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Madhav Ganesan
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Tailwind Commands Cheat Sheet

#webdev #tailwindcss #css #beginners

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework packed with classes that can be composed to build any design, directly in your markup.

Features:

Utility-first:

Tailwind css is a utility-first css framework that provides low-level utility classes to build custom designs without writing css.This approach allows us to implement a completely custom component design without writing a single line of custom CSS."You aren’t wasting energy inventing class names".

Content purging:

It is the process of removing unused CSS classes from the final CSS file that will be used in production environment.It is an optimization process in which the final CSS size is smaller, easier to maintain and shows improved performance.

Commands:

Underline:

underline 
underline-offset-<size>
decoration-<color>-<shade> //color for underline
decoration-<thickness> // size of underline
decoration-<style> // wavy, double
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Text Styling

text-<color>-<shade> //color of text
text-opacity-<shade> //opacity of text
text-<size> //size of text
text-<alignment> //alignment of text
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Background Color

bg-<color>-<shade>
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Gradient

bg-gradient-to-{direction} from-{color} via-{color} to-{color}
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Image covers the entire parent div

object-cover
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Border Radius

rounded-<size>
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Font Styling

font-<style> //mono, serif, sans
font-bold
font-thin
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Italic:

italic
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list:

list-<style> //none
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Visibility

Hide elements:

hidden
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Display (Opposite to hide):

block
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Padding

p-<size>   /* All sides */
px-<size>  /* Horizontal (left and right) */
py-<size>  /* Vertical (top and bottom) */
pl-<size>  /* Left */
pr-<size>  /* Right */
pt-<size>  /* Top */
pb-<size>  /* Bottom */
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Margin

m-<size>   /* All sides */
mx-<size>  /* Horizontal (left and right) */
my-<size>  /* Vertical (top and bottom) */
ml-<size>  /* Left */
mr-<size>  /* Right */
mt-<size>  /* Top */
mb-<size>  /* Bottom */
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Flexbox

flex
flex-<direction> // row or column
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Justify Content

justify-<option>
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Align Items

items-<option> //start,end,center
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Responsive Design

sm  /* Small devices */
md  /* Medium devices */
lg  /* Large devices */
xl  /* Extra large devices */
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Sizing

h-<size>
w-<size>
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Borders

border
border-<size>
border-<color>
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Hover States

hover:<utility>
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Disadvantages of Tailwind

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Daniel Farrell •

Nice breakdown! Great to see this put together in one place.

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Madhav Ganesan •

Thx Daniel
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