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user9722
user9722

Reputation: 171

Code in CSS Files is on One Line?

I am collaborating with Senior Developers and quite embarrassed to ask why the code in all the .css files is on one line?! At first I thought it was minified but when I went to unminify it it said Unrecognized format. How do I work with these files? As far as I can see it's ONLY the .css files.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2616

Answers (2)

user9722
user9722

Reputation: 171

It can be the case they are using a CSS compiler (like SASS or LESS), in that case the files won't have .css extension but .SASS, .SCSS, .LESS which will be compiled into a single CSS. - Teknotica

Tecknotica's speculation was correct. So to be more specific this is how you would work with these files given a similar situation. You don't actually write CSS directly into the CSS file but instead add your CSS to a SCSS file that then gets compiled into the CSS file using a tool such as Grunt. The CSS is all on one line in the CSS file (the one you don't directly write to) apparently because it reduces to the number of requests to get the bits. Thanks for everyone's help & advice.

Upvotes: 1

Beverly Lodge
Beverly Lodge

Reputation: 98

Ew, that's annoying. Usually when I come across that, I just do a search and replace for " ; " and add a break beneath it to help organize everything. Hope that helps!

Upvotes: 0

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