Learn How To Build A Form With Tailwind CSS from the Pros

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• The description of Form ui component
• Why use Tailwind CSS to make a Form ui component?
• The preview of Form ui component
• The source code of Form ui component
• How to make a Form with Tailwind CSS?
• Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4
• All the unility class needed to make a Form component
• 26 steps to make a Form component with Tailwind CSS
• Conclusion

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 Form ui component

Form

Why use Tailwind CSS to make a Form ui component?

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

The preview of Form ui component

The source code of Form ui component

<div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center w-screen h-screen bg-gray-200 text-gray-700">
	<form class="flex flex-col bg-white rounded shadow-lg p-12 mt-12" action="">
		<label class="font-semibold text-xs" for="usernameField">Username or Email</label>
		<input class="flex items-center h-12 px-4 w-64 bg-gray-200 mt-2 rounded focus:outline-none focus:ring-2" type="text">
		<label class="font-semibold text-xs mt-3" for="passwordField">Password</label>
		<input class="flex items-center h-12 px-4 w-64 bg-gray-200 mt-2 rounded focus:outline-none focus:ring-2"type="password">
		<button class="flex items-center justify-center h-12 px-6 w-64 bg-blue-600 mt-8 rounded font-semibold text-sm text-blue-100 hover:bg-blue-700">Login</button>
		<div class="flex mt-6 justify-center text-xs">
			<a class="text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-500" href="#">Forgot Password</a>
			<span class="mx-2 text-gray-300">/</span>
			<a class="text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-500" href="#">Sign Up</a>
		</div>
	</form>
	<!-- Component End  -->

</div>

How to make a Form with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4

Use the script html tag to import the script of Tailwind CSS of the version 2.2.4

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

All the unility class needed to make a Form component

• flex
• flex-col
• w-screen
• h-screen
• bg-gray-200
• text-gray-700
• bg-white
• p-12
• mt-12
• text-xs
• h-12
• px-4
• w-64
• mt-2
• mt-3
• px-6
• bg-blue-600
• mt-8
• text-sm
• text-blue-100
• hover:bg-blue-700
• mt-6
• text-blue-400
• hover:text-blue-500
• mx-2
• text-gray-300

26 steps to make a Form component with Tailwind CSS

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

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

3. Use w-screen to make an element span the entire width of the viewport.

4. Use h-screen to make an element span the entire height of the viewport.

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

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

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

8. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 3rem using the p-12 utilities.

9. Control the margin on top side of an element to 3rem using the mt-12 utilities.

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

11. Use h-12 to set an element to a fixed height(3rem).

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

13. Use w-64 to set an element to a fixed width(16rem).

14. Control the margin on top side of an element to 0.5rem using the mt-2 utilities.

15. Control the margin on top side of an element to 0.75rem using the mt-3 utilities.

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

17. Control the background color of an element to blue-600 using the bg-blue-600 utilities.

18. Control the margin on top side of an element to 2rem using the mt-8 utilities.

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

20. Control the text color of an element to blue-100 using the text-blue-100 utilities.

21. Control the background color of an element to blue-700 using the hover:bg-blue-700 utilities on hover.

22. Control the margin on top side of an element to 1.5rem using the mt-6 utilities.

23. Control the text color of an element to blue-400 using the text-blue-400 utilities.

24. Control the text color of an element to blue-500 on hover using the hover:text-blue-500 utilities.

25. Control the horizontal margin of an element to 0.5rem using the mx-2 utilities.

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

Conclusion

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