Advanced Guide: Make A Task Widget With Tailwind CSS

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

Widget for to-do list

Why use Tailwind CSS to create a Task Widget ui component?

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

The preview of Task Widget ui component

The source code of Task Widget ui component

<!-- Created By Eza Alfandy -->
<div class="min-h-screen bg-gray-100 flex justify-center items-center">
    <div class="flex flex-col bg-gradient-to-r from-blue-500 via-purple-500 to-purple-600 p-4 rounded-xl text-white w-8/12 mx-auto my-auto">
        <div>
            <span class="text-xs">Rizky Design Team</span>
        </div>
        <div>
            <p class="text-xl font-bold mt-3 mb-5">Cryptoku landing page</p>
        </div>

        <div class="mb-10 relative">
            <img src="https://source.unsplash.com/ILip77SbmOE/900x900" class="w-8 rounded-full border-2 float-left absolute">
            <img src="https://source.unsplash.com/ILip77SbmOE/900x900" class="w-8 rounded-full border-2 float-left absolute left-5">
            <img src="https://source.unsplash.com/ILip77SbmOE/900x900" class="w-8 rounded-full border-2 float-left absolute left-10">
            <img src="https://source.unsplash.com/ILip77SbmOE/900x900" class="w-8 rounded-full border-2 float-left absolute left-14">
        </div>
        <div class="text-xs mb-2">
            5/12 Task Completed
        </div>
        <div class="w-full bg-gray-400 p-0">
            <div class="w-5/12 bg-white h-1">

            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

How to create a Task Widget 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 Task Widget component

• min-h-screen
• bg-gray-100
• flex
• flex-col
• bg-gradient-to-r
• p-4
• text-white
• w-8/12
• mx-auto
• my-auto
• text-xs
• text-xl
• mt-3
• mb-5
• mb-10
• relative
• w-8
• border-2
• float-left
• absolute
• left-5
• left-10
• left-14
• mb-2
• w-full
• bg-gray-400
• p-0
• w-5/12
• bg-white
• h-1

30 steps to create a Task Widget component with Tailwind CSS

1. Set the minimum width/height of an element using the min-h-screen utilities.

2. Control the background color of an element to gray-100 using the bg-gray-100 utilities.

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

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

5. Control the background color of an element to gradient-to-r using the bg-gradient-to-r utilities.

6. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 1rem using the p-4 utilities.

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

8. Use w-8/12 to set an element to a fixed width(8/12).

9. Control the horizontal margin of an element to auto using the mx-auto utilities.

10. Control the vertical margin of an element to auto using the my-auto utilities.

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

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

13. Control the margin on top side of an element to 0.75rem using the mt-3 utilities.

14. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 1.25rem using the mb-5 utilities.

15. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 2.5rem using the mb-10 utilities.

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

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

18. Control the border color of an element to 0.5rem using the border-2 utilities.

19. Use float-left to float an element to the left of its container.

20. 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.

21. Use the left-5 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 1.25rem.

22. Use the left-10 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 2.5rem.

23. Use the left-14 utilities to set the left position of a positioned element to 3.5rem.

24. Control the margin on bottom side of an element to 0.5rem using the mb-2 utilities.

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

26. Control the background color of an element to gray-400 using the bg-gray-400 utilities.

27. Control the padding on all sides of an element to 0rem using the p-0 utilities.

28. Use w-5/12 to set an element to a fixed width(5/12).

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

30. Use h-1 to set an element to a fixed height(0.25rem).

Conclusion

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