@darehn/tailwind-qol

tailwind-qol

Additional utility classes for tailwindcss

Installation

yarn add -D @darehn/tailwind-qol

or

npm install -D @darehn/tailwind-qol

Usage

To include everything in this package, update the plugins array in tailwind.config.js.

plugins: [
    ...Object.values(require('@darehn/tailwind-qol')),
]

You can also include only the parts you need. The following example would only include the animations plugin.

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/animations'),
]

Size Plugin

The size plugin adds new classes to set the width and height of an element. You can use the same units that you are used to.

Usage

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/size'),
]

Example

Div with width and height set to 16 units (4rem)

<div class="s-16"></div>

Available Classes

• s-{n}: Sets the width and height to the given size

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Animation Plugin

The animations plugin adds new utility classes for animations. You can use this to alter the animation-duration and timing-function.

Usage

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/animations'),
]

Example

Here we change the duration of the animation to 1.5 seconds. We also set the timing-function to steps(8).

<svg class="animate-spin animation-duration-1500 animation-steps-8" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
    ...
</svg>

Available Classes

• animation-duration-{n}: Sets the duration of the animation in ms.
• animation-steps-{n}: Sets the timing-function to steps(n).
• animation-linear
• animation-ease
• animation-ease-in
• animation-ease-out
• animation-ease-in-out
• animation-bounce

Configuration

You can configure which values and variants are generated by this plugin under the animationDuration and animationStep keys in your tailwind.config.js file:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
    //...
    theme: {
        animationDuration: {
            250: '250ms',
            400: '400ms',
            1250: '1250ms',
        },
        animationStep: {
            3: '3',
            4: '4',
            5: '5',
        },
    }
}

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Typography Plugin

The typography plugin adds the possibility to clamp the number of lines visible.

Usage

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/typography'),
]

Example

Limits the number of visible lines to 2.

<div class="clamp-lines-2">
    ...
</div>

Remove clamping on hover

<div class="clamp-lines-3 hover:clamp-lines-none">
    ...
</div>

Available Classes

• clamp-lines-{n}: Clamp text to given number of lines (1 to 6 by default)
• clamp-lines-none: Use this to remove clamping

Configuration

You can configure which values and variants are generated by this plugin under the clampLines key in your tailwind.config.js file:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
    //...
    theme: {
        clampLines: {
            2: '2',
            4: '4',
            8: '8'
        }
    }
}

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Elevation Plugin

The elevation plugin adds material design style elevation utility classes. You can still use the regular tailwind shadow classes to change the color of the shadow.

Usage

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/elevation'),
]

Example

Div with an elevation level of 4.

<div class="shadow-4">
    ...
</div>

Div with an elevation level of 8 and red shadow.

<div class="shadow-8 shadow-red-700/20">
    ...
</div>

Available Classes

• shadow-{n}: Sets the elevation level to the given value (between 0 and 24).

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Layout Plugin

The layout plugin adds a few utilities to position elements.

Usage

plugins: [
	require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/layout'),
]

Example

Div with transparent black background that will overlay its parent

<div class="overlay bg-black/25">
	...
</div>

Div as a fixed overlay

<div class="overlay-fixed bg-black/25">
	...
</div>

Available Classes

• overlay: Sets absolute position and inset to 0.
• overlay-fixed: Sets fixed position and inset to 0.

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Transition Plugin

The layout plugin adds a few utilities for transitions.

Usage

plugins: [
    require('@darehn/tailwind-qol/transition'),
]

Example

Div which will transition width and height

<div class="h-10 hover:h-20 transition-size">
	...
</div>

Div which will transition height with a bouncing easing function

<div class="h-10 hover:h-20 transition-height ease-bounce">
    ...
</div>

Available Classes

• transition-width
• transition-height
• transition-size: width and height
• transition-box: width, height, padding, border-width and margin
• transition-text: color, text-decoration-color, font-size, font-weight, line-height and letter-spacing
• ease-bounce