i’m trying to access a list setting in yml file with an @each SCSS operator but cannot get it to work for more than one list entry. the code works as expected with default “” or one item in list, but not for more. settings.yml: list_setting: type: list default: "" description: "a list setti…

btw solved this last week. used a string separator scss function @function str-to-list($string, $separator, $startAt: 1) { $item: str-slice($string, $startAt); $list: (); $index: str-index($item, $separator); @if $index ==null { $list: ($item); } @else { $list: (str-slice($it…

Random guesses: I didn’t test it, but I think list settings are delimited by pipes |. It might be possible that $setting in your CSS equals something|something_else|etc. You could output the value in some CSS attribute (or JS, the value should be the same) to be sure. :thinking:

[image] Lillian : $list: str-to-list("#{$list_setting}", "|"); :exploding_head: I tried but couldn’t figure out this existed, that’s great. :clap:

Accessing theme list settings via SCSS @each rule

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Lilly (Lillian ) July 19, 2023, 3:46pm 3

yea i was just thinking about this and wondering if i have to split those list values out with some script? i suspect it is treating multiple list items as one string.

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Accessing theme list settings via SCSS @each rule

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