The Ninja Guide To How To Make A Simple Time Picker With Tailwind CSS Better

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• The description of Simple Time Picker ui component
• Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Simple Time Picker ui component?
• The preview of Simple Time Picker ui component
• The source code of Simple Time Picker ui component
• How to create a Simple Time Picker with Tailwind CSS?
• Install tailwind css of verion 1.3.4
• All the unility class needed to create a Simple Time Picker component
• 9 steps to create a Simple Time Picker 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 Time Picker ui component

Just a simple time picker :)

Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Simple Time Picker ui component?

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

The preview of Simple Time Picker ui component

The source code of Simple Time Picker ui component

<div class="mt-2 p-5 w-40 bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl">
  <div class="flex">
    <select name="hours" class="bg-transparent text-xl appearance-none outline-none">
      <option value="1">1</option>
      <option value="2">2</option>
      <option value="3">3</option>
      <option value="4">4</option>
      <option value="5">5</option>
      <option value="6">6</option>
      <option value="7">7</option>
      <option value="8">8</option>
      <option value="9">9</option>
      <option value="10">10</option>
      <option value="11">10</option>
      <option value="12">12</option>
    </select>
    <span class="text-xl mr-3">:</span>
    <select name="minutes" class="bg-transparent text-xl appearance-none outline-none mr-4">
      <option value="0">00</option>
      <option value="30">30</option>
    </select>
    <select name="ampm" class="bg-transparent text-xl appearance-none outline-none">
      <option value="am">AM</option>
      <option value="pm">PM</option>
    </select>
  </div>
</div>

How to create a Simple Time Picker with Tailwind CSS?

Install tailwind css of verion 1.3.4

Use the link html tag to import the stylesheet of Tailwind CSS of the version 1.3.4

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

All the unility class needed to create a Simple Time Picker component

• mt-2
• p-5
• w-40
• bg-white
• flex
• bg-transparent
• text-xl
• mr-3
• mr-4

9 steps to create a Simple Time Picker component with Tailwind CSS

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

2. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1.25rem using the p-5 utilities.

3. Use w-40 to set an element to a fixed width(10rem).

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

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

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

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

8. Control the margin on right side of an element to 0.75rem using the mr-3 utilities.

9. Control the margin on right side of an element to 1rem using the mr-4 utilities.

Conclusion

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