LESS - @arguments Variable

Description

When a mixin is called, the @arguments include all the passed arguments. The @arguments variable is useful when you don't want to work with individual parameters.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of named parameters in the LESS file −

<!doctype html>
   <head>
      <title>@arguments Variable</title>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "style.css" type = "text/css" />
   </head>

   <body>
      <h2>Example of @arguments Variable</h2>
      <p class = "myclass">Welcome to Tutorialspoint...</p>
   </body>
</html>

Next, create the style.less file.

style.less

.box-shadow(@x: 0; @y: 0; @height: 3px; @width: 3px) {
   -webkit-box-shadow: @arguments;
      -moz-box-shadow: @arguments;
         box-shadow: @arguments;
}

.myclass {
   .box-shadow(2px; 2px);
}

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

.myclass {
   -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px 3px;
   -moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px 3px;
   box-shadow: 2px 2px 3px 3px;
}

Output

Follow these steps to see how the above code works −

Save the above html code in the @arguments_var.html file.
Open this HTML file in a browser, the following output will get displayed.

less_parametric_mixins.htm