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Tailwind Dropdown

Responsive dropdowns built with Tailwind. Dropdowns are responsible for toggleable (collapsible) display a list of links


Installation

Quick Start

In order to start using Tailwind simply download our starter.

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Tailwind Elements does not change or add any CSS to the already one from TailwindCSS.

You can directly copy our components into your Tailwind design and they will work straight away.

In some dynamic components (like dropdowns or modals) we add Font Awesome icons and custom JavaScript. However, they do not require any additional installation, all the necessary code is always included in the example and copied to any Tailwind project - it will work.


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Customization

Basic example
HTML
<div class="flex flex-wrap">
  <div class="w-full sm:w-6/12 md:w-4/12 px-4">
    <div class="relative inline-flex align-middle w-full">
      <button
        class="bg-purple-500 text-white active:bg-purple-600 font-bold uppercase text-xs px-4 py-2 rounded shadow hover:shadow-md outline-none focus:outline-none mr-1 mb-1 ease-linear transition-all duration-150"
        type="button" onclick="openDropdown(event,'dropdown-example-1')">
        Dropdown<i class="fas fa-angle-down ml-2"></i>
      </button>
      <div class="hidden bg-white  text-base z-50 float-left py-2 list-none text-left rounded shadow-lg mt-1"
        style="min-width:12rem" id="dropdown-example-1">
        <a href="#"
          class="text-sm py-2 px-4 font-normal block w-full whitespace-nowrap bg-transparent text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100">
          Action
        </a>
        <a href="#"
          class="text-sm py-2 px-4 font-normal block w-full whitespace-nowrap bg-transparent text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100">
          Another action
        </a>
        <a href="#"
          class="text-sm py-2 px-4 font-normal block w-full whitespace-nowrap bg-transparent text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100">
          Something else here
        </a>
        <div class="h-0 my-2 border border-solid border-t-0 border-blueGray-800 opacity-25"></div>
        <a href="#"
          class="text-sm py-2 px-4 font-normal block w-full whitespace-nowrap bg-transparent text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-100">
          Seprated link
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- Required popper.js -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@popperjs/core@2.9.1/dist/umd/popper.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script>
  function openDropdown(event, dropdownID) {
    let element = event.target;
    while (element.nodeName !== "BUTTON") {
      element = element.parentNode;
    }
    var popper = Popper.createPopper(element, document.getElementById(dropdownID), {
      placement: 'bottom-start'
    });
    document.getElementById(dropdownID).classList.toggle("hidden");
    document.getElementById(dropdownID).classList.toggle("block");
  }
</script>
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You can see more customization examples on the ๐Ÿ“„ Dropdown documentation page


Crucial Resources

Here are the resources that we have prepared to help you work with this component:

  1. Read ๐Ÿ“„ Dropdown documentation page <-- start here
  2. In to get the most out of your project, you should also get acquainted with other Components options related to Dropdown. See the section below to find the list of them.
  3. After finishing the project you can publish it with CLI in order to receive ๐Ÿ’ฝ Free hosting (beta)

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