Imagine You Build A Header With Tailwind CSS Like An Expert. Follow These 6 Steps To Get There

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

Simple navigation bar and hero section

Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Header ui component?

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

The preview of Header ui component

The source code of Header ui component

<div class="w-full h-screen">
    <!-- nav bar -->
    <nav class="sticky w-full h-auto bg-gray-200 px-8 sm:px-0">
        <div class="container flex justify-between py-4 mx-auto">
            <label class="text-2xl font-light text-gray-800">
                rai<span class="font-bold">raksa</span>
            </label>
            <ul class="flex text-gray-800 items-center">
                <li class="uppercase font-semibold mr-6">
                    <a href='#' class='hover:text-blue-600 transition'>
                        Home
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="uppercase font-semibold mr-6">
                    <a href='#' class='hover:text-blue-600 transition'>
                        About
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="uppercase font-semibold mr-6">
                    <a href='#' class='hover:text-blue-600 transition'>
                        Services
                    </a>
                </li>
                <li class="uppercase font-semibold mr-6 rounded-md border border-blue-400 text-blue-400 hover:text-gray-200 hover:bg-blue-400 transition">
                    <a href='#' class='block px-4 py-1'>
                        Login
                    </a>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </nav>
    <section class="w-full h-3/4 bg-gray-800">
        <div class="container w-full h-full px-8 sm:px-0 mx-auto flex flex-col justify-center">
            <h1 class="text-6xl text-gray-100 font-bold">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</h1>
            <p class="text-gray-200 mt-4">Integer viverra eget augue et hendrerit. Mauris consectetur, mi et molestie vestibulum, nisi tortor pellentesque libero, nec semper nibh mauris eu neque.</p>
        </div>
    </section>
</div>

How to create a Header 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 Header component

• w-full
• h-screen
• sticky
• h-auto
• bg-gray-200
• px-8
• sm:px-0
• flex
• py-4
• mx-auto
• text-2xl
• text-gray-800
• mr-6
• border-blue-400
• text-blue-400
• hover:text-gray-200
• hover:bg-blue-400
• h-3/4
• bg-gray-800
• h-full
• flex-col
• text-6xl
• text-gray-100
• text-gray-200
• mt-4

25 steps to create a Header component with Tailwind CSS

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

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

3. Use sticky to position an element as relative until it crosses a specified threshold, then treat it as fixed until its parent is off screen.

4. Use h-auto to set an element to a fixed height(auto).

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

6. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 2rem using the px-8 utilities.

7. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 0rem at only small screen sizes using the sm:px-0 utilities.

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

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

10. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto 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-800 using the text-gray-800 utilities.

13. Control the margin on right side of an element to 1.5rem using the mr-6 utilities.

14. Control the border color of an element to blue-400 using the border-blue-400 utilities.

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

16. Control the text color of an element to gray-200 on hover using the hover:text-gray-200 utilities.

17. Control the background color of an element to blue-400 using the hover:bg-blue-400 utilities on hover.

18. Use h-3/4 to set an element to a fixed height(3/4).

19. Control the background color of an element to gray-800 using the bg-gray-800 utilities.

20. Use h-full to set an element’s height to 100% of its parent, as long as the parent has a defined height.

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

22. Control the text color of an element to 6xl using the text-6xl utilities.

23. Control the text color of an element to gray-100 using the text-gray-100 utilities.

24. Control the text color of an element to gray-200 using the text-gray-200 utilities.

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

Conclusion

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