sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-tailwindcss/README.md

---
page_type: sample
products:
- office-sp
languages:
- javascript
- typescript
extensions:
  contentType: samples
  technologies:
  - SharePoint Framework
  - TailWind CSS
  platforms:
  - React
  createdDate: 10/17/2020 12:00:00 AM
---

# react-tailwindcss

## Summary

This project shows how to integrate [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) framework into a SPFx React project by:
- Create a custom Tailwind CSS config file
- Create a custom Gulp Task to process the Tailwind CSS generated file and optimize it
- Using CSS custom properties to manage in Tailwind CSS Classes the Theme Variant into sections
- Avoid writing SASS but only use Tailwind CSS classes to style components

![Web Part](./assets/react-tailwindcss-overview.gif)

## Compatibility

![SPFx 1.11](https://img.shields.io/badge/SPFx-1.11.0-green.svg)
![Node.js v10](https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-v10-green.svg)
![Compatible with SharePoint Online](https://img.shields.io/badge/SharePoint%20Online-Compatible-green.svg)
![Does not work with SharePoint 2019](https://img.shields.io/badge/SharePoint%20Server%202019-Incompatible-red.svg "SharePoint Server 2019 requires SPFx 1.4.1 or lower")
![Does not work with SharePoint 2016 (Feature Pack 2)](https://img.shields.io/badge/SharePoint%20Server%202016%20(Feature%20Pack%202)-Incompatible-red.svg "SharePoint Server 2016 Feature Pack 2 requires SPFx 1.1")
![Teams Incompatible](https://img.shields.io/badge/Teams-Incompatible-lightgrey.svg)
![Local Workbench Incompatible](https://img.shields.io/badge/Local%20Workbench-Compatible-green.svg)
![Hosted Workbench Compatible](https://img.shields.io/badge/Hosted%20Workbench-Compatible-green.svg)

## Applies to

- [SharePoint Framework](https://aka.ms/spfx)
- [Microsoft 365 tenant](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/set-up-your-developer-tenant)

> Get your own free development tenant by subscribing to [Microsoft 365 developer program](http://aka.ms/o365devprogram)

## Prerequisites

- Basic knowledge of [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)
- Basic knowledge of [GulpJs](https://gulpjs.com/)

## Solution

Solution|Author(s)
--------|---------
react-tailwindcss | Fabio Franzini, [@franzinifabio](https://twitter.com/franzinifabio)

## Version history

Version|Date|Comments
-------|----|--------
1.0|October 17, 2020|Initial release



## Minimal Path to Awesome

- Clone this repository
- Ensure that you are at the solution folder
- in the command-line run:
  - `npm install`
  - `gulp serve`

## References

- [Getting started with Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)
- [Getting started with SharePoint Framework](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/set-up-your-developer-tenant)
- [Building for Microsoft teams](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/build-for-teams-overview)
- [Use Microsoft Graph in your solution](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/web-parts/get-started/using-microsoft-graph-apis)
- [Publish SharePoint Framework applications to the Marketplace](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/publish-to-marketplace-overview)
- [Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices](https://aka.ms/m365pnp) - Guidance, tooling, samples and open-source controls for your Microsoft 365 development

## Video

[![Integrating Tailwind CSS framework into a SPFx React project for advance User Experience](./assets/video-thumbnail.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQkauERWh0 "Integrating Tailwind CSS framework into a SPFx React project for advance User Experience")

## Help

We do not support samples, but we this community is always willing to help, and we want to improve these samples. We use GitHub to track issues, which makes it easy for  community members to volunteer their time and help resolve issues.

If you're having issues building the solution, please run [spfx doctor](https://pnp.github.io/cli-microsoft365/cmd/spfx/spfx-doctor/) from within the solution folder to diagnose incompatibility issues with your environment.

You can try looking at [issues related to this sample](https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/issues?q=label%3A%22sample%3A%20react-tailwindcss") to see if anybody else is having the same issues.

You can also try looking at [discussions related to this sample](https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/discussions?discussions_q=react-tailwindcss) and see what the community is saying.


If you encounter any issues while using this sample, [create a new issue](https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Needs%3A+Triage+%3Amag%3A%2Ctype%3Abug-suspected%2Csample%3A%20react-tailwindcss&template=bug-report.yml&sample=react-tailwindcss&authors=@fabiofranzini&title=react-tailwindcss%20-%20).

For questions regarding this sample, [create a new question](https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Needs%3A+Triage+%3Amag%3A%2Ctype%3Aquestion%2Csample%3A%20react-tailwindcss&template=question.yml&sample=react-tailwindcss&authors=@fabiofranzini&title=react-tailwindcss%20-%20).

Finally, if you have an idea for improvement, [make a suggestion](https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Needs%3A+Triage+%3Amag%3A%2Ctype%3Aenhancement%2Csample%3A%20react-tailwindcss&template=question.yml&sample=react-tailwindcss&authors=@fabiofranzini&title=react-tailwindcss%20-%20).

## Disclaimer

**THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.**

<img src="https://pnptelemetry.azurewebsites.net/sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-tailwindcss" />