Question

Is there a way to import the styling of a single CSS selector into another CSS selector and add to it or rewrite properties from it.

Let’s say:

.original_class{
background:black;
color:white;
}
.overwrite{
@import(.original_class); /* I know this doesn't work */
color:blue;
border:1px solid green;
}

I can accomplish this by just redeclaring the .original_class and assigning new values (since CSS styles are rewritten from top to bottom), but this will replace the attributes of the original CSS class. What I want is to inherit its properties into another class without having to write them again (duplicate).

Answer 1

Not directly, no.

You could do something like this in your HTML:

<div class="original_class overwrite">...</div>

This will have the same effect, but you will have to do this for every element you want styled that way.

There is also the option of using a CSS pre-processor, like SASS, which supports inheritance/mixins.