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

Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points
Posted by Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points

Sass basic

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.

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style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin button($color, $size){
  background: $color;
  width: $size;
  hight: o.5 * $size;
}

4 Answers

Jayden Spring
Jayden Spring
8,625 Points 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin button($color, $size){
  background: $color;
  width: $size;
/* hight: o.5 * $size;
    For HEIGHT to be HALF the size you can use a divisional operator */
  height: $size/2;
}

Hope this helps, Jayden

Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points
Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points

Hi Jayden, Don't know why '0.5*' doesn't work, thanks anyway

Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points
Wenwei Lu
Wenwei Lu
10,897 Points

Hi Jayden, Don't know why '0.5*' doesn't work, thanks anyway

Wameedh Mohammed Ali
Wameedh Mohammed Ali
16,572 Points
Wameedh Mohammed Ali
Wameedh Mohammed Ali
16,572 Points

The correct answer is:

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

Thank you

Joseph Damiani
Joseph Damiani
1,066 Points
Joseph Damiani
Joseph Damiani
1,066 Points

Don't use 0.5 for the term half. Use this instead:

height: $size / 2;

Brigitt Arndt
Brigitt Arndt
9,498 Points
Brigitt Arndt
Brigitt Arndt
9,498 Points

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