Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-mixins-1] I don't think we should've removed @macro (#14387)

• From: Tab Atkins Jr. via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:30:33 +0000
• To: public-css-archive@w3.org
• Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-5420187706-1787715031-noreply@w3.org>

```
@macro --reset {
  appearance: none;
}

.button {
  @extend --reset;
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  color: white;
}

/* desugars to */
.button {
  appearance: none;
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  color: white;
}
```

That's how `@mixin` already works per spec:

```
@mixin --reset {
  appearance: none;
}

.button {
  @apply --reset;
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  color: white;
}
```

However, we never had Sass's `@extend` feature in the spec, and it's not currently planned to add it. However, you can get similar functionality by nesting mixins, instead.

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