How to create a React Modal using Tailwind CSS.
Tags: tailwindcss, webdev
Published: 2022-01-14 08:11:12

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title: How to create a React Modal using Tailwind CSS.
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date: 2021-01-10 01:16:04 UTC
tags: [Tailwindcss, webdev]
canonical_url: https://www.devwares.com/blog//how-to-create-a-react-modal-using-tailwind-css
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React Modals have solidified their presence in the modern web page, they provide new information asides from the information presented to the user on the main page without any need to refresh.

With their presence providing quality user experience, by making users focus on a particular information, usually deemed important by the creators of the website, there is a really high chance that you have seen or experienced a modal.

## What is a React Modal

A React Modal is a component, a web element that displays information over the entire web page, which in turns disables the web page. When a modal is displayed, it usually places a dark overlay over the rest of the webpage excluding the overlay, this allows us to focus on the information the modal is passing through or to focus on performing the task, or completing the interaction the modal is requesting for.

## Table of Content

- Prerequisites
- What is Tailwind CSS
- Creating our React Project
- Installing Tailwind CSS
- Creating your React Bootstrap Modal
- Conclusion
- Resources

## Prerequisite 

To make the most of this article, it is important that you have the following:

- A basic understanding of HTML.
- A basic understanding of CSS.
- A basic understanding of React.
- Node and it’s package manager, npm, Run the command node -v && npm -v to verify we have them installed, or install them from [here](https://nodejs.org/en/).
- Alternatively, we can use another package manager, [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/).

## What is Tailwind CSS

[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) refers to itself as a utility-first CSS framework, which has been designed to help ease the development process of creating web applications by creating custom-made styles that are available to developers via special classes, which are then added to the elements.

## Creating our React project

To create a new react project, we go to our terminal, cd in the directory we want and then run this command `npx create-react-app project-name`.

```
cd Documents
npx create-react-app project-name

```

## Installing Tailwind CSS

To have tailwind CSS available in your project, cd into the project your created earlier

```
cd project-name

```

next run

```
npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

```

**Configuring your templates path**

To configure your paths go to your `tailwind.config.js`, and edit your `module.exports` object, add the paths to your template files in your `content` array.

```

module.exports = {
  content: [
    "./src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}",
  ],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

```

**Next add the Tailwind directives to your CSS**

Add the tailwind directives in your `./src/index.css` file.

```
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

```

After this we run our project

```
npm run start

```

You should see this in your browser when you go to `http://localhost:3000/`.

![React Bootstrap Modal](https://www.devwares.com/blog/images/REACT.png)

## Creating your Tailwind CSS Modal

To create a tailwind CSS modal using the template in the docs, we need to install a react library. To do that, we run this command :

```

// npm

npm install @headlessui/react

// Yarn

yarn add @headlessui/react

```

**Simple with Gray Footer**

```react
/* This example requires Tailwind CSS v2.0+ */
import { Fragment, useRef, useState } from 'react'
import { Dialog, Transition } from '@headlessui/react'
import { ExclamationIcon } from '@heroicons/react/outline'

export default function Example() {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(true)

  const cancelButtonRef = useRef(null)

  return (
    <Transition.Root show={open} as={Fragment}>
      <Dialog as="div" className="fixed z-10 inset-0 overflow-y-auto" initialFocus={cancelButtonRef} onClose={setOpen}>
        <div className="flex items-end justify-center min-h-screen pt-4 px-4 pb-20 text-center sm:block sm:p-0">
          <Transition.Child
            as={Fragment}
            enter="ease-out duration-300"
            enterFrom="opacity-0"
            enterTo="opacity-100"
            leave="ease-in duration-200"
            leaveFrom="opacity-100"
            leaveTo="opacity-0"
          >
            <Dialog.Overlay className="fixed inset-0 bg-gray-500 bg-opacity-75 transition-opacity" />
          </Transition.Child>

          {/* This element is to trick the browser into centering the modal contents. */}
          <span className="hidden sm:inline-block sm:align-middle sm:h-screen" aria-hidden="true">
            &#8203;
          </span>
          <Transition.Child
            as={Fragment}
            enter="ease-out duration-300"
            enterFrom="opacity-0 translate-y-4 sm:translate-y-0 sm:scale-95"
            enterTo="opacity-100 translate-y-0 sm:scale-100"
            leave="ease-in duration-200"
            leaveFrom="opacity-100 translate-y-0 sm:scale-100"
            leaveTo="opacity-0 translate-y-4 sm:translate-y-0 sm:scale-95"
          >
            <div className="inline-block align-bottom bg-white rounded-lg text-left overflow-hidden shadow-xl transform transition-all sm:my-8 sm:align-middle sm:max-w-lg sm:w-full">
              <div className="bg-white px-4 pt-5 pb-4 sm:p-6 sm:pb-4">
                <div className="sm:flex sm:items-start">
                  <div className="mx-auto flex-shrink-0 flex items-center justify-center h-12 w-12 rounded-full bg-red-100 sm:mx-0 sm:h-10 sm:w-10">
                    <ExclamationIcon className="h-6 w-6 text-red-600" aria-hidden="true" />
                  </div>
                  <div className="mt-3 text-center sm:mt-0 sm:ml-4 sm:text-left">
                    <Dialog.Title as="h3" className="text-lg leading-6 font-medium text-gray-900">
                      Deactivate account
                    </Dialog.Title>
                    <div className="mt-2">
                      <p className="text-sm text-gray-500">
                        Are you sure you want to deactivate your account? All of your data will be permanently removed.
                        This action cannot be undone.
                      </p>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <div className="bg-gray-50 px-4 py-3 sm:px-6 sm:flex sm:flex-row-reverse">
                <button
                  type="button"
                  className="w-full inline-flex justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent shadow-sm px-4 py-2 bg-red-600 text-base font-medium text-white hover:bg-red-700 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-red-500 sm:ml-3 sm:w-auto sm:text-sm"
                  onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
                >
                  Deactivate
                </button>
                <button
                  type="button"
                  className="mt-3 w-full inline-flex justify-center rounded-md border border-gray-300 shadow-sm px-4 py-2 bg-white text-base font-medium text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-50 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 focus:ring-indigo-500 sm:mt-0 sm:ml-3 sm:w-auto sm:text-sm"
                  onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
                  ref={cancelButtonRef}
                >
                  Cancel
                </button>
              </div>
            </div>
          </Transition.Child>
        </div>
      </Dialog>
    </Transition.Root>
  )
}

```

![Default React Bootstrap Modal](https://www.devwares.com/blog/images/react-tailwindcss-modals.PNG)

In the piece of code above we used the `useState` hook we got from react to create a piece of state that will be used to control whether or not the modal is opened. We used the `Transition` component to animate in and out the modal element and the `Dialog` component to communicate with the user, this component holds the information we want to pass to the user.

To make use of other templates by tailwind CSS you have to get the pro version, get it [here](https://tailwindui.com/pricing).

## Conclusion

In this article we discussed installing tailwind CSS and why we would need to install it. Next up we created a react bootstrap modal with the UI library.

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![Contrast](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yuz057uo4vkmvma7bdom.png)


## Resources

You may find the following resources useful:

- [Link to the Tailwind CSS Modals Docs](https://tailwindui.com/components/application-ui/overlays/modals)

- [Get Contrast PRO](https://www.devwares.com/product/contrast-pro)

- [Link to the modal documentation](https://www.devwares.com/docs/contrast/javascript/components/modal)

- [How to create Tailwind CSS Modal](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-tailwind-css-modal)

- [How to use tailwind CSS in HTML]  (https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-tailwind-css-in-HTML)

- [Why tailwind CSS is good](https://www.devwares.com/blog/why-tailwind-css-is-good)

- [How to use Tailwind CSS in Nextjs](https://www.devwares.com/blog/tailwind-css-in-nextjs)

- [How to create Tailwind CSS Components for your Website](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-tailwind-css-components-for-your-website)

- [How to create Tailwind CSS Animation](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-animation-with-tailwind-css/)

- [Tailwind grid-How to use tailwind CSS grid templates in your project](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-add-tailwind-css-grid-to-your-project/)

- [How to create a Beautiful Responsive Navigation bar Using Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-a-beautiful-responsive-navbar-using-tailwind-css/)

- [Tailwind form-How to create and style a Responsive Form using Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-and-style-a-responsive-form-using-tailwindcss/)

- [Tailwind CSS Flex: How to use Tailwind CSS Flex](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-tailwind-css-flex/)

- [How to use tailwind CSS padding, margin and border in your project](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-tailwind-css-padding-margin-and-border-in-your-project/)

- [How to use Tailwind CSS Width](https://www.devwares.com/blog/Tailwind-width/)

- [Tailwind CSS CDN-How to use the Tailwind CSS JIT CDN](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-the-tailwind-css-JIT-CDN/)

- [How to set up your first Tailwind CSS Project](https://www.devwares.com/blog/setting-up-your-first-project-using-tailwind-css/)

- [How to use Tailwind CSS in HTML](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-tailwind-css-in-HTML/)

- [Tailwind CSS table-How to Create Tailwind CSS tables](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-tailwind-css-tables/)

- [How to set up your first Tailwind CSS Project](https://www.devwares.com/blog/setting-up-your-first-project-using-tailwind-css/)

- [Why is tailwind CSS better than other CSS framework](https://www.devwares.com/blog/why-tailwind-css-is-good/)

- [10 tailwind CSS templates and themes](https://www.devwares.com/blog/tailwind-css-10-templates-and-themes/)

- [How to add tailwind CSS colors and Fonts to your project](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-add-tailwind-css-colors-and-fonts-to-your-project/)

- [Differences between Tailwind CSS and SASS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/differences-between-tailwind-css-and-sass/)

- [Differences Between Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap](https://www.devwares.com/blog/diffrences-between-tailwind-css-and-bootstrap/)

- [10 Awesome projects built with Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/awesome-10-projects-built-with-tailwind/).

- [How to install Tailwind CSS in Vue.js](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-install-tailwind-css-in-vuejs/).

- [How to use Tailwind CSS in React](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-use-tailwind-css-in-react/)

- [How to install Tailwind CSS with Laravel](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-install-tailwind-css-in-laravel/)

- [How to create react date picker](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-datepicker-with-contrast/)

- [React bootstrap 5 form-How to create React forms](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-and-style-a-responsive-form-using-tailwindcss/).

- [How to create a beautiful React multiselect](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-multiselect-with-contrast/).

- [How to create a beautiful React Bootstrap progress bar](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-progress-with-contrast/).

- [How to create a beautiful React Bootstrap select with icons](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-select-with-contrast/).

- [How to create a beautiful Bootstrap 5 stepper](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-stepper-with-contrast/)

- [How to create a beautiful React Bootstrap table]
(https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-tables-with-contrast/)

- [How to create beautiful React Bootstrap tabs](https://www.devwares.com/blog/create-tabs-with-contrast/)

- [How to create a Beautiful Responsive Navigation bar Using Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-a-beautiful-responsive-navbar-using-tailwind-css/)

- [Tailwind Modal-How to create a React Modal using Tailwind CSS.](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-a-react-modal-using-tailwind-css/)

- [How to create a Bootstrap 5 Modal.](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-a-bootstrap5-modal/)

- [How to Create React Tabs with Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-create-react-tabs-with-tailwind-css/)

- [How to implement dark mode in React using tailwind css](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-implement-dark-mode-in-tailwind-css/)

- [How to Implement a React Step Progress Bar Using Tailwind CSS](https://www.devwares.com/blog/how-to-implement-a-react-step-progress-bar-using-tailwind-css/)