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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: 'I tested Nuxt UI' |
| 3 | +description: "Nuxt UI is a module that provides a set of Vue components and composables built with Tailwind CSS and Headless UI" |
| 4 | +image: |
| 5 | + src: https://ui.nuxt.com/social-card.png |
| 6 | +authors: |
| 7 | + - name: Kevin browski |
| 8 | + to: https://twitter.com/benjamincanac |
| 9 | + avatar: |
| 10 | + src: https://i.pravatar.cc/128?u=6 |
| 11 | +date: 2023-10-19 |
| 12 | +badge: |
| 13 | + label: Web devlopment, Nuxt |
| 14 | +--- |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## Introduction |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Nuxt UI is a module that provides a set of Vue components and composables built with Tailwind CSS and Headless UI to help you build beautiful and accessible user interfaces. |
| 19 | +Its goal is to provide everything related to UI when building a Nuxt app. This includes components, icons, colors, dark mode but also keyboard shortcuts. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +### ✨ Awesome Features |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +- Built with Headless UI and Tailwind CSS |
| 24 | +- HMR support through Nuxt App Config |
| 25 | +- Dark mode support |
| 26 | +- Support for LTR and RTL languages |
| 27 | +- Keyboard shortcuts |
| 28 | +- Bundled icons |
| 29 | +- Fully typed |
| 30 | +- Figma Kit |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## 😌 Easy and quick installation |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +### Setup |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +1. Install `@nuxt/ui` dependency to your project: |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +::code-group |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +```bash [pnpm] |
| 41 | +pnpm add @nuxt/ui |
| 42 | +``` |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +```bash [yarn] |
| 45 | +yarn add @nuxt/ui |
| 46 | +``` |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +```bash [npm] |
| 49 | +npm install @nuxt/ui |
| 50 | +``` |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +```bash [bun] |
| 53 | +bun add @nuxt/ui |
| 54 | +``` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +:: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +2. Add it to your `modules` section in your `nuxt.config`: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +```ts [nuxt.config.ts] |
| 61 | +export default defineNuxtConfig({ |
| 62 | + modules: ['@nuxt/ui'] |
| 63 | +}) |
| 64 | +``` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +That's it! You can now use all the components and composables in your Nuxt app 🤩 |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +### Automatically installed modules |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Nuxt UI will automatically install the [@nuxtjs/tailwindcss](https://tailwindcss.nuxtjs.org/), [@nuxtjs/color-mode](https://color-mode.nuxtjs.org/) and [nuxt-icon](https://github.com/nuxt-modules/icon) modules for you. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +::callout{icon="i-heroicons-exclamation-triangle"} |
| 73 | +You should remove them from your `modules` and `dependencies` if you've previously installed them. |
| 74 | +:: |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +### ...And all in Typescript ! |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +This module is written in TypeScript and provides typings for all the components and composables. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +You can use those types in your own components by importing them from `#ui/types`, for example when defining wrapper components: |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +```vue |
| 83 | +<template> |
| 84 | + <UBreadcrumb :links="links"> |
| 85 | + <template #icon="{ link }"> |
| 86 | + <UIcon :name="link.icon" /> |
| 87 | + </template> |
| 88 | + </UBreadcrumb> |
| 89 | +</template> |
| 90 | +
|
| 91 | +<script setup lang="ts"> |
| 92 | +import type { BreadcrumbLink } from '#ui/types' |
| 93 | +
|
| 94 | +export interface Props { |
| 95 | + links: BreadcrumbLink[] |
| 96 | +} |
| 97 | +
|
| 98 | +defineProps<Props>() |
| 99 | +</script> |
| 100 | +``` |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +### The power of IntelliSense |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +If you're using VSCode, you can install the [Tailwind CSS IntelliSense](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss) extension to get autocompletion for the classes. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +You can read more on how to set it up on the [@nuxtjs/tailwindcss](https://tailwindcss.nuxtjs.org/tailwind/editor-support) module documentation. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +### Many options |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +| Key | Default | Description | |
| 111 | +|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| 112 | +| `prefix` | `u` | Define the prefix of the imported components. | |
| 113 | +| `global` | `false` | Expose components globally. | |
| 114 | +| `icons` | `['heroicons']` | Icon collections to load. | |
| 115 | +| `safelistColors` | `['primary']` | Force safelisting of colors to need be purged. | |
| 116 | +| `disableGlobalStyles` | `false` | Disable [global CSS styles](https://github.com/nuxt/ui/blob/dev/src/runtime/ui.css) injected by the module. | |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +Configure options in your `nuxt.config.ts` as such: |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +```ts [nuxt.config.ts] |
| 121 | +export default defineNuxtConfig({ |
| 122 | + modules: ['@nuxt/ui'], |
| 123 | + ui: { |
| 124 | + global: true, |
| 125 | + icons: ['mdi', 'simple-icons'] |
| 126 | + } |
| 127 | +}) |
| 128 | +``` |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +## 🎨 Theming |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +### Colors |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +#### Configuration |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +Components are based on a `primary` and a `gray` color. You can change them in your `app.config.ts`. |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +```ts [app.config.ts] |
| 139 | +export default defineAppConfig({ |
| 140 | + ui: { |
| 141 | + primary: 'green', |
| 142 | + gray: 'cool' |
| 143 | + } |
| 144 | +}) |
| 145 | +``` |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +As this module uses Tailwind CSS under the hood, you can use any of the [Tailwind CSS colors](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-colors#color-palette-reference) or your own custom colors. By default, the `primary` color is `green` and the `gray` color is `cool`. |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +When [using custom colors](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-colors#using-custom-colors) or [adding additional colors](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-colors#adding-additional-colors) through the `extend` key in your `tailwind.config.ts`, you'll need to make sure to define all the shades from `50` to `950` as most of them are used in the components config defined in [`ui.config.ts`](https://github.com/nuxt/ui/blob/dev/src/runtime/ui.config.ts). You can [generate your colors](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/customizing-colors#generating-colors) using tools such as https://uicolors.app/ for example. |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +### Components |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +#### `app.config.ts` |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +Components are styled with Tailwind CSS but classes are all defined in the default [ui.config.ts](https://github.com/nuxt/ui/blob/dev/src/runtime/ui.config.ts) file. You can override those in your own `app.config.ts`. |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +```ts [app.config.ts] |
| 158 | +export default defineAppConfig({ |
| 159 | + ui: { |
| 160 | + container: { |
| 161 | + constrained: 'max-w-5xl' |
| 162 | + } |
| 163 | + } |
| 164 | +}) |
| 165 | +``` |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +Thanks to [tailwind-merge](https://github.com/dcastil/tailwind-merge), the `app.config.ts` is smartly merged with the default config. This means you don't have to rewrite everything. |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +#### `ui` prop |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | +Each component has a `ui` prop that allows you to customize everything specifically. |
| 172 | + |
| 173 | +```vue |
| 174 | +<template> |
| 175 | + <UContainer :ui="{ constrained: 'max-w-2xl' }"> |
| 176 | + <slot /> |
| 177 | + </UContainer> |
| 178 | +</template> |
| 179 | +``` |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | +::callout{icon="i-heroicons-light-bulb"} |
| 182 | +You can find the default classes for each component under the `Config` section. |
| 183 | +:: |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +### Dark mode |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +All the components are styled with dark mode in mind. |
| 188 | + |
| 189 | +:color-mode-button |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +### Icons |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | +You can use any icon (100,000+) from [Iconify](https://iconify.design/). |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | +Some components have an `icon` prop that allows you to add an icon to the component. |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | +```vue |
| 198 | +<template> |
| 199 | + <UButton icon="i-heroicons-magnifying-glass" /> |
| 200 | +</template> |
| 201 | +``` |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +## Here are some components you can use... but there are many others ! |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +::card-group |
| 206 | + ::card |
| 207 | + --- |
| 208 | + title: Accordion |
| 209 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/accordion |
| 210 | + target: _blank |
| 211 | + --- |
| 212 | + Display togglable accordion panels. |
| 213 | + :: |
| 214 | + ::card |
| 215 | + --- |
| 216 | + title: Carousel |
| 217 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/carousel |
| 218 | + target: _blank |
| 219 | + --- |
| 220 | + Display images or content in a scrollable area. |
| 221 | + :: |
| 222 | + ::card |
| 223 | + --- |
| 224 | + title: Command Palette |
| 225 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/command-palette |
| 226 | + target: _blank |
| 227 | + --- |
| 228 | + Add a customizable command palette to your app. |
| 229 | + :: |
| 230 | + ::card |
| 231 | + --- |
| 232 | + title: Popover |
| 233 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/popover |
| 234 | + target: _blank |
| 235 | + --- |
| 236 | + Display a non-modal dialog that floats around a trigger element. |
| 237 | + :: |
| 238 | + ::card |
| 239 | + --- |
| 240 | + title: Range |
| 241 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/range |
| 242 | + target: _blank |
| 243 | + --- |
| 244 | + Display a range field |
| 245 | + :: |
| 246 | + ::card |
| 247 | + --- |
| 248 | + title: Table |
| 249 | + to: https://ui.nuxt.com/components/table |
| 250 | + target: _blank |
| 251 | + --- |
| 252 | + Display data in a table. |
| 253 | + :: |
| 254 | +:: |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | +## Conclusion |
| 257 | + |
| 258 | +Nuxt UI is the **perfect**, **modular** and **customizable** UI library for creating websites in Nuxt. it allows you to create a beautiful website with incredible components (more than 45!) |
| 259 | +In addition, the Pro version allows you to expand the range of components, it's a collection of premium Vue components built on top of Nuxt UI to create beautiful & responsive Nuxt applications in minutes. |
| 260 | +It includes all primitives to build landing pages, documentations, blogs, dashboards or entire SaaS products. |
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