Tailwind CSS v2.0.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Tailwind CSS v2.0.0. Source highlight: Tailwind CSS v2.0, woohoo!

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

Add redesigned color palette (#2623, 700866c, #2633)
Add dark mode support (#2279, #2631)
Add `overflow-ellipsis` and `overflow-clip` utilities (#1289)
Add `transform-gpu` to force hardware acceleration on transforms when desired (#1380)
Extend default spacing scale (#2630, 7f05204)
Add spacing scale to `inset` plugin (#2630)

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Tailwind CSS v2.0, woohoo! [Read the blog post](https://blog.tailwindcss.com/tailwindcss-v2) for more details. ### Added - Add redesigned color palette ([#2623](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2623), [700866c](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/700866ce5e0c0b8d140be161c4d07fc6f31242bc), [#2633](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2633)) - Add dark mode support ([#2279](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2279), [#2631](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2631)) - Add `overflow-ellipsis` and `overflow-clip` utilities ([#1289](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/1289)) - Add `transform-gpu` to force hardware acceleration on transforms when desired ([#1380](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/1380)) - Extend default spacing scale ([#2630](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2630), [7f05204](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/7f05204ce7a5581b6845591448265c3c21afde86)) - Add spacing scale to `inset` plugin ([#2630](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2630)) - Add percentage sizes to `translate`, `inset`, and `height` plugins ([#2630](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2630), [5259560](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/525956065272dc53e8f8395f55f9ad13077a38d1)) - Extend default font size scale ([#2609](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2609), [#2619](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2619)) - Support using `@apply` with complex classes, including variants like `lg:hover:bg-blue-500` ([#2159](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2159)) - Add new `2xl` breakpoint at 1536px by default ([#2609](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2609)) - Add default line-height values for font-size utilities ([#2609](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2609)) - Support defining theme values using arrays for CSS properties that support comma separated values ([e13f083c4](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/e13f083c4bc48bf9870d27c966136a9584943127)) - Enable `group-hover` for color plugins, `boxShadow`, and `textDecoration` by default ([28985b6](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/28985b6cd592e72d4849fdb9ce97eb045744e09c), [f6923b1](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/f6923b1)) - Enable `focus` for z-index utilities by default ([ae5b3d3](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/ae5b3d312d5000ae9c2065001f3df7add72dc365)) - Support `extend` in `variants` configuration ([#2651](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2651)) - Add `max-w-prose` class by default ([#2574](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2574)) - Support flattening deeply nested color objects ([#2148](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2148)) - Support defining presets as functions ([#2680](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2680)) - Support deep merging of objects under `extend` ([#2679](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2679), [#2700](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2700)) - Enable `focus-within` for all plugins that have `focus` enabled by default ([1a21f072](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/1a21f0721c7368d61fa3feef33d616de3f78c7d7), [f6923b1](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/f6923b1)) - Added new `ring` utilities for creating outline/focus rings using box shadows ([#2747](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2747), [879f088](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/879f088), [e0788ef](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/879f088)) - Added `5` and `95` to opacity scale ([#2747](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2747)) - Add support for default duration and timing function values whenever enabling transitions ([#2755](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2755)) ### Changed - Completely redesign color palette ([#2623](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2623), [700866c](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/700866ce5e0c0b8d140be161c4d07fc6f31242bc), [#2633](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2633)) - Drop support for Node 8 and 10 ([#2582](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2582)) - Removed `target` feature and dropped any compatibility with IE 11 ([#2571](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2571)) - Upgrade to PostCSS 8 (but include PostCSS 7 compatibility build) ([729b400](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/729b400a685973f46af73c8a68b364f20f7c5e1e), [1d8679d](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/1d8679d37e0eb1ba8281b2076bade5fc754f47dd), [c238ed1](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/c238ed15b5c02ff51978965511312018f2bc2cae)) - Removed `shadow-outline`, `shadow-solid`, and `shadow-xs` by default in favor of new `ring` API ([#2747](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2747)) - Switch `normalize.css` to `modern-normalize` ([#2572](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2572)) - Rename `whitespace-no-wrap` to `whitespace-nowrap` ([#2664](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2664)) - Rename `flex-no-wrap` to `flex-nowrap` ([#2676](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2676)) - Remove `clearfix` utility, recommend `flow-root` instead ([#2766](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2766)) - Disable `hover` and `focus` for `fontWeight` utilities by default ([f6923b1](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/f6923b1)) - Remove `grid-gap` fallbacks needed for old versions of Safari ([5ec45fa](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/5ec45fa)) - Change special use of 'default' in config to 'DEFAULT' ([#2580](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2580)) - New `@apply` implementation, slight backwards incompatibilities with previous behavior ([#2159](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2159)) - Make `theme` retrieve the expected resolved value when theme value is complex ([e13f083c4](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/e13f083c4bc48bf9870d27c966136a9584943127)) - Move `truncate` class to `textOverflow` core plugin ([#2562](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2562)) - Remove `scrolling-touch` and `scrolling-auto` utilities ([#2573](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2573)) - Modernize default system font stacks ([#1711](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/1711)) - Upgrade to PurgeCSS 3.0 ([8e4e0a0](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/commit/8e4e0a0eb8dcbf84347c7562988b4f9afd344081)) - Change default `text-6xl` font-size to 3.75rem instead of 4rem ([#2619](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2619)) - Ignore `[hidden]` elements within `space` and `divide` utilities instead of `template` elements ([#2642](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2642)) - Automatically prefix keyframes and animation names when a prefix is configured ([#2621](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2621), [#2641](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2641)) - Merge `extend` objects deeply by default ([#2679](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2679)) - Respect `preserveHtmlElements` option even when using custom PurgeCSS extractor ([#2704](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2704)) - Namespace all internal custom properties under `tw-` to avoid collisions with end-user custom properties ([#2771](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/2771))

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