Continuing the discussion from Styling Discourse with variables: Show & Tell : [תמונה] Styling Discourse with variables: Show & Tell We’ve recently added a lot of css variables to Discourse. These variables make theming and customizing aspects of the UI much easier. For many changes, you will no …

[תמונה] Manuel Kostka: To me this feels more like how CSS naturally works Well, I think how CSS would naturally work is just skip the variables and do /* Set the design foundation */ body { border-width: 2px; background-color: #3498db; margin: 1rem; } /* Override at the component leve…

[תמונה] RGJ: Well, I think how CSS would naturally work is just skip the variables There are sound reasons to use variables, maybe let’s not get into them here. It’s a good point though to not argue about the nature of CSS. I should have phrased this better: it’s not about the nature of it, i…

The approach we took feels like it is along the lines of what you are describing, so I am having difficulty in understanding how you would have implemented them differently. Definitely open to feedback though and appreciate the perspective you are bringing. For instance, for something like --space,…

[תמונה] RGJ: Example: simply targeting .btn or button: The short answer is don’t do this :sweat_smile: You’re much better off targeting a secondary button class, btn-default, btn-primary, btn-flat — these secondary classes represent a visual type of button. .btn and button are more broadly …

[תמונה] Manuel Kostka: This feels like an “easier” solution that avoids the harder problem: fully aligning the styling architecture with the framework’s modular design. This is exactly what it is. We don’t currently have the bandwidth to embark on a multi-year rewrite of our HTML and CSS alon…

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awesomerobot (Kris) 11 באוגוסט,‏ 2025,‏ 8:59pm 6

This is exactly what it is. We don’t currently have the bandwidth to embark on a multi-year rewrite of our HTML and CSS along with every theme we maintain, especially considering we’re not yet done with the multi-year journey of Ember updates.

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