I am working on a sass stylesheet in which I wish to use the calc
element to dynamically size some content. As the calc
element has not been standardized, I need to target calc()
, -moz-calc()
, and -webkit-calc()
.
Is there a way for me to create a mixin or function that I can pass an expression to so that it will generate the required tags that can then be set as a width
or height
?
It would be a basic mixin with an argument, thankfully the expressions are not browser-specific within the supported scope:
@mixin calc($property, $expression) {
#{$property}: -webkit-calc(#{$expression});
#{$property}: calc(#{$expression});
}
.test {
@include calc(width, "25% - 1em");
}
Will render as
.test {
width: -webkit-calc(25% - 1em);
width: calc(25% - 1em);
}
You may want to include a "default" value for when calc is not supported.
Compass offers a shared utility to add vendor prefixes for just such an occasion.
@import "compass/css3/shared";
$experimental-support-for-opera: true; // Optional, since it's off by default
.test {
@include experimental-value(width, calc(25% - 1em));
}
Using calc can be accomplised pretty easily using the unquote feature:
$variable: 100%
height: $variable //for browsers that don't support the calc function
height:unquote("-moz-calc(")$variable unquote("+ 44px)")
height:unquote("-o-calc(")$variable unquote("+ 44px)")
height:unquote("-webkit-calc(")$variable unquote("+ 44px)")
height:unquote("calc(")$variable unquote("+ 44px)")
will render as:
height: 100%;
height: -moz-calc( 100% + 44px);
height: -o-calc( 100% + 44px);
height: -webkit-calc( 100% + 44px);
height: calc( 100% + 44px);
You can also try creating the mixin as suggested above, but I do mine slightly different:
$var1: 1
$var2: $var1 * 100%
@mixin calc($property, $variable, $operation, $value, $fallback)
#{$property}: $fallback //for browsers that don't support calc function
#{$property}: -mox-calc(#{$variable} #{$operation} #{$value})
#{$property}: -o-calc(#{$variable} #{$operation} #{$value})
#{$property}: -webkit-calc(#{$variable} #{$operation} #{$value})
#{$property}: calc(#{$variable} #{$operation} #{$value})
.item
@include calc(height, $var1 / $var2, "+", 44px, $var1 / $var2 - 2%)
will render as:
.item {
height: 98%;
height: -mox-calc(100% + 44px);
height: -o-calc(100% + 44px);
height: -webkit-calc(100% + 44px);
height: calc(100% + 44px);
}
Another way to write it:
@mixin calc($prop, $val) {
@each $pre in -webkit-, -moz-, -o- {
#{$prop}: $pre + calc(#{$val});
}
#{$prop}: calc(#{$val});
}
.myClass {
@include calc(width, "25% - 1em");
}
I think this is more elegant way.