Intellisense doesn't always work when configured with regex to apply to strings

[dorshinar]

What version of VS Code are you using?

For example: 1.80.2 (Universal)

What version of Tailwind CSS IntelliSense are you using?

For example: v0.9.11

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

For example: 3.3.2

What package manager are you using?

For example: yarn 1.22.19

What operating system are you using?

For example: macOS 13.4.1

Tailwind config

const { resolve } = require('path');
const { workspaceRoot } = require('@nrwl/workspace/src/utils/app-root');

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: [resolve(workspaceRoot, 'apps/**/*.{jsx,tsx,js,ts}'), resolve(workspaceRoot, 'libs/**/*.{jsx,tsx,js,ts}')],
  plugins: [
    require('@tailwindcss/typography'),
    require('@tailwindcss/forms'),
    require('tailwind-scrollbar-hide'),
    require('tailwindcss-animate'),
  ],
};

VS Code settings

{
  "[prisma]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "Prisma.prisma"
  },
  "[svg]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "jock.svg"
  },
  "breadcrumbs.showArrays": false,
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  "breadcrumbs.showClasses": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showConstants": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showConstructors": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showEnumMembers": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showEnums": false,
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  "breadcrumbs.showObjects": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showOperators": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showPackages": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showProperties": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showStrings": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showStructs": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showTypeParameters": false,
  "breadcrumbs.showVariables": false,
  "debug.javascript.debugByLinkOptions": "always",
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  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono",
  "editor.fontLigatures": "true",
  "editor.fontSize": 13,
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleDeclarations": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleDefinitions": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleImplementations": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleReferences": "goto",
  "editor.gotoLocation.multipleTypeDefinitions": "goto",
  "editor.linkedEditing": true,
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
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  "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
  "editor.tabCompletion": "onlySnippets",
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  "turboConsoleLog.insertEnclosingFunction": false,
  "turboConsoleLog.quote": "'",
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  "playwright.showTrace": false,
  "tailwindCSS.experimental.classRegex": [["[\"'`]([^\"'`]*).*?[\"'`]"]],
  "editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "strings": "on"
  }
}

Reproduction URL

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https://github.com/dorshinar/tailwind-intellisense-bug

Describe your issue

The tailwind intellisense is a little finicky when configured with a regex that matches all strings. The regex I'm using is [["[\"']([^\"'`]*).*?[\"'`]"]]`, and it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. The video attached shows it more clearly:

Screen.Recording.2023-08-02.at.12.04.35.mov

Sometimes I can "nudge" the intellisense to work for some of the strings, for others it works every time, and for some never at all. I'm using the strings inside the buttonVariants variables in the page.tsx file.

[Blankeos]

Instead of using regex. Try this solution: https://www.jussivirtanen.fi/writing/using-tailwind-intellisense-within-strings

Just use a consistent naming system like: buttonVariants ".*Variants*"

I'm currently figuring out a way to make this work for .svelte files. No progress yet.

[bradlc]

Hey @dorshinar, this should be fixed in the latest release (v0.9.12) 👍