# declaration-nested-properties-no-divided-groups Disallow nested properties of the same "namespace" be divided into multiple groups. ```scss /* Such groups: */ font: { /* `font` is a "namespace" */ size: 16px; weight: 700; } ``` A "namespace" is everything before the first `-` in property names, e.g. `margin` in `margin-bottom`. It is the "namespace" that is used as a root identifier for a nested properties group (`font` in the example above). [Sass official docs on nested properties](http://sass-lang.com/documentation/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#nested_properties). The following patterns are considered warnings: ```scss a { background: url(img.png) center { size: auto; } background: { repeat: no-repeat; } } ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```scss a { background: url(img.png) center { size: auto; } background-repeat: no-repeat; } ``` ```scss a { background: url(img.png) center no-repeat { color: red; } margin: 10px { left: 1px; } } ``` ```scss a { background: url(img.png) center { size: auto; } background :red { repeat: no-repeat; } } /* There is no space after the colon in `background :red` so it is considered A SELECTOR and is compiled into: a background :red { color: blue; } */ ```