color_variables_files does not work

[HughxDev]

Using:

• Windows 7 32-bit
• Sublime Text 2 (Version 2.0.2, Build 2221)
• Color Highlighter v2016.02.11.13.53.03

.sublime-project:

{
  "color_variables_files":
  [
    "/path/to/_colors.scss"
  ],
  "folders":
  [
    {
      "path": "/path/to/project"
    }
  ]
}

_colors.scss:

$FACEBOOK_BLUE: #3b579d;

app.scss:

$foo: $FACEBOOK_BLUE;

[Monnoroch]

The path must be incorrect. Currently it only supports absolute paths.

[HughxDev]

I triple-checked and it's the correct path, as well as being absolute. I actually copied the exact location from the file properties dialog box, pasted it into the .sublime-project, and then changed all slashes from Windows-style (C:\...) to UNIX-style (/C/...), which seems to be the format that Sublime Text expects. Not only that, but I also tried several variations, including keeping them as backslashes and escaping them. I even tried renaming a folder that had spaces in it in case that was causing any problems, but it didn't make a difference. It has to be something else.

[akazorg]

It's working fine using absolute path, on windows 7 64bit.

Try this on your .sublime-project file

{
  "color_variables_files": "/path/to/_colors.scss", 

  "folders": [{
      "path": "/path/to/project"
    }]
}

Hope it works!

[mikehdt]

If you're on Windows, the pathing will be a little different from what I understand. In a project I'm working on, it looks a little like this:

"color_variables_files": [ "D:\\code\\website-project.local\\client\\scss\\variables\\_colors.scss" ],

Does that help?

[treechime]

+1 same issue.

Tried the filepath a string and an array.

Tried using color_variables_file instead of color_variables_files.

Tried Windows style and unix style file paths (using Windows 10).

[lisajwells]

I got this to work on a mac by using the absolute path thus:

{
    "folders":
    [
        {
                      "path": "."
                }
    ],
       "color_variables_files": "/Users/myusername/path/to/_colors.scss",
}

[Romainpetit]

Unable to get this working, ST3 macOS sierra. Can we have a log in the ST console telling us what's the deal ? File not found, syntax error ...

[jonsuh]

I can confirm that color_variables_files does not work even when using absolute paths.

{
  "folders": [{
    "path": "."
  }],
  "color_variables_files": "/Users/username/project/assets/_sass/settings/_colors.scss"
}

macOS Sierra 10.12.14 Sublime Text 3 build 3126

[jonsuh]

I figured out what’s going on.

For color_variables_files to work in the .sublime-project file, you need to save your directory as a “Sublime project” (From the menu, Project > Save Project As) (it creates a *.sublime-workspace file) and always open projects as a “Sublime project.”

However, I think the whole “Sublime project” thing is useless. So my forked version https://github.com/jonsuh/ColorHighlighter uses a .colorhighlighter file that’s structured like this:

{
  "color_variables_files": [
    "/absolute/path/to/project/assets/_sass/settings/_colors.scss"
  ]
}

It doesn’t require you to save and open a folder as a “Sublime project” and color highlighting for Sass variables work again (!!!) even if your variables are in a separate file and you’re not @importing color variables in every Sass file (I use one manifest file so it’s redundant to @import in every file).

[Romainpetit]

Amazing job @jonsuh !

Finally got it working using your fork. I think you solution deserves a PR in this repo instead. 🙌 Kudos to you !

[jonsuh]

@Romainpetit Great to hear that it’s working for you! Thanks for letting me know.

I opened up a PR for the added feature https://github.com/Monnoroch/ColorHighlighter/pull/355. This is only the 2nd time that I’ve ever written anything in Python, so it may need improvement from more experienced devs, but hopefully we can get the feature added.

[johny-gog]

At first I was putting "color_variables_files" inside of "folders" key for some reason...

The default .sublime-project (in the project root, didn't check other locations of .sublime-project) worked for me:

{
    "color_variables_files": [
        "/Users/myuser/project/styles/_variablesFilename.scss"
    ],
    "folders": [{