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CSS

Stephen Blank
Stephen Blank
16,286 Points
Posted by Stephen Blank
Stephen Blank
16,286 Points

Sass refactoring

Is there any way to refactor the following code into something DRY?

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1) {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(13) {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(25) {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(37) {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(49) {
    visibility: hidden;
}


#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1n):nth-of-type(-n+6) {
    right: 8.8%;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1n+13):nth-of-type(-n+18) {
    right: 8.8%;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1n+25):nth-of-type(-n+30) {
    right: 8.8%;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1n+37):nth-of-type(-n+42) {
    right: 8.8%;
}

#instafeed a:nth-of-type(1n+49):nth-of-type(-n+54) {
    right: 8.8%;
}
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Steve,

I'm not sure if you're asking for simpler sass that will produce that exact css or if that css can be simplified and then sass on top of that to simplify further.

Also, do you need to stop at 49 and 54 or was that as high as you went because that's the number of items you currently have to deal with?

The solution will change depending on whether the pattern stops or needs to continue on for an unknown number of items.

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