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 ### Tailwind CSS
 
+- [Apply Tailwind Classes To Existing CSS Class](tailwind/apply-tailwind-classes-to-existing-css-class.md)
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tailwind/apply-tailwind-classes-to-existing-css-class.md

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+# Apply Tailwind Classes To Existing CSS Class
+
+Let's say I have some HTML in my app that I don't totally control -- maybe it's
+a 3rd-party component or it was rendered by a markdown transformer. Regardless,
+I am ending up with some HTML where tags have class names that I'd like to
+style.
+
+```html
+<div class="code-block">
+  <!-- ... -->
+</div>
+```
+
+If it was HTML (or JSX) that I was writing, I could stick whatever tailwind
+class names I wanted on the various tags to get the styling just right. But
+since I don't control it directly, I have to find another way to _apply_ those
+tailwind classes.
+
+Enter [tailwind's `@apply`
+directive](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/functions-and-directives#apply). With
+this, I can target an existing class selector with any tailwind utility classes.
+Add lines like the following to your root `tailwind.css` file.
+
+```css
+@tailwind base;
+@tailwind components;
+@tailwind utilities;
+
+/* additional styling here 👇 */
+.code-block {
+  @apply bg-gray-200 rounded-md p-4;
+}
+```