Tailwind CSS IntelliSense enhances the Tailwind development experience by providing Visual Studio Code users with advanced features such as autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and linting.
Install via the Visual Studio Code Marketplace →
In order for the extension to activate you must have tailwindcss
installed and a Tailwind config file named tailwind.config.js
or tailwind.js
in your workspace.
Intelligent suggestions for class names, as well as CSS functions and directives.
Highlights errors and potential bugs in both your CSS and your markup.
See the complete CSS for a Tailwind class name by hovering over it.
Provides syntax definitions so that Tailwind features are highlighted correctly.
tailwindCSS.includeLanguages
This setting allows you to add additional language support. The key of each entry is the new language ID and the value is any one of the extensions built-in languages, depending on how you want the new language to be treated (e.g. html
, css
, or javascript
):
{
"tailwindCSS.includeLanguages": {
"plaintext": "html"
}
}
tailwindCSS.emmetCompletions
Enable completions when using Emmet-style syntax, for example div.bg-red-500.uppercase
. Default: false
{
"tailwindCSS.emmetCompletions": true
}
tailwindCSS.colorDecorators
Controls whether the editor should render inline color decorators for Tailwind CSS classes and helper functions.
inherit
: Color decorators are rendered if editor.colorDecorators
is enabled.on
: Color decorators are rendered.off
: Color decorators are not rendered.tailwindCSS.validate
Enable linting. Rules can be configured individually using the tailwindcss.lint
settings:
ignore
: disable lint rule entirelywarning
: rule violations will be considered "warnings," typically represented by a yellow underlineerror
: rule violations will be considered "errors," typically represented by a red underlinetailwindCSS.lint.invalidScreen
Unknown screen name used with the @screen
directive. Default: error
tailwindCSS.lint.invalidVariant
Unknown variant name used with the @variants
directive. Default: error
tailwindCSS.lint.invalidTailwindDirective
Unknown value used with the @tailwind
directive. Default: error
tailwindCSS.lint.invalidApply
Unsupported use of the @apply
directive. Default: error
tailwindCSS.lint.invalidConfigPath
Unknown or invalid path used with the theme
helper. Default: error
tailwindCSS.lint.cssConflict
Class names on the same HTML element which apply the same CSS property or properties. Default: warning
If you’re having issues getting the IntelliSense features to activate, there are a few things you can check:
tailwind.config.js
or tailwind.js
. Check out the Tailwind documentation for details on creating a config file.tailwindcss
module is installed in your workspace, via npm
, yarn
, or pnpm
. Tailwind CSS IntelliSense does not currently support Yarn Plug'n'Play.tailwindcss
or created your config file while your project was already open in Visual Studio Code you may need to reload the editor. You can either restart VS Code entirely, or use the Developer: Reload Window
command which can be found in the command palette.