Think of all the times you might add the same color to different elements or classes in your CSS file and then think of all the fun you have changing everything when you decide another color would work better. Wouldn’t you prefer to make the change once and have the rest update automatically?
Tag: variables
Why Native CSS Variables Will Be A Good Addition
On Monday I walked through css custom properties for cascading variables and mentioned that some people have objections to variables becoming part of the css language. Two notable objectors are Jeremy Keith and Chris Coyier.
CSS Variables — How To Use Custom Properties For Cascading Variables
A few years ago one of the more requested features in css was the ability to create variables. With so many repeated values across a stylesheet, the abstraction makes a lot of sense. Then along came preprocessors like Sass and Less and we had variables. The talk for wanting them directly in css quieted down.