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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors The Power of Mixins

Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points
Posted by Michael Lawinger
Michael Lawinger
33,581 Points

Mixin Problems

The question was: Write a new definition for the "button" mixin, which takes two arguments: $color and $size. The background should be set using the value in the $color variable, and the width should be set using the $size variable. The height should be half of the value in the $size variable.

My code is attached below

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
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  </a>
  <div class="entry">
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      <div class="content">
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        </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin button($color, $size) {
background-color: $color;
width: $size;
height: $size /2;
}

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Although they do almost the same effect, the challenge is expecting you to use the background property instead of the background-color property.

All you need to do is to change that property :grin:

Fixed version of your code:

@mixin button($color, $size) {
  background: $color;
  width: $size;
  height: $size / 2;
}

I hope this helps. :+1:

~Alex