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micro clearfix LESS mixin
/* Micro ClearFix Mixin */
.clearfix{
zoom:1;
&:before, &:after{ content:""; display:table; }
&:after{ clear: both; }
}
@geddski

geddski commented Apr 18, 2012

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Cool thing is it lets you apply the clearfix from CSS rather than from HTML markup. Based on http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/#comment-37459

@y0n3r

y0n3r commented Oct 7, 2013

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You gotta be super careful using this as a mixin....it could bloat your code very quickly if you have a lot of elements that contain floats. It's safer to just invoke the class directly.

ghost commented Aug 19, 2014

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Funny you mention that y0nas, in the face of * selectors in our contemporary Bootstrap epidemic. Yes - for anyone that finds this by random chance, don't go overboard. Creating anonymous table structure on every single element isn't exactly smart or fast.

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This is an old post, but its still ranked on google.

.my-class{
   &:extend(.clearfix all);
}

Will lead to less bloat. It hoists the .my-class selector upto the .clearless declaration.

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@krismeister thank you.

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