How to use css classes in Best way without redundant? - html

Question

I had a email textbox with default,success,error css class.
<input id="emailInput" class="sansserif inputuser" style=" margin-top: 5px;" type="text" placeholder="Enter Email.."/>
.default{
width: 306px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 2px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #737373;
font-weight: 600;
background-color: white;
background-image: url('../Styles/Icons/User Male-35.png');
background-position: 5px 5px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
}
.error{
width: 306px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 2px solid #ff0000;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #737373;
font-weight: 600;
background-color: white;
background-image: url('../Styles/Icons/User Male-35.png');
background-position: 5px 5px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
}
.success{
width: 306px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 2px solid #00b33c;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #737373;
font-weight: 600;
background-color: white;
background-image: url('../Styles/Icons/User Male-35.png');
background-position: 5px 5px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
}
here i'm applying following css classes default ,error and success while validating email text box but only difference from the above three classes is border property only .how to reduce the redundant css properties is there any better way to achieve this.

Answer 1

You can define similar css at one place with joining multiple selectors and overriding later if necessary:
Note: The styles that you are overriding i.e for .error and .success must come after the generic styles otherwise they will be overridden by default styles and you won't see any change.
.default,
.error,
.success {
width: 306px;
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 2px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #737373;
font-weight: 600;
background-color: white;
background-image: url('../Styles/Icons/User Male-35.png');
background-position: 5px 5px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding: 12px 20px 12px 40px;
}
.error {
border-color: #ff0000;
}
.success {
border-color: #00b33c;
}