Fresh Tailwind CSS Plugin

Zero Config

Call the plugin with no configuration values for a quick, initial setup.

fresh.config.ts

import { defineConfig } from "$fresh/server.ts";
import tailwindPlugin from "https://deno.land/x/fresh_tailwind/mod.ts";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    tailwindPlugin(),
  ],
});

Some Config

Provide configuration settings to optimize your CSS output and improve your DX.

fresh.config.ts

import { defineConfig } from "$fresh/server.ts";
import tailwindPlugin from "https://deno.land/x/fresh_tailwind/mod.ts";

const IS_DEV = import.meta.url.endsWith("/dev.ts") ||
  Deno.env.get("FRSH_DEV_PREVIOUS_MANIFEST") !== undefined;

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    tailwindPlugin({
      // Input CSS string
      css: await Deno.readTextFile("./src/style.css"),
      // Whether or not to pass Fresh's HTML output to PostCSS during render
      hookRender: IS_DEV,
      // Where the compiled CSS will be saved
      dest: "./static/styles.css",
      // Path to Tailwind CSS configuration for compiler
      configFile: "./tailwind.deno.ts",
    }),
  ],
});

Note

Setting dest to a location within a watched directory (i.e. ./static) could cause a refresh loop.

If dest is provided and hookRender is not, or is false, an initial build step will be required to create the CSS file.

In your Fresh project directory:

deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --config=./deno.json https://deno.land/x/fresh_tailwind/main.ts

Using IntelliSense

The following example shows how to enable Tailwind plugins in Tailwind CSS IntelliSense. IntelliSense requires a tailwind.config.ts file in the project directory.

The Tailwind IntelliSense extension is powered by a Vite language server. IntelliSense hints will not work if Vite is unable to process the tailwind.config.ts file.

You can create a Deno-specific Tailwind configuration file for your Fresh deployment. The Tailwind configuration intended for Deno can simply extend the one used for Vite.

Example

Using Tailwind plugins?
Run npm install for the Tailwind IntelliSense language server.
npm install tailwindcss-animate --save-dev
.gitignore
# Node nonsense
node_modules/
package-lock.json
package.json

tailwind.config.ts

import type { Config } from "tailwindcss";
import animate from "tailwindcss-animate";

export default {
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [animate],
} satisfies Config;

tailwind.deno.ts

import animate from "https://esm.sh/tailwindcss-animate@1.0.7";
import config from "./tailwind.config.ts";

export default {
  ...config,
  plugins: [
    ...config.plugins,
    animate,
  ],
};

Example VS Code Settings

.vscode/settings.json

{
  "deno.enable": true,
  "deno.lint": true,
  "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno",
  "[typescriptreact]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno"
  },
  "[typescript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno"
  },
  "[javascriptreact]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno"
  },
  "[javascript]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno"
  },
  "tailwindCSS.includeLanguages": {
    "plaintext": "html",
    "jsx": "html"
  },
  "files.associations": {
    "*.css": "tailwindcss"
  }
}

License

MIT