How to Build A Range With Tailwind CSS?

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• The description of Range ui component
• Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Range ui component?
• The preview of Range ui component
• The source code of Range ui component
• How to create a Range with Tailwind CSS?
• Install tailwind css of verion 1.0.4
• All the unility class needed to create a Range component
• 23 steps to create a Range 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 Range ui component

Custom html range input, will require some js to actually work.

Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Range ui component?

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

The preview of Range ui component

The source code of Range ui component

<div class="px-6 w-full">
  <div class="bg-gray-300 h-2 w-full rounded-full relative">
    <span class="bg-white h-4 w-4 absolute top-0 -ml-2 -mt-1 z-10 shadow rounded-full cursor-pointer" style="left:50%"></span>
    <span class="bg-teal-500 h-2 absolute left-0 top-0 rounded-full" style="width:50%"></span>
  </div>
  <div class="flex justify-between mt-2 text-xs text-gray-600">
    <span class="w-8 text-left">0%</span>
    <span class="w-8 text-center">25%</span>
    <span class="w-8 text-center">50%</span>
    <span class="w-8 text-center">75%</span>
    <span class="w-8 text-right">100%</span>
  </div>
</div>

How to create a Range with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 1.0.4

Use the link html tag to import the stylesheet of Tailwind CSS of the version 1.0.4

<link href=https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css rel="stylesheet">

All the unility class needed to create a Range component

• px-6
• w-full
• bg-gray-300
• h-2
• relative
• bg-white
• h-4
• w-4
• absolute
• top-0
• -ml-2
• -mt-1
• z-10
• bg-teal-500
• left-0
• flex
• mt-2
• text-xs
• text-gray-600
• w-8
• text-left
• text-center
• text-right

23 steps to create a Range component with Tailwind CSS

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

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

3. Control the background color of an element to gray-300 using the bg-gray-300 utilities.

4. Use h-2 to set an element to a fixed height(0.5rem).

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

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

7. Use h-4 to set an element to a fixed height(1rem).

8. Use w-4 to set an element to a fixed width(1rem).

9. Use absolute to position an element outside of the normal flow of the document, causing neighboring elements to act as if the element doesn’t exist.

10. Use the top-0 utilities to set the top position of a positioned element to 0rem.

11. Control the margin on left side of an element to -0.5rem using the -ml-2 utilities.

12. Control the margin on top side of an element to -0.25rem using the -mt-1 utilities.

13. Control the stack order (or three-dimensional positioning) of an element to 10 in Tailwind, regardless of order it has been displayed, using the z-10 utilities.

14. Control the background color of an element to teal-500 using the bg-teal-500 utilities.

15. Use the left-0 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 0rem.

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

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

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

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

20. Use w-8 to set an element to a fixed width(2rem).

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

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

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

Conclusion

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