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How can I export Sketch layer styles as CSS code?

  1. Open you Sketch design, select a layer and go to navigation menu: Edit/Copy and select Copy CSS Attributes.
  2. The CSS code will be copied to your clipboard so you can paste it in your style sheet.

NOTE: Sketch CSS export doesn't generate Less, Sass, SCSS, Stylus pre-processors. But there is a way how to do it with Avocode - see below.


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Open your design and go to the Select Tool or hold V key. Then switch to the Code panel and make sure your code language is set to CSS (default for Web projects).

When you click on any design layer, its styles will appear as CSS in the Code panel. Either click COPY ALL to export the whole code snippet or select particular lines or values and they will be copied to your clipboard.

To customize the code output, feel free define any value as a Variable, use Replacement rules to replace any part of the generated code. You can even reorder or hide specific code properties, change quote type and much more in Code settings.

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