I have the following CSS:
:root{
--font-family: "Times", serif;
}
body{
font-family: var(--font-family);
}
I also have a dropdown with the following values:
serif
sans-serif
'Montserrat', sans-serif;
'Source Code Pro', monospace;
I use this dropdown to set a CSS variable on the body:
let root = document.documentElement;
const fontSelect = document.querySelector("#font")
fontSelect.addEventListener("change", e => {
console.log(fontSelect.value);
root.style.setProperty('--font-family', fontSelect.value);
});
Each time, the correct console log happens, however only serif and sans-serif are being applied in Google Chrome. How can I make 'Montserrat', sans-serif; work?
https://codepen.io/EightArmsHQ/pen/3405e40daa7fcc7b17ff8a0e6a205b66
You need to remove the ; from your values to make it valid.
let root = document.documentElement;
const fontSelect = document.querySelector("#font")
fontSelect.addEventListener("change", e => {
console.log(fontSelect.value);
root.style.setProperty('--font-family', fontSelect.value);
});:root{
--font-family: "Times", serif;
}
body{
font-family: var(--font-family);
}<select id="font">
<option value="serif">Serif</option>
<option value="sans-serif">Sans serif</option>
<option value="'Montserrat', sans-serif">Montserrat</option>
<option value="'Source Code Pro', monospace">Source Code Pro</option>
</select>