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Eadig
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November 4, 2022
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CSS Preprocessors keep getting in my way

  • November 4, 2022
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Hello everyone

 

This age-old problem is still huanting me, so I would like a solution, please. To illustrate it, Dreamweaver, even in its version 21.3, compiles every SASS file whether I turn on Enable Auto Compilation On File Save or not. Changing the CSS Output options has never solved this, and the app just constantly compiles all of the SASS files nagging me to hell.

 

Thanks for reading.

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    Correct answer L e n a

    I'm not sure I understand your question, or problem?

     

    Is your problem that DW compiles all SASS files, even if they are partials that you import into other files.

    if this is the case, do your partials file names use an undescore as first character

    @1552174 'variables';

    and the file is named

    _variables.scss

    that way the _variables.scss wont be compiled as _variables.css, but will be compiled on the fly, and the result will imported directly in the hosting file, without creating the CSS file.

     

    otherwise except for partials, compiling files from scss/sass to css , is one of the purposes of this feature, so all SCSS/SASS must be compiled.

     

    If that is not, your trouble, I confess I don't understand your problem, could you please, rephrase it ?

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    L e n aCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 6, 2022

    I'm not sure I understand your question, or problem?

     

    Is your problem that DW compiles all SASS files, even if they are partials that you import into other files.

    if this is the case, do your partials file names use an undescore as first character

    @1552174 'variables';

    and the file is named

    _variables.scss

    that way the _variables.scss wont be compiled as _variables.css, but will be compiled on the fly, and the result will imported directly in the hosting file, without creating the CSS file.

     

    otherwise except for partials, compiling files from scss/sass to css , is one of the purposes of this feature, so all SCSS/SASS must be compiled.

     

    If that is not, your trouble, I confess I don't understand your problem, could you please, rephrase it ?

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      EadigAuthor
      Inspiring
      November 6, 2022
      Thanks for the tip, renaming the partials with the underscore at the
      start of each file name worked!
      B i r n o u
      B i r n o u
      Community Expert
      November 6, 2022

      youps sorry, I answered on the wrong thread/forum... both questions were about the compilation of partials... and I had the wrong recipient... sorry for the noise

      Nancy OShea
      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      November 4, 2022

      In site definition settings under CSS Preprocessors > 

      Are you sure the Enable Auto Compilation... box is empty?

      Which preprocessor are you using?

       

       

      Under Servers tab > Advanced >

      Is the Automatically Upload Files to Server on Save box empty?

       

      Have you tried Restoring DW Preferences?

      https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
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        EadigAuthor
        Inspiring
        November 6, 2022

        Thanks for the suggestions. I looked through the settings including the two options that you mentioned and confirmed they had been unticked. I didn't get to reset the preferences because what Lena suggested worked.

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