The Digital Press

Tailwind Plus now offers a new Elements library that enables fully interactive and accessible UI components using vanilla JavaScript, without requiring any framework like React or Vue. This lets developers easily add dialogs, dropdowns, command palettes, and more to their projects with simple HTML custom elements.

Why it matters: Developers can build sophisticated UI interactions without complex JavaScript or framework dependencies, simplifying integration and increasing flexibility.

The big picture: Leveraging modern web platform features and custom elements, Tailwind Plus supports reusable, framework-agnostic UI components that work everywhere HTML is supported.

The stakes: This powerful functionality is part of a paid Tailwind Plus subscription, which has sparked discussion about accessibility and open-source funding.

Commenters say: Users appreciate the innovative use of web components and native browser APIs but express frustration that this feature is behind a paywall and wonder how it compares to React.