Opinionated Reset Plugin for Tailwind CSS

Requirements

This plugin requires Tailwind CSS 1.2 or later, and is optimized for Tailwind CSS 3.x.

Installation

npm install @benface/tailwindcss-reset

Usage

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  corePlugins: {
    preflight: true /* the plugin extends Preflight so make sure it is not disabled */,
  },
  plugins: [require("@benface/tailwindcss-reset")],
};

What it does

• Makes everything position: relative, so that absolutely positioned elements are relative to their parent by default.
• Resets the margin and padding of all elements to 0.
• Resets the min-width and min-height of all elements to 0, since the default is auto which can cause overflow issues with flex items.
• Resets border-radius to 0, background-color to transparent, and background-image to none on all elements, just in case.
• Sets better defaults for background-position (center center) and background-repeat (no-repeat).
• Makes some elements display: block by default (button, input, select, textarea, label, and summary).
• Makes the inheritable text properties (color, font, text-align, text-transform, and letter-spacing) inherit on form elements as well (button, input, etc.).
• Changes the default overflow on svg elements from hidden to visible, to prevent clipping their edges (notably in Safari).
• Removes opinionated styles set by user agent stylesheets and/or Preflight (see reset.css to see them all).
• Enforces display: none on [hidden] elements by adding !important so that it cannot be overridden by utility classes.

What it does not do

• It doesn’t remove the default focus rings, as not all projects need custom focus styles.
• It doesn’t override the font-weight: bolder on b and strong elements.
• It doesn’t override the font-style: italic on i and em elements.
• It doesn’t override the text-decoration: underline on u and ins elements.
• It doesn’t override the text-decoration: line-through on s, strike, and del elements.
• It doesn’t override the font-size and positioning styles set by Preflight on sub and sup elements.