SASS - use variables across multiple files

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dthree picture dthree · Jul 11, 2013 · Viewed 177.4k times · Source

I would like to keep one central .scss file that stores all SASS variable definitions for a project.

// _master.scss 

$accent: #6D87A7;           
$error: #811702;
$warning: #F9E055;
$valid: #038144;
// etc...

The project will have a large number of CSS files, due to its nature. It is important that I declare all project-wide style variables in one location.

Is there a way to do this in SCSS?

Answer

Joel picture Joel · Jul 11, 2013

You can do it like this:

I have a folder named utilities and inside that I have a file named _variables.scss

in that file i declare variables like so:

$black: #000;
$white: #fff;

then I have the style.scss file in which i import all of my other scss files like this:

// Utilities
@import "utilities/variables";

// Base Rules
@import "base/normalize";
@import "base/global";

then, within any of the files I have imported, I should be able to access the variables I have declared.

Just make sure you import the variable file before any of the others you would like to use it in.

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