Taila Component Library

Introduction

Taila is a React component library that builds upon React Aria, integrating it with Tailwind CSS to create accessible, stylish components for rapid prototyping. Taila makes it easy to include beautiful, accessible components in your React projects with minimal effort.

Installation

To use Taila in your project, you must have Tailwind CSS installed, as well as @tailwindcss/forms and tailwindcss-react-aria-components. You will also need tailwindcss-animate if you want animations.

To install Taila, run:

npm install @dlwiest/taila

Updating `tailwind.config.js`

After installation, you need to add Taila to the `content` array in your `tailwind.config.js` file:

module.exports = {
  // ... other configurations ...

  content: [
    "./node_modules/@dlwiest/taila/**/*.js",
    "./index.html",
    "./src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}",
    // other paths...
  ], 
  plugins: [
    require('@tailwindcss/forms'),
    require('tailwindcss-react-aria-components'),
    require('tailwindcss-animate') // Needed for animations
    // other plugins...
  ],
};

This ensures Tailwind correctly applies its styling to Taila components.

Features

Storybook Integration

Taila includes Storybook to preview the components. To view the stories, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Taila repo.
2. Change directory (cd) into the repo directory.
3. Run npm install to install dependencies.
4. Run npm run storybook to start Storybook.

Extending React Aria Components

All Taila components are built upon React Aria, ensuring they are accessible and functionally robust. Current components include:

• Button (extends React Aria Button)
• Input (extends React Aria TextField)
• Select (extends React Aria Select)
• MultiSelect (extends React Aria ListBox)
• ProgressBar (extends React Aria ProgressBar)
• SelectItem (extends React Aria ListBoxItem for use in Select fields)
• Spinner (extends React Aria ProgressBar)
• ToggleSwitch (extends React Aria ToggleButton)
• Modal (extends React Aria Modal)

Customization

Taila components are designed with customization in mind. You can easily override the default styling by adding additional class names to the className prop of any Taila component. This allows you to use Tailwind CSS utility classes to modify the appearance and behavior of the components as needed.

Example:

import { Button } from '@dlwiest/taila';

<Button className="bg-red-500 hover:bg-red-700">Alert</Button>

In this example, the Button component's default background color styling and hover state are overridden with background color classes from Tailwind CSS.

Dark Mode Support

All Taila components automatically apply suitable dark mode classes. These can be overridden in the same way other styles can be, by supplying your own class names. For example:

import { Button } from '@dlwiest/taila';

<Button className="dark:bg-stone-300">Stone</Button>

This allows for easy integration and customization of dark mode styles in your application.

Usage

Here's how you can use the components in Taila. As we add more components, we will update this section with more examples.

Button

The Button component is a basic component in Taila. It accepts a `color` prop to style the button with Tailwind's color classes.

Example:

import { Button } from '@dlwiest/taila';

<Button color="indigo">Push Me</Button>

This will render a button styled with Tailwind's indigo color classes.

Dependencies

• tailwindcss
• @tailwindcss/forms
• tailwindcss-react-aria-components
• tailwindcss-animate (optional but recommended for animations)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

License

This project is licensed under MIT License.

Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to open an issue in the GitHub repository.