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6 Easy Ways To Create A Features Section 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 Features section ui component

Stacked features cards section, find more on tailus.io/blocks/services-features

Why use Tailwind CSS to build a Features section ui component?

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

The preview of Features section ui component

Free download of the Features section's source code

The source code of Features section ui component

<div class="py-16 bg-gray-50 overflow-hidden">
    <div class="container m-auto px-6 space-y-8 text-gray-500 md:px-12">
        <div>
            <span class="text-gray-600 text-lg font-semibold">Main features</span>
            <h2 class="mt-4 text-2xl text-gray-900 font-bold md:text-4xl">A technology-first approach to payments <br class="lg:block" hidden> and finance</h2>
        </div>
        <div class="mt-16 grid border divide-x divide-y rounded-xl overflow-hidden sm:grid-cols-2 lg:divide-y-0 lg:grid-cols-3 xl:grid-cols-4">
            <div class="relative group bg-white transition hover:z-[1] hover:shadow-2xl">
                <div class="relative p-8 space-y-8">
                    <img src="https://tailus.io/sources/blocks/stacked/preview/images/avatars/burger.png" class="w-10" width="512" height="512" alt="burger illustration">
                    
                    <div class="space-y-2">
                        <h5 class="text-xl text-gray-800 font-medium transition group-hover:text-yellow-600">First feature</h5>
                        <p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Neque Dolor, fugiat non cum doloribus aperiam voluptates nostrum.</p>
                    </div>
                    <a href="#" class="flex justify-between items-center group-hover:text-yellow-600">
                        <span class="text-sm">Read more</span>
                        <span class="-translate-x-4 opacity-0 text-2xl transition duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:translate-x-0">&RightArrow;</span>
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="relative group bg-white transition hover:z-[1] hover:shadow-2xl">
                <div class="relative p-8 space-y-8">
                    <img src="https://tailus.io/sources/blocks/stacked/preview/images/avatars/trowel.png" class="w-10" width="512" height="512" alt="burger illustration">
                    
                    <div class="space-y-2">
                        <h5 class="text-xl text-gray-800 font-medium transition group-hover:text-yellow-600">Second feature</h5>
                        <p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Neque Dolor, fugiat non cum doloribus aperiam voluptates nostrum.</p>
                    </div>
                    <a href="#" class="flex justify-between items-center group-hover:text-yellow-600">
                        <span class="text-sm">Read more</span>
                        <span class="-translate-x-4 opacity-0 text-2xl transition duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:translate-x-0">&RightArrow;</span>
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="relative group bg-white transition hover:z-[1] hover:shadow-2xl">
                <div class="relative p-8 space-y-8">
                    <img src="https://tailus.io/sources/blocks/stacked/preview/images/avatars/package-delivery.png" class="w-10" width="512" height="512" alt="burger illustration">
                    
                    <div class="space-y-2">
                        <h5 class="text-xl text-gray-800 font-medium transition group-hover:text-yellow-600">Third feature</h5>
                        <p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Neque Dolor, fugiat non cum doloribus aperiam voluptates nostrum.</p>
                    </div>
                    <a href="#" class="flex justify-between items-center group-hover:text-yellow-600">
                        <span class="text-sm">Read more</span>
                        <span class="-translate-x-4 opacity-0 text-2xl transition duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:translate-x-0">&RightArrow;</span>
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="relative group bg-gray-100 transition hover:z-[1] hover:shadow-2xl lg:hidden xl:block">
                <div class="relative p-8 space-y-8 border-dashed rounded-lg transition duration-300 group-hover:bg-white group-hover:border group-hover:scale-90">
                    <img src="https://tailus.io/sources/blocks/stacked/preview/images/avatars/metal.png" class="w-10" width="512" height="512" alt="burger illustration">
                    
                    <div class="space-y-2">
                        <h5 class="text-xl text-gray-800 font-medium transition group-hover:text-yellow-600">More features</h5>
                        <p class="text-sm text-gray-600">Neque Dolor, fugiat non cum doloribus aperiam voluptates nostrum.</p>
                    </div>
                    <a href="#" class="flex justify-between items-center group-hover:text-yellow-600">
                        <span class="text-sm">Read more</span>
                        <span class="-translate-x-4 opacity-0 text-2xl transition duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:translate-x-0">&RightArrow;</span>
                    </a>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

How to build a Features section with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.19

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 2.2.19

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

All the unility class needed to build a Features section component

  • py-16
  • bg-gray-50
  • overflow-hidden
  • m-auto
  • px-6
  • text-gray-500
  • md:px-12
  • text-gray-600
  • text-lg
  • mt-4
  • text-2xl
  • text-gray-900
  • md:text-4xl
  • lg:block
  • mt-16
  • grid
  • sm:grid-cols-2
  • lg:grid-cols-3
  • xl:grid-cols-4
  • relative
  • bg-white
  • hover:z-[1]
  • p-8
  • w-10
  • text-xl
  • text-gray-800
  • group-hover:text-yellow-600
  • text-sm
  • flex
  • bg-gray-100
  • lg:hidden
  • xl:block
  • border-dashed
  • group-hover:bg-white

34 steps to build a Features section component with Tailwind CSS

  1. Control the vertical padding of an element to 4rem using the py-16 utilities.

  2. Control the background color of an element to gray-50 using the bg-gray-50 utilities.

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

  4. Control the margin on all sides of an element to auto using the m-auto utilities.

  5. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1.5rem using the px-6 utilities.

  6. Control the text color of an element to gray-500 using the text-gray-500 utilities.

  7. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 3rem at only medium screen sizes using the md:px-12 utilities.

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

  9. Control the text color of an element to lg using the text-lg utilities.

  10. Control the margin on top side of an element to 1rem using the mt-4 utilities.

  11. Control the text color of an element to 2xl using the text-2xl utilities.

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

  13. Control the text color of an element to 4xl at only medium screen sizes using the md:text-4xl utilities.

  14. Use inline utilities to put the element on its own line and fill its parent at only large screen sizes.

  15. Control the margin on top side of an element to 4rem using the mt-16 utilities.

  16. Use grid to create a grid container.

  17. Use grid to create a grid container at only small screen sizes.

  18. Use grid to create a grid container at only large screen sizes.

  19. Use grid to create a grid container at only extremely large screen sizes.

  20. Use relative to position an element according to the normal flow of the document.

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

  22. Control the stack order (or three-dimensional positioning) of an element to [1] on hover in Tailwind, regardless of order it has been displayed, using the hover:z-[1] utilities.

  23. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 2rem using the p-8 utilities.

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

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

  26. Control the text color of an element to gray-800 using the text-gray-800 utilities.

  27. Control the text color of an element to yellow-600undefined using the group-hover:text-yellow-600 utilities.

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

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

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

  31. Use hidden to set an element to display: none and remove it from the page layout at only large screen sizes.

  32. Use inline utilities to put the element on its own line and fill its parent at only extremely large screen sizes.

  33. Control the border color of an element to dashed using the border-dashed utilities.

  34. Control the background color of an element to white using the group-hover:bg-white utilitiesundefined.

Conclusion

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