How to Make A Simple Pagination With Tailwind CSS?

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• The description of Simple Pagination ui component
• Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Simple Pagination ui component?
• The preview of Simple Pagination ui component
• The source code of Simple Pagination ui component
• How to create a Simple Pagination with Tailwind CSS?
• Install tailwind css of verion 1.2.0
• All the unility class needed to create a Simple Pagination component
• 9 steps to create a Simple Pagination 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 Simple Pagination ui component

A simple pagination for tailwind ccss

Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Simple Pagination ui component?

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

The preview of Simple Pagination ui component

The source code of Simple Pagination ui component

<ul class="flex">
        <li class="mx-1 px-3 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-500 rounded-lg">
            <a class="flex items-center font-bold" href="#">
                <span class="mx-1">previous</span>
            </a>
        </li>
        <li class="mx-1 px-3 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-700 hover:text-gray-200 rounded-lg">
            <a class="font-bold" href="#">1</a>
        </li>
        <li class="mx-1 px-3 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-700 hover:text-gray-200 rounded-lg">
            <a class="font-bold" href="#">2</a>
        </li>
        <li class="mx-1 px-3 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-700 hover:text-gray-200 rounded-lg">
            <a class="font-bold" href="#">3</a>
        </li>
        <li class="mx-1 px-3 py-2 bg-gray-200 text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-700 hover:text-gray-200 rounded-lg">
            <a class="flex items-center font-bold" href="#">
                <span class="mx-1">Next</span>
            </a>
        </li>
    </ul>

How to create a Simple Pagination with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 1.2.0

Use the link html tag to import the stylesheet of Tailwind CSS of the version 1.2.0

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

All the unility class needed to create a Simple Pagination component

• flex
• mx-1
• px-3
• py-2
• bg-gray-200
• text-gray-500
• text-gray-700
• hover:bg-gray-700
• hover:text-gray-200

9 steps to create a Simple Pagination component with Tailwind CSS

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

2. Control the horizontal margin of an element to 0.25rem using the mx-1 utilities.

3. Control the horizontal padding of an element to 0.75rem using the px-3 utilities.

4. Control the vertical padding of an element to 0.5rem using the py-2 utilities.

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-500 using the text-gray-500 utilities.

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

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

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

Conclusion

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