The Less compilers that I\'m using (OrangeBits and dotless 1.3.0.5) are aggressively translating
body { width: calc(100% - 250px - 1.5em); }
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There is several escaping options with same result:
body { width: ~"calc(100% - 250px - 1.5em)"; }
body { width: calc(~"100% - 250px - 1.5em"); }
body { width: calc(100% ~"-" 250px ~"-" 1.5em); }
There's a tidier way to include variables inside the escaped calc, as explained in this post: CSS3 calc() function doesn't work with Less #974
@variable: 2em;
body{ width: calc(~"100% - @{variable} * 2");}
By using the curly brackets you don't need to close and reopen the escaping quotes.
A very common usecase of calc is take 100% width and adding some margin around the element.
One can do so with:
@someMarginVariable = 15px;
margin: @someMarginVariable;
width: calc(~"100% - "@someMarginVariable*2);
width: -moz-calc(~"100% - "@someMarginVariable*2);
width: -webkit-calc(~"100% - "@someMarginVariable*2);
Less no longer evaluates expression inside calc
by default since v3.00.
Original answer (Less v1.x...2.x
):
Do this:
body { width: calc(~"100% - 250px - 1.5em"); }
In Less 1.4.0 we will have a strictMaths
option which requires all Less calculations to be within brackets, so the calc
will work "out-of-the-box". This is an option since it is a major breaking change. Early betas of 1.4.0 had this option on by default. The release version has it off by default.