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

Luigi Rulloda
Luigi Rulloda
6,175 Points
Posted by Luigi Rulloda
Luigi Rulloda
6,175 Points

Need help

I don't know how to set the height

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>
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style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin button($color, $size) {
  background: $color;
  height: $size *2;
  width: $size / 2;
}

1 Answer

Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points
Gianmarco Mazzoran
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 Points

Hi,

to set the values of the variables of your mixin you have to include them with the method @include in your class. When the @include button method is called it expects two parameters, $color and $size in this case.

awesomeStyle.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin button($color, $size) {
  background: $color;
  width: $size;
  height: $size / 2;
}

.menu_button {
  @include button(#369, 50px);
}

the output will be this:

awesomeStyle.css 
.menu_button {
  background: #369;
  widht: 50px;
  height: 25px;
}

I also suggest you to look at the official guide when you are stuck. To start knowing how to read and interpretate to help you debug errors more faster!

Anyway we are here to help you in any moment!