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Most Effective Ways To Create A Data Card With Tailwind CSS

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What is Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that focuses on creating personalized user interfaces quickly. It can gives you all the building blocks you are able to create personalized designs without having to fight to override irritating opinionated styles. Also, Tailwind CSS is a highly configurable, low-level CSS framework.

The description of Data Card ui component

Just reposting this amazing component that i saw on codepen made by steve schoger: codepen.io/steveschoger/pen/ybqxgq

Why use Tailwind CSS to make a Data Card ui component?

  • It can make the building process of Data Card ui component faster and more easily.
  • Enables building complex responsive layouts and components freely.
  • Minimum lines of CSS code in Data Card component file.

The preview of Data Card ui component

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The source code of Data Card ui component

<body class="antialiased bg-gray-200 font-sans">
    <div class="max-w-6xl mx-auto">
        <div class="flex items-center justify-center min-h-screen">
            <div class="max-w-sm w-full sm:w-1/2 lg:w-1/3 py-6 px-3">
                <div class="bg-white shadow-xl rounded-lg overflow-hidden">
                    <div class="bg-cover bg-center h-56 p-4" style="background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1475855581690-80accde3ae2b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=750&q=80)">
                        <div class="flex justify-end">
                            <svg class="h-6 w-6 text-white fill-current" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                                <path d="M12.76 3.76a6 6 0 0 1 8.48 8.48l-8.53 8.54a1 1 0 0 1-1.42 0l-8.53-8.54a6 6 0 0 1 8.48-8.48l.76.75.76-.75zm7.07 7.07a4 4 0 1 0-5.66-5.66l-1.46 1.47a1 1 0 0 1-1.42 0L9.83 5.17a4 4 0 1 0-5.66 5.66L12 18.66l7.83-7.83z"></path>
                            </svg>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="p-4">
                        <p class="uppercase tracking-wide text-sm font-bold text-gray-700">Detached house • 5y old</p>
                        <p class="text-3xl text-gray-900">$750,000</p>
                        <p class="text-gray-700">742 Evergreen Terrace</p>
                    </div>
                    <div class="flex p-4 border-t border-gray-300 text-gray-700">
                        <div class="flex-1 inline-flex items-center">
                            <svg class="h-6 w-6 text-gray-600 fill-current mr-3" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                                <path d="M0 16L3 5V1a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h16a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v4l3 11v5a1 1 0 0 1-1 1v2h-1v-2H2v2H1v-2a1 1 0 0 1-1-1v-5zM19 5h1V1H4v4h1V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h4a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v1h2V4a1 1 0 0 1 1-1h4a1 1 0 0 1 1 1v1zm0 1v2a1 1 0 0 1-1 1h-4a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V6h-2v2a1 1 0 0 1-1 1H6a1 1 0 0 1-1-1V6H3.76L1.04 16h21.92L20.24 6H19zM1 17v4h22v-4H1zM6 4v4h4V4H6zm8 0v4h4V4h-4z"></path>
                            </svg>
                            <p><span class="text-gray-900 font-bold">3</span> Bedrooms</p>
                        </div>
                        <div class="flex-1 inline-flex items-center">
                            <svg class="h-6 w-6 text-gray-600 fill-current mr-3" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
                                <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M17.03 21H7.97a4 4 0 0 1-1.3-.22l-1.22 2.44-.9-.44 1.22-2.44a4 4 0 0 1-1.38-1.55L.5 11h7.56a4 4 0 0 1 1.78.42l2.32 1.16a4 4 0 0 0 1.78.42h9.56l-2.9 5.79a4 4 0 0 1-1.37 1.55l1.22 2.44-.9.44-1.22-2.44a4 4 0 0 1-1.3.22zM21 11h2.5a.5.5 0 1 1 0 1h-9.06a4.5 4.5 0 0 1-2-.48l-2.32-1.15A3.5 3.5 0 0 0 8.56 10H.5a.5.5 0 0 1 0-1h8.06c.7 0 1.38.16 2 .48l2.32 1.15a3.5 3.5 0 0 0 1.56.37H20V2a1 1 0 0 0-1.74-.67c.64.97.53 2.29-.32 3.14l-.35.36-3.54-3.54.35-.35a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 3.15-.32A2 2 0 0 1 21 2v9zm-5.48-9.65l2 2a1.5 1.5 0 0 0-2-2zm-10.23 17A3 3 0 0 0 7.97 20h9.06a3 3 0 0 0 2.68-1.66L21.88 14h-7.94a5 5 0 0 1-2.23-.53L9.4 12.32A3 3 0 0 0 8.06 12H2.12l3.17 6.34z"></path>
                            </svg>
                            <p><span class="text-gray-900 font-bold">2</span> Bathrooms</p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="px-4 pt-3 pb-4 border-t border-gray-300 bg-gray-100">
                        <div class="text-xs uppercase font-bold text-gray-600 tracking-wide">Realtor</div>
                        <div class="flex items-center pt-2">
                            <div class="bg-cover bg-center w-10 h-10 rounded-full mr-3" style="background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1500522144261-ea64433bbe27?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=751&q=80)">
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                <p class="font-bold text-gray-900">Tiffany Heffner</p>
                                <p class="text-sm text-gray-700">(555) 555-4321</p>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

How to make a Data Card with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 2.0.2

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 2.0.2

<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>

All the unility class needed to make a Data Card component

  • bg-gray-200
  • max-w-6xl
  • mx-auto
  • flex
  • min-h-screen
  • max-w-sm
  • w-full
  • sm:w-1/2
  • lg:w-1/3
  • py-6
  • px-3
  • bg-white
  • overflow-hidden
  • bg-cover
  • bg-center
  • h-56
  • p-4
  • h-6
  • w-6
  • text-white
  • text-sm
  • text-gray-700
  • text-3xl
  • text-gray-900
  • border-t
  • border-gray-300
  • flex-1
  • inline-flex
  • text-gray-600
  • mr-3
  • px-4
  • pt-3
  • pb-4
  • bg-gray-100
  • text-xs
  • pt-2
  • w-10
  • h-10

38 steps to make a Data Card component with Tailwind CSS

  1. Control the background color of an element to gray-200 using the bg-gray-200 utilities.

  2. Set the maximum width/height of an element using the max-w-6xl utilities.

  3. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto utilities.

  4. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  5. Set the minimum width/height of an element using the min-h-screen utilities.

  6. Set the maximum width/height of an element using the max-w-sm utilities.

  7. Use w-full to set an element to a 100% based width.

  8. Use sm:w-1/2 to set an element to a fixed width(1/2) at only small screen sizes.

  9. Use lg:w-1/3 to set an element to a fixed width(1/3) at only large screen sizes.

  10. Control the vertical padding of an element to 1.5rem using the py-6 utilities.

  11. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 0.75rem using the px-3 utilities.

  12. Control the background color of an element to white using the bg-white utilities.

  13. Use overflow-hidden to clip any content within an element that overflows the bounds of that element.

  14. Control the background color of an element to cover using the bg-cover utilities.

  15. Control the background color of an element to center using the bg-center utilities.

  16. Use h-56 to set an element to a fixed height(14rem).

  17. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1rem using the p-4 utilities.

  18. Use h-6 to set an element to a fixed height(1.5rem).

  19. Use w-6 to set an element to a fixed width(1.5rem).

  20. Control the text color of an element to white using the text-white utilities.

  21. Control the text color of an element to sm using the text-sm utilities.

  22. Control the text color of an element to gray-700 using the text-gray-700 utilities.

  23. Control the text color of an element to 3xl using the text-3xl utilities.

  24. Control the text color of an element to gray-900 using the text-gray-900 utilities.

  25. Control the border color of an element to t using the border-t utilities.

  26. Control the border color of an element to gray-300 using the border-gray-300 utilities.

  27. Use flex to create a block-level flex container.

  28. Use inline-flex to create an inline flex container that flows with text.

  29. Control the text color of an element to gray-600 using the text-gray-600 utilities.

  30. Control the margin on right side of an element to 0.75rem using the mr-3 utilities.

  31. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1rem using the px-4 utilities.

  32. Control the padding on top side of an element to 0.75rem using the pt-3 utilities.

  33. Control the padding on bottom side of an element to 1rem using the pb-4 utilities.

  34. Control the background color of an element to gray-100 using the bg-gray-100 utilities.

  35. Control the text color of an element to xs using the text-xs utilities.

  36. Control the padding on top side of an element to 0.5rem using the pt-2 utilities.

  37. Use w-10 to set an element to a fixed width(2.5rem).

  38. Use h-10 to set an element to a fixed height(2.5rem).

Conclusion

The above is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Tailwind CSS to make a Data Card components, learn and follow along to implement your own components.