You can use the parent selector reference &
, it will be replaced by the parent selector after compilation:
For your example:
.container {
background:red;
&.desc{
background:blue;
}
}
/* compiles to: */
.container {
background: red;
}
.container.desc {
background: blue;
}
The &
will completely resolve, so if your parent selector is nested itself, the nesting will be resolved before replacing the &
.
This notation is most often used to write pseudo-elements and -classes:
.element{
&:hover{ ... }
&:nth-child(1){ ... }
}
However, you can place the &
at virtually any position you like*, so the following is possible too:
.container {
background:red;
#id &{
background:blue;
}
}
/* compiles to: */
.container {
background: red;
}
#id .container {
background: blue;
}
However be aware, that this somehow breaks your nesting structure and thus may increase the effort of finding a specific rule in your stylesheet.
*: No other characters than whitespaces are allowed in front of the &
. So you cannot do a direct concatenation of selector
+&
– #id&
would throw an error.