Hmm. The presence of !default makes this hard to do like you'd expect. In sass 3.1 there's a new function called if() that you can use like so:
$base_text_color: if(lightness($base_bg_color) > 50, black, white) !defalut; if you can't/won't upgrade to the alpha version this is a (non-elegant) work around: $base_text_color: false !default; @if not $base_text_color { @if (lightness($base_bg_color) > 50) { $base_text_color: black; } @else { $base_text_color: white; } } Chris On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM, abierbaum <abierb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to use an if conditional to set the default value for a > variable in SASS? > > I want to do something like this but I can't figure out a way to get > it to work. It looks like if's are only good for CSS blocks, not > variable assignment. > > $base_bg_color: rgba(238, 238, 238, 0); > > @if (lightness($base_bg_color) > 50) > { $base_text_color: black !defalut; } > @else > { $base_text_color: white !default; } > > Thanks, > Allen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Haml" group. > To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <haml%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to haml@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to haml+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en.