Style Dictionary Tailwind CSS Transformer

This is a plugin to generate the config of Tailwind CSS using Style Dictionary.

Install

$ npm install sd-tailwindcss-transformer
# or with yarn
$ yarn add sd-tailwindcss-transformer

Usage

Creating configuration file

Warning

If you are using v3 of style-dictionary, install v1.4.6

Generate tailwind.config.js by setting type to all. See Creating each theme file if you wish to customize the configuration file with plugin functions, etc.

import StyleDictionary from 'style-dictionary';
import { makeSdTailwindConfig } from 'sd-tailwindcss-transformer';

const styleDictionaryTailwind = new StyleDictionary(
    makeSdTailwindConfig({ type: 'all' }),
);
await styleDictionaryTailwind.hasInitialized;
await styleDictionaryTailwind.buildAllPlatforms();

Output:

// tailwind.config.js
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  mode: "jit",
  content: ["./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}"],
  darkMode: "class",
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        base: {
          gray: "#111111",
          red: "#FF0000",
          ...
        }
      },
      fontSize: {
        small: "0.75rem",
        medium: "1rem",
        ...
      }
    },
  }
}

Creating each theme file

Create an object for each theme, assuming that various customizations will be made in the configuration file. Import and use the created files in tailwind.config.js.

import StyleDictionary from 'style-dictionary';
import { makeSdTailwindConfig } from 'sd-tailwindcss-transformer';

const types = ['colors', 'fontSize'];

for (const type of types) {
    let tailwindConfig = makeSdTailwindConfig({
        type,
    });

    const styleDictionaryTailwind = new StyleDictionary(tailwindConfig);

    await styleDictionaryTailwind.hasInitialized;
    await styleDictionaryTailwind.buildAllPlatforms();
}

Output:

/// colors.tailwind.js
module.exports = {
  base: {
    gray: "#111111",
    red: "#FF0000",
    ...
  }
}

/// fontSize.tailwind.js
module.exports = {
  small: "0.75rem",
  medium: "1rem",
  ...
}

Using CSS custom variables

CSS custom variables can be used by setting isVariables to true. In this case, a CSS file must also be generated.

import StyleDictionary from 'style-dictionary';
import { makeSdTailwindConfig } from 'sd-tailwindcss-transformer';

const sdConfig = makeSdTailwindConfig({
    type: 'all',
    isVariables: true,
});

sdConfig.platforms['css'] = {
    transformGroup: 'css',
    buildPath: './styles/',
    files: [
        {
            destination: 'tailwind.css',
            format: 'css/variables',
            options: {
                outputReferences: true,
            },
        },
    ],
};

const styleDictionaryTailwind = new StyleDictionary(
    makeSdTailwindConfig({ type: 'all' }),
);
await styleDictionaryTailwind.hasInitialized;
await styleDictionaryTailwind.buildAllPlatforms();

Output:

/* tailwind.css */
/**
 * Do not edit directly
 * Generated on ○○○○
 */

:root {
  --font-size-medium: 1rem;
  --font-size-small: 0.75rem;
  --colors-base-red: #ff0000;
  --colors-base-gray: #111111;
  ...;
}

// tailwind.config.js
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  mode: "jit",
  content: ["./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}"],
  darkMode: "class",
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        base: {
          gray: "var(--colors-base-gray)",
          red: "var(--colors-base-red)",
          ...
        }
      },
      fontSize: {
        small: "var(--font-size-small)",
        medium: "var(--font-size-medium)",
        ...
      }
    },
  }
}

Please see Example for details.

Options

Optional except for type.

Attribute	Description	Type
type	Set the name of each theme (colors, fontSize, etc.) for 'all' or tailwind.	'all' or string
formatType	Set the format of the Tailwind CSS configuration file. Default value: js	'js' 'cjs'
isVariables	Set when using CSS custom variables. Default value: false	boolean
extend	Set to add transformed styles to the 'extend' key within the 'theme' key or not. Default value: true	boolean
source	source attribute of style-dictionary. Default value: ['tokens/**/*.json']	Array of strings
transforms	platform.transforms attribute of style-dictionary. Default value: ['attribute/cti','name/cti/kebab']	Array of strings
buildPath	platform.buildPath attribute of style-dictionary. Default value: 'build/web/'	string
prefix	platform.prefix attribute of style-dictionary. Valid when using css variables (isVariables: true)	string
tailwind.content	Content attribute of Tailwind CSS. Set if necessary when 'all' is set in type. Default value: ['./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}']	Array of strings
tailwind.darkMode	Dark Mode attribute of Tailwind CSS. Set if necessary when 'all' is set in type. Default value: 'class'	'media' 'class'
tailwind.plugin	Tailwind CSS official plugins. Set if necessary when 'all' is set in type.	Array of 'typography' ['typography', options] 'forms' ['forms', options] 'aspect-ratio' 'line-clamp' 'container-queries'

License

Apache 2.0