Tailwind CSS IntelliSense enhances the Tailwind development experience by providing Visual Studio Code users with advanced features such as autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and linting.
In order for the extension to activate you must have [`tailwindcss` installed](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/installation/#1-install-tailwind-via-npm) and a [Tailwind config file](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/installation/#3-create-your-tailwind-config-file-optional) named `tailwind.config.js` or `tailwind.js` in your workspace.
This setting allows you to add additional language support. The key of each entry is the new language ID and the value is any one of the extensions built-in languages, depending on how you want the new language to be treated (e.g. `html`, `css`, or `javascript`):
If you’re having issues getting the IntelliSense features to activate, there are a few things you can check:
- Ensure that you have a Tailwind config file in your workspace and that this is named `tailwind.config.js` or `tailwind.js`. Check out the Tailwind documentation for details on [creating a config file](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/installation/#3-create-your-tailwind-config-file-optional).
- Ensure that the `tailwindcss` module is installed in your workspace, via `npm`, `yarn`, or `pnpm`. Tailwind CSS IntelliSense does not currently support Yarn Plug'n'Play.
- If you installed `tailwindcss` or created your config file while your project was already open in Visual Studio Code you may need to reload the editor. You can either restart VS Code entirely, or use the `Developer: Reload Window` command which can be found in the command palette.