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CSS

Posted by Shelby Larson
Shelby Larson
33,317 Points

Modular CSS Sass Grid System

Finally, to output the width value of each column, use Sass' percentage function to return the result of $target / $context as a percentage. Use ($width * $i) + ($gutter * ($i - 1)) as the value for $target.

My code:

div {
  background-color: green;
}

$cols    : 10;
$width   : 50px;
$gutter  : 15px;
$context : ($width * $cols) + ($gutter * ($cols - 1));

@for $i from 1 through $cols {
    $context: context($width, $gutter, $cols, $context) !global;
    $target: ($width * $i) + ($gutter* ($i - 1));

    .grid__col--#{$i} {
        width: percentage(target / $context);
    }
}

What am I missing/doing wrong?

1 Answer

lukebiggerstaff
lukebiggerstaff
27,534 Points

Shelby,

I see two errors in your code that are stopping it from working.

1). On the first line of the for loop in defining $context you've made a call to what looks like a context() function. That doesn't need to be there to define the $context variable.

2). When you pass in the $context variable into the percentage function you've left off the $ sign.

Here's the code that worked for me to pass this one.

div {
  background-color: green;
}

$cols    : 10;
$width   : 50px;
$gutter  : 15px;
$context : ($width * $cols) + ($gutter * ($cols - 1));

@for $i from 1 through $cols {
  $target: ($width * $i) + ($gutter * ($i - 1));
  .grid__col--#{$i} {
    width: percentage( $target / $context );
  }
}

-Luke

Shelby Larson
Shelby Larson
33,317 Points

Thank you so much!