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  41. <h1>Currying in CSS?</h1>

  42. <h2><a href="https://www.trysmudford.com/blog/currying-in-css/">Source originale du contenu</a></h2>

  43. <p>There were lots of interesting discoveries found whilst developing <a href="https://utopia.fyi/">Utopia</a>. This one came when declaring CSS custom properties.</p>

  44. 

  45. <p>Taking a card as an example, one would often start off with some CSS like this:</p>

  46. 

  47. <div class="highlight"><pre class="chroma"><code class="language-css" data-lang="css"><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">card</span> <span class="p">{</span>

  48.   <span class="k">padding</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">40</span><span class="kt">px</span><span class="p">;</span>

  49.   <span class="k">background</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mh">#FAFAFA</span><span class="p">;</span>

  50. <span class="p">}</span></code></pre></div>

  51. 

  52. <p>Then extract the values out for re-use across the website:</p>

  53. 

  54. <div class="highlight"><pre class="chroma"><code class="language-css" data-lang="css"><span class="p">:</span><span class="nd">root</span> <span class="p">{</span>

  55.   <span class="nv">--card-padding</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">40</span><span class="kt">px</span><span class="p">;</span>

  56.   <span class="nv">--card-background</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mh">#FAFAFA</span><span class="p">;</span>

  57. <span class="p">}</span>

  58. 

  59. <span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">card</span> <span class="p">{</span>

  60.   <span class="k">padding</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nf">var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">card</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">padding</span><span class="p">);</span>

  61.   <span class="k">background</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nf">var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">card</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">background</span><span class="p">);</span>

  62. <span class="p">}</span></code></pre></div>

  63. 

  64. <p>We’ve simply lifted the values out into the <code>:root</code> and replaced them verbatim with their variable counterparts. Nothing contentious to see here.</p>

  65. 

  66. <p>When working with <a href="https://utopia.fyi/blog/fluid-custom-properties">fluid custom properties</a>, I was desperately trying to refactor the equation to keep it as succinct as possible. It was at this point, I stumbled upon a strange property of custom properties…</p>

  67. 

  68. <blockquote>

  69. <p>The value after the <code>:</code> in the CSS custom property does not have to be valid CSS.</p>

  70. </blockquote>

  71. 

  72. <p>It won’t cause any errors, nor invalidate the custom property. It won’t be evaluated in the browser until used, or more specifically, placed in a <code>calc()</code> function.</p>

  73. 

  74. <h2 id="what-does-this-mean">What does this mean?</h2>

  75. 

  76. <p>This means we can write concise CSS ‘calculations’ without worrying about wrapping every line in <code>calc()</code>s, and providing its wrapped when we use the property, it will be valid. When you finally run <code>calc()</code>, the browser (appears to) gather all the associated parts of the equation, and run them in one go.</p>

  77. 

  78. <p>The <code>--f-2</code> declaration below is not ‘valid’ CSS. But when used in the <code>font-size</code> with a <code>calc()</code>, it becomes valid:</p>

  79. 

  80. <div class="highlight"><pre class="chroma"><code class="language-css" data-lang="css"><span class="p">:</span><span class="nd">root</span> <span class="p">{</span>

  81.   <span class="nv">--f-2</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">((</span><span class="mi">2</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mi">16</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="nf">var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">foot</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="nf">var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">hill</span><span class="p">));</span>

  82. <span class="p">}</span>

  83. 

  84. <span class="nt">body</span> <span class="p">{</span>

  85.   <span class="k">font-size</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">calc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nf">var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="mi">-2</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">);</span>

  86. <span class="p">}</span></code></pre></div>

  87. 

  88. <h2 id="so-what">So what?</h2>

  89. 

  90. <p>To me, this feels much like the two distinct actions of:</p>

  91. 

  92. <ol>

  93. <li>Defining a function</li>

  94. <li>Calling that function</li>

  95. </ol>

  96. 

  97. <p>Which is kind of cool. I don’t know whether there’s more here, but I feel like there probably is.</p>

  98. 

  99. <p>Some way of currying in CSS, perhaps? I’ve likened currying to <a href="https://www.trysmudford.com/blog/pedalboard/#closures-and-currying">priming ‘code grenades’</a>, then calling them later? Who knows, I’m definitely gonna keep digging to find out.</p>

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