Need help to set-up the tailwind css

[AbdulQuadir781]

Hi there 👋

I really need some help setting up Tailwind CSS in VS Code. I'm completely new to coding and have spent the whole day watching YouTube tutorials and searching on Google, but I still can't get it working 😓

I followed all the basic steps like:

• Created a project folder
• Ran npm init -y
• Installed Tailwind via npm install -D tailwindcss
• Created tailwind.config.js with the right content path
• Set up src/input.css with @tailwind directives
• Ran npx tailwindcss -i ./src/input.css -o ./dist/output.css --watch
• Linked output.css in index.html

But Tailwind classes like bg-blue-500, text-xl, etc., are not applying at all. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I've also added some screenshots for reference (please check). Could someone please guide me step-by-step or let me know what I might have missed?

Thanks so much in advance! 😊

[wongjn]

What is your output when you run:

npm ls tailwindcss

If it's v4, you'd want to follow the CLI installation guide instead of the tutorials which may be out of date.

[AbdulQuadir781]

yes its v4 only

[wongjn]

You'd want to follow the CLI installation guide instead of the tutorials which may be out of date.

[AbdulQuadir781]

Thanks I will re- try again through this

[AbdulQuadir781]

thanks for your response, i have attached the sreenshot