Less wont apply Tailwind CSS classname with dot (.)

Question

How to apply a Tailwind CSS classname that includes a dot with Less? Escaping (\) didn't worked. I can use this code without any problems in Sass:

@apply py-0.5;

Syntax error: The 0.5 class does not exist. If you're sure that 0.5 exists, make sure that any @import statements are being properly processed before Tailwind CSS sees your CSS, as @apply can only be used for classes in the same CSS tree. (7:4)

Other Tailwind CSS classnames just work fine.

Answer 1

This is most likely related to how Less parses the input. You could use ~ to escape the class name.

@apply ~"py-0.5";