I'm using LESS to improve my CSS and am trying to nest a class within a class. There's a fairly complicated hierarchy but for some reason my nesting doesn't work. I have this:
.g {
float: left;
color: #323a13;
.border(1px,#afc945);
.gradient(#afc945, #c8da64);
.common;
span {
.my-span;
.border-dashed(1px,rgba(255,255,255,0.3));
}
.posted {
.my-posted;
span {
border: none;
}
}
}
I can't get the .g.posted
to work. it just shows the .g
bit.
If i do this it's fine:
.g {
float: left;
color: #323a13;
.border(1px,#afc945);
.gradient(#afc945, #c8da64);
.common;
span {
.my-span;
.border-dashed(1px,rgba(255,255,255,0.3));
}
}
.g.posted {
.my-posted;
span {
border: none;
}
}
I'd like to nest the .posted
in .g
though. Any ideas?
The &
character has the function of a this
keyword, actually (a thing I did not know at the moment of writing the answer). It is possible to write:
.class1 {
&.class2 {}
}
and the CSS that will be generated will look like this:
.class1.class2 {}
For the record, @grobitto was the first to post this piece of information.
[ORIGINAL ANSWER]
LESS doesn't work this way.
.class1.class2 {}
- defines two classes on the same DOM node, but
.class1 {
.class2 {}
}
defines nested nodes. .class2
will only be applied if it is a child of a node with the class class1
.
I've been confused with this too and my conclusion is that LESS needs a this
keyword :).