We are making an Angular2 application and we want to be able to somehow create a global CSS variable (and update the properties' values whenever changed when the variable is assigned).
We had used Polymer for a while (now we are switching to Angular2 components) and we had used CSS properties (Polymer has some polyfill) and we had just update styles using Polymer.updateStyles()
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Is there any way how we can achieve a similar function?
EDIT:
We want something similar to Sass color: $g-main-color
or to CSS custom properties color: var(--g-main-color)
and whenever we decide to change the value of the property, e.g. something like updateVariable('g-main-color', '#112a4f')
it dynamicly update the value everywhere. All that while an app is running.
EDIT 2:
I want to use some global CSS variables in different parts (host, child element...) of my CSS and be able to change the value immediately - so if I change my-color variable, it changes everywhere in app.
I will use Sass syntax for example:
:host { border: 2px solid $my-color }
:host .some-label { color: $my-color }
Is possible to use something like Angular pipes? (But it supposedly only works in HTML)
:host { border: 2px solid {{ 'my-color' | cssvariable }} }
:host .some-label { color: {{ 'my-color' | cssvariable }} }
1) Using inline styles
<div [style.color]="myDynamicColor">
2) Use multiple CSS classes mapping to what you want and switch classes like:
/* CSS */
.theme { /* any shared styles */ }
.theme.blue { color: blue; }
.theme.red { color: red; }
/* Template */
<div class="theme" [ngClass]="{blue: isBlue, red: isRed}">
<div class="theme" [class.blue]="isBlue">
Code samples from: https://angular.io/cheatsheet
More info on ngClass directive : https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/common/index/NgClass-directive.html