Styling | Notion

CSS files

You can create css in a separate file and import it into any component.

.button {
	color: red;
}

import 'styles.css'

A common pattern is to create a global css file an import it into your root Layout

CSS Modules

By using a .module.css on a css file, you can opt into css modules

import styles from './styles.module.css'
 
export default function DashboardLayout({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  return <section className={styles.dashboard}>{children}</section>
}

.dashboard {
  padding: 24px;
}

Tailwind

For tailwind, just be sure to update paths in your tailwind config

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: [
    './app/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx,mdx}', // Note the addition of the `app` directory.
    './pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx,mdx}',
    './components/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx,mdx}',
 
    // Or if using `src` directory:
    './src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx,mdx}',
  ],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

And then import the css directives into your global css file

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

CSS-in-JS

There are countless ways to use CSS in JS. Most devs use something like styled components for this. To setup styled components:

'use client'
 
import React, { useState } from 'react'
import { useServerInsertedHTML } from 'next/navigation'
import { ServerStyleSheet, StyleSheetManager } from 'styled-components'
 
export default function StyledComponentsRegistry({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  // Only create stylesheet once with lazy initial state
  // x-ref: <https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-reference.html#lazy-initial-state>
  const [styledComponentsStyleSheet] = useState(() => new ServerStyleSheet())
 
  useServerInsertedHTML(() => {
    const styles = styledComponentsStyleSheet.getStyleElement()
    styledComponentsStyleSheet.instance.clearTag()
    return <>{styles}</>
  })
 
  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') return <>{children}</>
 
  return (
    <StyleSheetManager sheet={styledComponentsStyleSheet.instance}>
      {children}
    </StyleSheetManager>
  )
}

Then update your layout

import StyledJsxRegistry from './registry'
 
export default function RootLayout({
  children,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
}) {
  return (
    <html>
      <body>
        <StyledJsxRegistry>{children}</StyledJsxRegistry>
      </body>
    </html>
  )
}