How to Fix Tailwind CSS IntelliSense in Visual Studio Code

TailwindCSS IntelliSense

The Problem

I've recently started to transition from traditional CSS/SCSS to more modern options, such as TailwindCSS. After playing in their online playground, I decided to try it locally and build a small project.

However, I ran into this small, but really frustrating issue. I knew that TailwindCSS had some IntelliSense in the VSCode marketplace, after Installing it I quickly realized that it wasn't working at all. So I decided to reload VSCode, but still no result.

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The Solution

After digging the documentation, I finally found this snippet of code:

"editor.quickSuggestions": {
   "strings": true
},
"css.validate": false,
"editor.inlineSuggest.enabled": true

Placed it in my VSCode's settings.json file, and it worked just as expected. To open the Settings editor, use the following VS Code menu command:

• On Windows/Linux — File > Preferences > Settings

• On macOS — Code > Preferences > Settings

You can also open the Settings editor from the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) with Preferences: Open Settings or use the keyboard shortcut (⌘,). You can place the snippet anywhere in your settings.json and it should work just fine. If it doesn't just give it 1–2 minutes or reload the VSCode window.

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BONUS

If you want to use Emmet with your TailwindCSS make sure to add this line "tailwindCSS.emmetCompletions": true to the same settings.json file.

In Brief

Your final snippet of code should look something like this:

"tailwindCSS.emmetCompletions": true,
"editor.inlineSuggest.enabled": true,
"editor.quickSuggestions": {
   "strings": true
},
"css.validate": false,

Yay! Now you can code in TailwindCSS without trying to memorize all the classes. 🎉

Since it took me a pretty long time to find the solution, I thought it might be a good idea to share it with the developers who are transitioning to TailwindCSS as well. I hope this simple article helped you to fix the issue and focus mainly on coding.

And in case you were wondering what theme I'm using, it's One Monokai.🙃

Further Reading

• How to Master Web Development in 30 Days
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• Object.freeze() VS Object.seal() in Plain English

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