LESS - Import Options CSS Keyword



Description

The @import (css) keyword will import the file as regular CSS, regardless of file extension. This was released in version 1.4.0.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of css keyword in the LESS file −

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "style.css" type = "text/css" />
      <title>Import Options CSS</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <h1>Welcome to Tutorialspoint</h1>
      <p class = "para_1">LESS is a CSS pre-processor that enables customizable, 
      manageable and reusable style sheet for web site.</p>
      <p class = "para_2">LESS is a CSS pre-processor that enables customizable, 
      manageable and reusable style sheet for web site.</p>
   </body>
</html>

Next, create the style.less file.

style.less

@import (css) "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/less/css.txt";
.para_1 {
   color: green;
   .my_css;
}

.para_2 {
   color: blue;
}

The following code will import the css.txt file into style.less from the https://www.tutorialspoint.com/less/css.txt path −

css.txt

.my_css {
   font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
   font-size: 20px;
}

You can compile the style.less to style.css by using the following command −

lessc style.less style.css

Execute the above command; it will create the style.css file automatically with the following code −

style.css

.my_css {
   font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
   font-size: 20px;
}

.para_1 {
   color: green;
   font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
   font-size: 20px;
}

.para_2 {
   color: blue;
}

Output

Follow these steps to see how the above code works −

  • Save the above html code in the import_options_css.html file.

  • Open this HTML file in a browser, the following output will get displayed.

LESS Import Options CSS
less_import_options.htm
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