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Style State with Tailwind v4 data-* and aria-* Variants
Open, closed, loading, selected — each state ends up as another ternary in a `:class` string. Tailwind v4 lets you toggle one attribute and style it with a variant instead.
Position Popovers and Tooltips with CSS Anchor Positioning in Tailwind v4
Tailwind v4 ships zero anchor utilities, but the whole CSS Anchor Positioning API is one arbitrary property away. Here is the complete build: a dropdown that flips at the viewport edge, animates, and degrades cleanly, with no Floating UI in the bundle.
Stop Flex and Grid Items Getting Cut Off with Tailwind v4 Safe Alignment
A centered filter bar looked perfect on my desktop and lost its first two chips on a phone — scrolled off the left edge with no way back. Tailwind v4's safe alignment utilities fix that with a one-class change.
Fix Mobile Full-Height Layouts with Tailwind v4 Dynamic Viewport Units
The 100vh mobile overflow bug has a real fix now. Here is how Tailwind v4's dynamic viewport units replace the old JavaScript hacks.
Style Parent Elements from Their Children with Tailwind v4's has-* Variant
Style a container from the state of something inside it — no JavaScript. Here's how Tailwind v4's has-* variant maps onto CSS :has() in real layouts.
Build a Snap-Scrolling Carousel with Tailwind v4 (No JS)
Reach for a JS carousel library and you inherit its weight, its bugs, and its accessibility debt. Tailwind v4 ships scroll-snap utilities that do the same job in plain HTML — here is the whole build.
Style Form Fields After Interaction with Tailwind v4's user-valid and user-invalid
A `required` field shouldn't glow red before anyone has typed. Tailwind v4's `user-invalid:` variant styles validation state only after interaction — no JavaScript, no class toggling.
Style the Exception with Tailwind v4's not-* Variant
CSS negation used to mean a base style plus a `:last-child` override. Tailwind v4's `not-*` variant compiles to `:not()` so you state the exception in one utility.
Tailwind Subgrid: Align Card Grids to a Parent Grid
Stop hard-coding card heights or measuring them with JavaScript. Tailwind's grid-rows-subgrid lets cards inherit the parent grid's rows so titles, bodies, and footers align across the whole row.
Tailwind v4 @reference: Fix @apply in Blade & Scoped CSS
Tailwind v4 resolves @apply against the theme in the current file, so a second CSS bundle throws 'unknown utility class'. Here's how @reference fixes it without duplicating output.
Auto-Growing Textareas With No JavaScript Using Tailwind v4 field-sizing
Auto-resizing a textarea used to mean an Alpine listener fighting Livewire over `scrollHeight`. Tailwind v4's `field-sizing-content` does it in one class, no JavaScript.
Safelist Dynamic Blade Classes in Tailwind v4 with @source inline()
A Blade class like bg-{{ $color }}-500 works locally then disappears in production. Here's the Tailwind v4 fix with @source inline().
Tailwind v4 3D Transforms: Build a Flip Card With transform-3d and perspective, No JavaScript
Tailwind v4 added a full 3D transform toolkit. Here is the recipe for a flip card and a tilt-on-hover effect, built entirely with utility classes.
Tailwind v4 @utility — Define Custom Utilities in CSS, Not JavaScript
Your v3 addUtilities plugin is dead. Here's how the Tailwind v4 @utility directive replaces it — static, functional, and value-typed utilities, all in resources/css/app.css.
Tailwind v4 mask-* Utilities: Fade and Reveal Images Without Touching CSS
Tailwind v4.1 wraps CSS mask-image in a composable utility family. Fade hero images into the page, vignette photos, and build spotlight reveals without writing a line of custom CSS.
Tailwind v4 text-shadow Utilities: Make Headings Pop Without Custom CSS
After twenty years of inline `style="text-shadow: …"`, Tailwind finally has a utility for it. Here is the v4.1 cheat sheet: sizes, colour tinting, dark-mode swaps, and @theme customisation.
Tailwind v4 starting: and transition-discrete: Animate display:none Without JavaScript
Tailwind v4 ships a `starting:` variant that pairs with `transition-discrete` to fade elements in and out of display:none using only CSS. Here is the cookbook.
Tailwind v4 OKLCH + color-mix(): Design Tokens That Auto-Generate Tints and Shades
Tailwind v4's whole colour system runs on OKLCH and color-mix(). Define one brand token in @theme, get the full tint and shade ramp for free.
Tailwind v4 Gradient Utilities: bg-linear, bg-radial, bg-conic Explained
You upgrade to Tailwind v4, the upgrade tool runs, and your hero gradient is gone. Here is the new utility set: bg-linear, bg-radial, bg-conic: plus the colour-space modifiers that make them look good.