Import CSS Selector Styles in Another Selector? (NOT @import)

Question

Is there a way to import the styling of a single CSS selector into another CSS selector and add to it or rewrite properties from it.

Let\'s say:

.ori         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately not. At least not without one of those fancy CSS plugin thingies that I wouldn't touch with a mile-long pole...

Of course, there's nothing stopping you having multiple classes on a single element.

Answer 2

Not directly, no.

You could do something like this in your HTML:

<div class="original_class overwrite">...</div>

This will have the same effect, but you will have to do this for every element you want styled that way.

There is also the option of using a CSS pre-processor, like SASS, which supports inheritance/mixins.

Answer 3

You can add the .overwrite selector to the first rule by separating it from the existing selector with a comma (grouping selectors), so the selector rule becomes .original_class, .overwrite:

.original_class,
.overwrite {
background: black;
color: white;
}
.overwrite {
color: blue;
border: 1px solid green;
}

Also, when you write:

this will replace the attributes of the original CSS class

there is no such thing as attributes and class in CSS, not with the intended meaning of OOP I guess. There are rules, selector rules (to select HTML id, classes, elements, attributes and other pseudos), declarations, properties and values.