I am trying to use Bootstrap on a project that encompasses 400+ sites and uses the previous CSS class names (which I have no control over). I've been running into some CSS name clashing and the solution for me is to add a prefix to Bootstrap (.row to .tb-row for example).
I am familiar with the method of adding a namespace using LESS, where an additional class is wrapped around the classes. Unfortunately, this doesn't look like it will solve my issues.
Is there a method via LESS, SASS, or any other compiler that makes it easy for me to add a tb- prefix to all existing classes in Bootstrap?
You could probably do this with SASS
- $namespace: "tb";
⌘ + f
(or similar) to find all the classes in your CSS file. You're going to probably need a regex (and some trial+error) to find them all.
- add
.#{$namespace}-
to all the classes.
Ideally, you'd get get something like this:
$namespace: "tb";
.#{$namespace}-myClass {
background:pink !important;
}
.#{$namespace}-carousel-module {
width: 25%;
}
compiled to
.tb-myClass {
background:pink !important;
}
.tb-carousel-module {
width: 25%;
}
"Easy" might be a stretch but "easier" seems fitting.
I'm not sure if this is the best approach, in honesty, I'm just ripping off a gist that I saw with comments from people a lot smarter than I am. May come in handy for you though!
You would need to modify the bootstrap code directly, an example of how this could be achieved elegantly in less:
.prefixname {
&-row {
...
}
}
Here is the fork of Bootstrap with class prefixes added. https://github.com/sneas/bootstrap-sass-namespace. Works pretty well for me.
I've added prefix "tb-" to all the bootstrap class (for LESS) in v3.1.0. So after you compile the less files you will get something like ".tb-btn"
You can fork my project at https://github.com/TimothyGuo/tb--prefix-for-Bootstrap-v3.1.0--LESS-