diff --git a/doc/development/fe_guide/style_guide_scss.md b/doc/development/fe_guide/style_guide_scss.md index b09243598d5be2774be9877c4d1096ac96f32e49..6f6b361f42335c38fccb4ed86f69c3f1296d7f6b 100644 --- a/doc/development/fe_guide/style_guide_scss.md +++ b/doc/development/fe_guide/style_guide_scss.md @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ easy to maintain, and performant for the end-user. ## Rules +### Utility Classes +As part of the effort for [cleaning up our CSS and moving our components into GitLab-UI](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/950) +led by the [GitLab UI WG](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/20623) we prefer the use of utility classes over adding new CSS. However, complex CSS can be addressed by adding component classes. + +We have a few internal utility classes in [`common.scss`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/common.scss) +and we use [Bootstrap's Utility Classes](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.3/utilities/) + +New utility classes should be added to [`common.scss`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/common.scss). + ### Naming Filenames should use `snake_case`.