How to Import sass files in angular 6

39
votes

I created new angular project with sass, and I created folder with name sass which contain a file named _variables.scss,

in app component I tried to import variables like this.

@import 'variables'

when I run ng serve i get the following error:

./src/app/app.component.scss Module build failed: 

@import 'variables'
^
      File to import not found or unreadable: variables.
      in C:\Users\Bonge\Documents\Projects\movies_database\movies-client\src\app\app.component.scss (line 1, column 1)

Note I added the following to angular.json:

"stylePreprocessorOptions": { "includePaths": [ "src/", "src/sass/" ]

Directory structure just a angular starter app:

|- src/
    |- sass/
        |- _variables.scss
        |- _mixins.scss
        |- styles.scss

still i get the same error: what am I doing wrong here? any help

2
angularsass
Please, post the directory structure if possible. - lealceldeiro
@lealceldeiro check it just a new angular starter app nothing special - Hot Zellah
Try renaming src/styles.css to src/styles.scss and in that file include the other styles in your src/sass directory. If you like check out this GitHub project of mine in which I do what you are trying to do now. Notice that in the angular.json file a i set "styles": [ "src/styles.scss" ], - lealceldeiro
@lealceldeiro I added all other i can import all this stuf to styles.css, how about in a component? - Hot Zellah
I understand. See the answer I posted. - lealceldeiro

2 Answers

62
votes

I realize this is an older question, but keeps coming up in searches so I figure an update is in order. There is a way to define your own import paths for SASS like node_modules libraries, all you need to do is make a stylePreprocessorOptions entry in the options section of the angular.json file. You do not need to include everything using src\sass

angular.json

"options": {
  "outputPath": "dist/App",
  "index": "src/index.html",
  "main": "src/main.ts",
  "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
  "tsConfig": "src/tsconfig.app.json",
  "assets": [
    "src/favicon.ico",
    "src/assets"
  ],
  "styles": [
    "src/sass/styles.scss"
  ],
  "stylePreprocessorOptions": {
    "includePaths": [
      "src/sass"
    ]
  },
  "scripts": []
},

Then in your styles you can simply import them using

styles.sass

Note: Don't include the file extension or an initial ~.

@import 'variables'; // Imports from src/sass
@import 'mixins;
38
votes

In the new angular v6, importing sass files is a little different from the previous version.

I just needed to import like this (in a component stylesheet)

@import "~src/sass/variables";    // note: without file extension

Now everything works fine

Thanks all for the help