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Tailwind CSS table-How to Create Tailwind CSS tables

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Sampson Ovuoba

Posted on September 10, 2022

Tailwind CSS table-How to Create Tailwind CSS tables

Introduction

Using Tailwind CSS to create UI components is easy. Tailwind CSS is the first utility CSS framework that allows you, to use low-level utility classes to build fast UI.

Setting up some of these components can be easy and will make it possible for you to use the CSS framework without worrying about fighting it. You can check out some advantages of this framework here.

However, we will use Tailwind CSS to build some table example. Tailwind CSS tables require a bit of code to set it up and may seem complicated. But its really not.

It's as easy as possible and, I will walk you through some Tailwind CSS table example. You can start within your projects.

Table of Content

  • Where to start with the Tailwind CSS table
  • Installing a Tailwind CSS to your project
  • Building the Tailwind CSS table example
  • Conclusion

Where to start with The Tailwind css table

We will start by creating a project directory.

Code:


Mkdir build-Tailwind-tables & cd build-Tailwind-tables
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The code above will create an empty directory and also direct you to the directory. These will become your current working directory. At this stage we can now initialize our project by writing this code.

Code:


npm init -y.
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this will create a package.json file on the current directory.

Installing Tailwind CSS

At this stage we can go ahead to install tailwind CSS to our project. We can do this by running the following code.

Code:

npm install tailwindcss.
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when using yarn

Code:

yarn add tailwindcss.
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We can go ahead to create a style sheet file at this stage. This style sheet file is where we will compile our tailwind.css file into using the tailwind TLC tool. We can call this style sheet file style.css.

Inside the tailwind.css file we will use @tailwind directive to inject tailwind’s base, components and utilities. Like the code below

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
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For some of us that might wish to customize their tailwind css utilities. This can be done by writing the following code on the terminal.

Code:

npx tailwindcss init
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The command above will automatically generate a tailwind.config.js file. This file is where you can modify or customize any utility on tailwind. The generated file will look like the code below.

Code:

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  variants: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
};
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The next thing to do is to process our CSS. We can do this by running the following command on our terminal

Code:

npx tailwindcss build styles.css -o tailwind.css.
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The code above will generate our tailwind css codes and will get the project ready for you.

Tailwind table-Building the table example

After the installation of tailwind css. The next thing we are to do is to create an index.html file. Inside the html file we will write the following code. We will also include tailwind table border on our project.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Tailwind tables</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  </head>
  <body></body>
</html>
.
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The code above is a HTML template which contains the link to the processed Tailwind CSS. We linked the 'style.css' to our HTML template to enable us use Tailwind CSS utilities in our code.

Adding the styles.

We can now go ahead to code the body of the tailwind table and add some tailwind CSS utility styles including tailwind table border.

Code:

<div class="container flex justify-center mx-auto">
  <div class="flex flex-col">
    <div class="w-full">
      <div class="border-b border-gray-200 shadow">
        <table class="divide-y divide-green-400 ">
          <thead class="bg-gray-50">
            <tr>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                ID
              </th>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                Name
              </th>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                Email
              </th>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                Created_at
              </th>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                Edit
              </th>
              <th class="px-6 py-2 text-xs text-gray-500">
                Delete
              </th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody class="bg-white divide-y divide-gray-300">
            <tr class="whitespace-nowrap">
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                1
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-900">
                  Adam joe
                </div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">adamjoe@example.com</div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                2021-12-12
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-blue-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M11 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v11a2 2 0 002 2h11a2 2 0 002-2v-5m-1.414-9.414a2 
                      2 0 112.828 
                      2.828L11.828 15H9v-2.828l8.586-8.586z"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-red-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M19 7l-.867 12.142A2 2 0 0116.138 21H7.862a2 2 0 01-1.995-1.858L5 7m5 
                      4v6m4-6v6m1-10V4a1 1 0 00-1-1h-4a1 1 0 00-1 1v3M4 7h16"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="whitespace-nowrap">
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                2
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-900">
                  Jon doe
                </div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">jhondoe@example.com</div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                2021-1-12
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-blue-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M11 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v11a2 2 0 002 2h11a2 2 0 002-2v-5m-1.414-9.414a2 2 0 112.828 
                      2.828L11.828 15H9v-2.828l8.586-8.586z"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-red-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M19 7l-.867 12.142A2 2 0 0116.138 21H7.862a2 2 0 01-1.995-1.858L5 7m5 
                      4v6m4-6v6m1-10V4a1 1 0 00-1-1h-4a1 1 0 00-1 1v3M4 7h16"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="whitespace-nowrap">
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                3
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-900">
                  Emily chan
                </div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">emilychan@example.com</div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                2021-1-12
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-blue-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M11 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v11a2 2 0 002 2h11a2 2 0 002-2v-5m-1.414-9.414a2 2 0 
                      112.828 2.828L11.828 15H9v-2.828l8.586-8.586z"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-red-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M19 7l-.867 12.142A2 2 0 0116.138 21H7.862a2 2 0 01-1.995-1.858L5 7m5 
                      4v6m4-6v6m1-10V4a1 1 0 00-1-1h-4a1 1 0 00-1 1v3M4 7h16"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="whitespace-nowrap">
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                4
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-900">
                  susan coby
                </div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <div class="text-sm text-gray-500">susancoby@example.com</div>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4 text-sm text-gray-500">
                2021-1-12
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-blue-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M11 5H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v11a2 2 0 002 2h11a2 2 0 002-2v-5m-1.414-9.414a2 2 0 112.828 
                      2.828L11.828 15H9v-2.828l8.586-8.586z"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
              <td class="px-6 py-4">
                <a href="#">
                  <svg
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    class="w-6 h-6 text-red-400"
                    fill="none"
                    viewBox="0 0 24 24"
                    stroke="currentColor"
                  >
                    <path
                      stroke-linecap="round"
                      stroke-linejoin="round"
                      stroke-width="2"
                      d="M19 7l-.867 12.142A2 2 0 0116.138 21H7.862a2 2 0 01-1.995-1.858L5 7m5 
                      4v6m4-6v6m1-10V4a1 1 0 00-1-1h-4a1 1 0 00-1 1v3M4 7h16"
                    />
                  </svg>
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
.
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Our webpage will look like the image below.

Tailwind css table

Tailwind CSS table with search bar 

<div class="container justify-center mx-auto flex flex-col">
  <div class="overflow-x-auto shadow-md sm:rounded-lg">
    <div class="inline-block min-w-full align-middle dark:bg-gray-800">
      <div class="p-4">
        <label for="table-search" class="sr-only">Search</label>
        <div class="relative mt-1">
          <div class="flex absolute inset-y-0 left-0 items-center pl-3 pointer-events-none">
            <svg
              class="w-5 h-5 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"
              fill="currentColor"
              viewBox="0 0 20 20"
              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
            >
              <path
                fill-rule="evenodd"
                d="M8 4a4 4 0 100 8 4 4 0 000-8zM2 8a6 6 0 1110.89 3.476l4.817 4.817a1 1 0 01-1.414 1.414l-4.816-4.816A6 6 0 012 8z"
                clip-rule="evenodd"
              ></path>
            </svg>
          </div>
          <input
            type="text"
            id="table-search"
            class="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-80 pl-10 p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500"
            placeholder="Search for items"
          />
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="overflow-hidden">
        <table class="min-w-full table-fixed dark:divide-gray-700 divide-y divide-green-400 ">
          <thead class="bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700">
            <tr>
              <th scope="col" class="p-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-all"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-all" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </th>
              <th
                scope="col"
                class="py-3 px-6 text-xs font-medium tracking-wider text-left text-gray-700 uppercase dark:text-gray-400"
              >
                Product Name
              </th>
              <th
                scope="col"
                class="py-3 px-6 text-xs font-medium tracking-wider text-left text-gray-700 uppercase dark:text-gray-400"
              >
                Category
              </th>
              <th
                scope="col"
                class="py-3 px-6 text-xs font-medium tracking-wider text-left text-gray-700 uppercase dark:text-gray-400"
              >
                Price
              </th>
              <th scope="col" class="p-4">
                <span class="sr-only">Edit</span>
              </th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody class="bg-white divide-y divide-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-800 dark:divide-gray-700">
            <tr class="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
              <td class="p-4 w-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-1"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-1" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                HP Omen 45L"
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Desktop PC
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                $1899
              </td>
              <td class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-right whitespace-nowrap">
                <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline">Edit</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
              <td class="p-4 w-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-2"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-2" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Apple MacBook Pro 13"
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Laptop
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                $2999
              </td>
              <td class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-right whitespace-nowrap">
                <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline">Edit</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
              <td class="p-4 w-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-3"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-3" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Samsung Galaxy S7
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Phone
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                $599
              </td>
              <td class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-right whitespace-nowrap">
                <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline">Edit</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
              <td class="p-4 w-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-4"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-4" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Sony WF-1000XM4
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Headphones
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                $273
              </td>
              <td class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-right whitespace-nowrap">
                <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline">Edit</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700">
              <td class="p-4 w-4">
                <div class="flex items-center">
                  <input
                    id="checkbox-search-5"
                    type="checkbox"
                    class="w-4 h-4 text-blue-600 bg-gray-100 rounded border-gray-300 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:ring-blue-600 dark:ring-offset-gray-800 focus:ring-2 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600"
                  />
                  <label for="checkbox-search-5" class="sr-only">checkbox</label>
                </div>
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Apple Watch Series 7
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-500 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                Accessories
              </td>
              <td
                class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 whitespace-nowrap dark:text-white"
              >
                $599
              </td>
              <td class="py-4 px-6 text-sm font-medium text-right whitespace-nowrap">
                <a href="#" class="text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline">Edit</a>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
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The Tailwind CSS Table with search will look like the image below

Tailwind CSS table search

Conclusion

Tailwind CSS utilities make it easy to build beautiful tailwind tables example for your webpage. We looked at how we can use Tailwind CSS to build beautiful tailwind tables including how to add tailwind table border and other styles. By now, you should be able to use Tailwind CSS to build beautiful tables.

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speedwares
Sampson Ovuoba

Posted on September 10, 2022

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