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Athreya Aka Maneshwar @athreyac4

Sass Maps For Responsive Design: Streamlining Breakpoints

Sass maps simplify responsive design with $break-devices map & break-select-device function. Mixins like break-from-device & break-to-device generate media queries for dynamic styling.

Sass maps are powerful tools for organizing data in SCSS, helps to manage breakpoints for responsive designs. 
Here’s a dive into how these maps work, focusing on the $break-devices map and its utility.


  
  
  1. Extracting Breakpoint Values with Functions

The break-select-device function navigates the $break-devices map to extract breakpoint values for a specified device.

@function break-select-device($device) {
  $current: $break-devices;
  @for $n from 1 through length($device) {
    @if type-of($current) == map {
      $current: map.get($current, list.nth($device, $n));
    } @else {...