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6 Easy Ways To Build A Gallery With Tailwind CSS Without Even Thinking About It

- What is Tailwind CSS?
- The description of Gallery ui component
- Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Gallery ui component?
- The preview of Gallery ui component
- The source code of Gallery ui component
- How to create a Gallery with Tailwind CSS?
- Install tailwind css of verion 2.2.4
- All the unility class needed to create a Gallery component
- 32 steps to create a Gallery 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 Gallery ui component
List product gallery - card
Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Gallery ui component?
- It can make the building process of Gallery ui component faster and more easily.
- Enables building complex responsive layouts and components freely.
- Minimum lines of CSS code in Gallery component file.
The preview of Gallery ui component
Free download of the Gallery's source code
The source code of Gallery ui component
<section class="text-gray-600 body-font">
<div class="container px-5 py-24 mx-auto">
<div class="flex flex-wrap w-full mb-8">
<div class="w-full mb-6 lg:mb-0">
<h1 class="sm:text-4xl text-5xl font-bold font-medium title-font mb-2 text-gray-900">List Product</h1>
<div class="h-1 w-20 bg-indigo-500 rounded"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-wrap -m-4">
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">The Catalyzer</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$16.00</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">Shooting Stars</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$21.15</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">Neptune</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$12.00</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">The 400 Blows</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$18.40</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">The Catalyzer</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$16.00</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">Shooting Stars</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$21.15</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">Neptune</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$12.00</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lg:w-1/4 p-4 w-1/2">
<a class="block relative h-48 rounded overflow-hidden">
<img alt="ecommerce" class="object-cover object-center w-full h-full block" src="https://star-name-registry.com/blog/images/d/0/1/f/a/d01faec7ef04415eec34c1bfe61913e167fb26c7-snr-blog-37-resized.jpg">
</a>
<div class="mt-4">
<h3 class="text-gray-500 text-xs tracking-widest title-font mb-1">CATEGORY</h3>
<h2 class="text-gray-900 title-font text-lg font-medium">The 400 Blows</h2>
<p class="mt-1">$18.40</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
How to create a Gallery 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 create a Gallery component
text-gray-600
px-5
py-24
mx-auto
flex
flex-wrap
w-full
mb-8
mb-6
lg:mb-0
sm:text-4xl
text-5xl
mb-2
text-gray-900
h-1
w-20
bg-indigo-500
-m-4
lg:w-1/4
p-4
w-1/2
block
relative
h-48
overflow-hidden
h-full
mt-4
text-gray-500
text-xs
mb-1
text-lg
mt-1
32 steps to create a Gallery component with Tailwind CSS
Control the text color of an element to gray-600 using the
text-gray-600
utilities.Control the horizontal padding of an element to 1.25rem using the
px-5
utilities.Control the vertical padding of an element to 6rem using the
py-24
utilities.Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the
mx-auto
utilities.Use
flex
to create a block-level flex container.Use
flex
to create a block-level flex container.Use
w-full
to set an element to a 100% based width.Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 2rem using the
mb-8
utilities.Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 1.5rem using the
mb-6
utilities.Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0rem at only large screen sizes using the
lg:mb-0
utilities.Control the text color of an element to 4xl at only small screen sizes using the
sm:text-4xl
utilities.Control the text color of an element to 5xl using the
text-5xl
utilities.Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0.5rem using the
mb-2
utilities.Control the text color of an element to gray-900 using the
text-gray-900
utilities.Use
h-1
to set an element to a fixed height(0.25rem).Use
w-20
to set an element to a fixed width(5rem).Control the background color of an element to indigo-500 using the
bg-indigo-500
utilities.Control the margin on all sides of an element to -1rem using the
-m-4
utilities.Use
lg:w-1/4
to set an element to a fixed width(1/4) at only large screen sizes.Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1rem using the
p-4
utilities.Use
w-1/2
to set an element to a fixed width(1/2).Use
inline
utilities to put the element on its own line and fill its parent.Use
relative
to position an element according to the normal flow of the document.Use
h-48
to set an element to a fixed height(12rem).Use
overflow-hidden
to clip any content within an element that overflows the bounds of that element.Use
h-full
to set an element’s height to 100% of its parent, as long as the parent has a defined height.Control the margin on top side of an element to 1rem using the
mt-4
utilities.Control the text color of an element to gray-500 using the
text-gray-500
utilities.Control the text color of an element to xs using the
text-xs
utilities.Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0.25rem using the
mb-1
utilities.Control the text color of an element to lg using the
text-lg
utilities.Control the margin on top side of an element to 0.25rem using the
mt-1
utilities.
Conclusion
The above is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Tailwind CSS to create a Gallery components, learn and follow along to implement your own components.