Using compass + blueprint in rails. How to get visual grid overlay

Question

I am sure I saw at one point a technique to overlay a grid on top of the page when using blueprint + compass. Any idea on how to turn this on.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '11 at 18:37

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Don't do what's suggested on the answer, that's the incorrect way to do it.

The goal of sass is to avoid adding presentation stuff to your html.

Inside your sass or .scss file do a +showgrid or a @include showgrid.

answered May 18 '11 at 18:37

MarioRicalde

I agree, but what I meant is "showgrid" is strictly a metter of CSS class inside screen.css, which is part of blueprint no metter which way you use to dinamically compile that. Add a grid, is a core "function" of blueprint not of commpass. May be my answer respond to just half a question. – Luca G. Soave May 19 '11 at 08:27
@Lucas agreed. Compass contains stuff that helps when working with Blueprint to adapt to the SASS Paradigm. In any case good answer; what I added here is just a "FYI" for the people who reach to this via Google. :) – MarioRicalde May 19 '11 at 09:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '11 at 14:05

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put <div class="container showgrid"> in your "main" html page/layout

answered May 18 '11 at 14:05

Luca G. Soave

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