Sass Mixins to write BEM-style SCSS source
npm install bemify


Bemify is a set of Sass mixins to help you write well-structured, readable, maintainable, component-based modular SCSS source using a BEM-style syntax.
__Bemify site & documentation: http://franzheidl.github.io/bemify/__
Bemify supports libsass since libsass 3.2.4.
Bemify can be installed as a Ruby Gem, via Bower, NPM, or manually. As a NPM module, bemify supports eyeglass. Bemify is also on Sache.in.
$ bower install bemify --save-dev
$ gem install bemify
$npm install bemify --save-dev
sass/_bemify.scssin the appropriate location in your project.@import 'bemify';
Once imported, the bemify mixins can now be used to write BEM-style SCSS, making your source cleaner and easier to read and change.
@include block('my-element') {
…
@include element('child') {
…
}
@include modifier('small') {
…
}
@include modifier('large') {
…
}
@include state('active') {
…
}
}
The output will be full, non-nested BEM-style class selectors:
.my-element {
…
}
.my-element__child {
…
}
.my-element--large {
…
}
.my-element.is-active {
…
}
By default, bemify will output combined .block.state / .block__element.state selectors.
Bemify can also be configured to output full .block--state / .block__element--state selectors.
For details, see Configuration below.
The mixins can be nested to create modifiers for subcomponents:
@include block('my-element') {
@include element('child') {
…
@include modifier('bad') {
…
@include state('happy') {
…
}
}
}
@include modifier('large') {
…
}
@include state('active') {
…
}
}
This will result in:
.my-element {
…
}
.my-element__child {
…
}
.my-element__child--bad {
…
}
.my-element__child--bad.is-happy {
…
}
.my-element--large {
…
}
.my-element.is-active {
}
Bemify can can of course also be used inside any scope:
.scope {
@include block('nav') {
// etc.
}
}
bemify uses some configuration variables where to adjust the block-element and the state separator, as well as the state prefix.
To overwrite bemify's config with your own configuration file, just import your variables before using one of the mixins.
@import "your-variables";
@import "bemify";
@include block('my-block') {
…
}
Configurable options and their defaults are:
* $combined-state-selectors: true
Will output selectors like: .element.is-active, set to false to write .element--is-active
* $element-separator: __
* $modifier-separator: --
* $state-prefix: is
Note that $state-prefix can be overridden with each call to the state mixin, so you can use both --is-active and --has-error using the same configuration:
@include state('error', 'has') {}
@include block('name') {}
== @include component('name') {}
@include element('name') {}
== @include child('name') {}
== @include subcomponent('name') {}
== @include sub('name') {}
* Nicolas Gallagher: About HTML semantics and front-end architecture
* Philip Walton: Side Effects in CSS
* BEM official
* Harry Roberts: MindBEMding – getting your head ’round BEM syntax
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