tailwindcss-highlights weekly downloads statistics
By jln13x · npm · Tailwind plugins
A tailwindcss plugin to add highlights to your text
tailwindcss-highlights has 347 recorded weekly downloads on npm, a decrease of 58.4% over the past 30 days, ranking #1536 of 2,256 tracked listings.
About tailwindcss-highlights
tailwindcss-highlights - A plugin for tailwindcss
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This plugin adds utility classes to easily add highlights to your texts.
Installation
To install the package, run
npm install -D tailwindcss-highlights
Add the plugin to the tailwind.config.js file in:
Usage
Use highlight to add the default highlight (variant 1) to your element.
\ To change the color of the highlight use highlight-{color}. All the colors from your theme (default ones and customs) are available aswell as arbitrary values.
\ You can choose from different kinds of variants with highlight-variant-{value}. Check out the available variants on the Preview or use your own variant e.g. highlight-variant-[url(./path/to/custom-variant.svg)].
Credits for some of the variants: svgbox
\ Use the highlight-spread--Utility to make the highlight spread into some direction.
• highlight-spread-{size} - Spread in all directions • highlight-spread-{y,x}-{size} - Spread on the x or y axis • highlight-spread-{t,b,l,r}-{size} - Set the spread for each direction individually
| Size | Value |
| 0 | 0 | | none | 0 | | sm | -4px | | md | -8px | | lg | -12px | | xl | -16px |
Arbitrary values are also supported.
Other Examples
This plugin adds the highlight as ::after-pseudo element so its possible to add additional styling by using the after:-utility.
Change the position
Adding a gradient to the highlight
\ Rotate the highlight
Note: The owner of this repository is not with associated with the company Tailwind Labs Inc. This is just a plugin for tailwindcss
Description from the npm listing.
- plugin
- tailwind
- tailwindcss
- tailwindcss-plugin
- highlights
- marks
- brushes
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Listing: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tailwindcss-highlights. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.