Material Tailwind with Remix

Learn how to setup and install @material-tailwind/html with Remix.



First you need to create a new project using Remix, for more details check the Remix Official Documentation

npx create-remix@latest remix-app

Then you need to install Tailwind CSS since @material-tailwind/html is working with Tailwind CSS classes and you need to have Tailwind CSS installed on your project. Check Tailwind CSS Installation for Remix on Tailwind CSS Documentation.


Using NPM

Install @material-tailwind/html as a dependency using NPM by running the following command:

npm i @material-tailwind/html

Using Yarn

Install @material-tailwind/html as a dependency using Yarn by running the following command:

yarn add @material-tailwind/html

Using PNPM

Install @material-tailwind/html as a dependency using PNPM by running the following command:

pnpm i @material-tailwind/html

TailwindCSS Configurations

Once you install @material-tailwind/html you need to wrap your tailwind css configurations with the withMT() function coming from @material-tailwind/html/utils.

import type { Config } from "tailwindcss";
 
import withMT from "@material-tailwind/html/utils/withMT";
 
export default withMT({
  content: ["./app/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
} satisfies Config);

Ripple Effect

@material-tailwind/html comes with a ripple effect script file same as Material Design ripple effect and you can simply use it by adding it's CDN link to you project and add the data-ripple-light="true" for light ripple effect and data-ripple-dark="true" for dark ripple effect as an attribute for components

The ripple effect used in @material-tailwind/html is a separate package called material-ripple-effect

<!-- from node_modules -->
<script async src="node_modules/@material-tailwind/html/scripts/ripple.js"></script>
 
<!-- from cdn -->
<script async src="https://unpkg.com/@material-tailwind/html@latest/scripts/ripple.js"></script>

Example

Now you're good to go and use @material-tailwind/html in your project.

<button
  type="button"
  data-ripple-light="true"
  className="align-middle select-none font-sans font-bold text-center uppercase transition-all disabled:opacity-50 disabled:shadow-none disabled:pointer-events-none text-xs py-3 px-6 rounded-lg bg-gray-900 text-white shadow-md shadow-gray-900/10 hover:shadow-lg hover:shadow-gray-900/20 focus:opacity-[0.85] focus:shadow-none active:opacity-[0.85] active:shadow-none"
>
  Button
</button>