Prerequisites
Before starting the project make sure to install the following utilities:
React Tailwind Elements:
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Creating a new React application
Let's create a fresh React application so that we can go through all the steps together. We are going to do this through Vite - very popular and extremly light module bundler.
Step 1
Create new project
npm create vite@latest my-project -- --template react
cd my-project
Installing and configuring Tailwind CSS and Tailwind Elements
Step 1
Install Tailwind CSS
npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p
Step 2
Add the paths to all of your template files in your
tailwind.config.cjs file.
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
content: [
"./index.html",
"./src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
"./node_modules/tw-elements/dist/js/**/*.js"
],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
darkMode: "class",
plugins: [require("tw-elements/dist/plugin.cjs")]
}
Step 3
Add the @tailwind directives for each of Tailwind’s layers to
your ./src/index.css file.
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
Step 4
Attach the Roboto font in index.html.
<link
href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700,900&display=swap"
rel="stylesheet" />
Step 5
Install Tailwind Elements.
npm install tw-elements
Step 6
Import components which are you intend to use and necessary function
initTE. Initialize initTE in a lifecycle method.
import React, { useEffect } from "react";
import { Datepicker, Input, initTE } from "tw-elements";
const App = () => {
useEffect(() => {
initTE({ Datepicker, Input });
}, []);
return (
<div
className="relative mb-3"
data-te-datepicker-init
data-te-input-wrapper-init>
<input
type="text"
className="peer block min-h-[auto] w-full rounded border-0 bg-transparent px-3 py-[0.32rem] leading-[1.6] outline-none transition-all duration-200 ease-linear focus:placeholder:opacity-100 peer-focus:text-primary data-[te-input-state-active]:placeholder:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-none dark:text-neutral-200 dark:placeholder:text-neutral-200 dark:peer-focus:text-primary [&:not([data-te-input-placeholder-active])]:placeholder:opacity-0"
placeholder="Select a date" />
<label
for="floatingInput"
className="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-0 mb-0 max-w-[90%] origin-[0_0] truncate pt-[0.37rem] leading-[1.6] text-neutral-500 transition-all duration-200 ease-out peer-focus:-translate-y-[0.9rem] peer-focus:scale-[0.8] peer-focus:text-primary peer-data-[te-input-state-active]:-translate-y-[0.9rem] peer-data-[te-input-state-active]:scale-[0.8] motion-reduce:transition-none dark:text-neutral-200 dark:peer-focus:text-primary"
>Select a date</label
>
</div>
); }; export default App;
Initializing via JS
By default all components have autoinit which means they are initialized by data attributes. But if you want to make init by JavaScript - there is also possibility to do that.
Step 1
Import components which are you intend to use and initialize components in lifecycle hook.
import { useEffect } from "react";
import { Datepicker, Input } from "tw-elements";
const App = () => {
useEffect(() => {
const myInput = new Input(document.getElementById("myDatepicker"));
const options = {
format: "dd-mm-yyyy",
};
const myDatepicker = new te.Datepicker(
document.getElementById("myDatepicker"),
options
);
}, []);
return (
<div
className="relative mb-3"
data-te-datepicker-init
data-te-input-wrapper-init>
<input
type="text"
className="peer block min-h-[auto] w-full rounded border-0 bg-transparent px-3 py-[0.32rem] leading-[1.6] outline-none transition-all duration-200 ease-linear focus:placeholder:opacity-100 peer-focus:text-primary data-[te-input-state-active]:placeholder:opacity-100 motion-reduce:transition-none dark:text-neutral-200 dark:placeholder:text-neutral-200 dark:peer-focus:text-primary [&:not([data-te-input-placeholder-active])]:placeholder:opacity-0"
placeholder="Select a date" />
<label
for="floatingInput"
className="pointer-events-none absolute left-3 top-0 mb-0 max-w-[90%] origin-[0_0] truncate pt-[0.37rem] leading-[1.6] text-neutral-500 transition-all duration-200 ease-out peer-focus:-translate-y-[0.9rem] peer-focus:scale-[0.8] peer-focus:text-primary peer-data-[te-input-state-active]:-translate-y-[0.9rem] peer-data-[te-input-state-active]:scale-[0.8] motion-reduce:transition-none dark:text-neutral-200 dark:peer-focus:text-primary"
>Select a date</label
>
</div>
); }; export default App;