R e p e a t a b l e P a t t e r n s i n C S S

CSS does not have functionality to create a repeatable pattern for children. This is an approach to create repeating patterns in CSS & HTML.

MIXIN

repeatPattern()

Mixin to create repeatable patterns by extended other selectors (including placeholder selectors).

@include repeatPattern($selector-pattern, $parent-selector, $child-selector);

  • $selector-pattern : REQUIRED; A Sass list of selectors that you want to be used as your pattern.
  • $child-selector : OPTIONAL, Default: "*"; The name of the children elements to which the repeating pattern is applied to.

Example: 

.pattern-repeat {
	@include repeatPattern(
			       (".red",
				".orange",
				".yellow",
				".green",
				"%blue",
				"%purple")
	);
}

Creates a pattern of extending a selectors of ' .red ', then .orange ', then .yellow ', then .green ', then .green ', then the placeholder selector %blue ', then the placeholder selector %purple ', then repeats back to ' .red ', then .orange ' and so on.

Output:

  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum
  • Lorem ipsum

Example 2: 

.foo {
	@include repeatPattern(("%foo", "%bar"), ".bar");
}

Output:

Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum