Okay, let me see if I understand this. Let's say that I have three separate CSS files. The first one is targeting the body and changing the color to red, the second is targeting the paragraphs and changing the color to blue, and the final one is changing the header background to pink, then I can link one CSS file into my page (<link rel="stylesheet" href="badcolorscheme.css">) and using @import in that main style sheet I can essentially merge all of those into one. Is that right? Sorry if that is way off base.

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

That's totally correct! But as I said, you should avoid using it. Here is a good explanation to understand why: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10037064

Jonathan Chaidez
Jonathan Chaidez
3,008 Points
Jonathan Chaidez
Jonathan Chaidez
3,008 Points

Woo! Thanks! :)