Card
Compose card-body, card-title and card-actions with semantic headings. Avoid nested interactive elements inside whole-card links, and keep actions usable if media fails.
Installation and initialization
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
This is a native CSS plugin, not a React component import. Build Tailwind 4 with the daisyUI plugin and load the generated stylesheet before copying an example. See the included setup guide; do not override an existing project's React or Tailwind versions blindly.
@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui" { themes: light --default, dark --prefersdark; }
Source and executable behavior
Source files preserve the original code fences, including original comments and demo strings. The $$ class prefix placeholder must be resolved for your plugin configuration: without a prefix, $$btn becomes btn. Copy every listed source file for the chosen example, combine HTML/CSS/JS appropriately and implement native events. The preview's reviewed event adapters are not a backend or an automatically installed application runtime.
Complete first example
<div class="$$card bg-base-100 w-96 shadow-sm">
<figure>
<img
src="https://img.daisyui.com/images/stock/photo-1606107557195-0e29a4b5b4aa.webp"
alt="Shoes" />
</figure>
<div class="$$card-body">
<h2 class="$$card-title">Card Title</h2>
<p>A card component has a figure, a body part, and inside body there are title and actions parts</p>
<div class="$$card-actions justify-end">
<button class="$$btn $$btn-primary">Buy Now</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
All runnable examples
Card
card-1
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-0.html
Pricing Card
card-2
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-1.html
Card sizes
card-3
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-2.html
Card with a card-border
card-4
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-3.html
Card with a dash border
card-5
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-4.html
Card with badge
card-6
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-5.html
Card with bottom image
card-7
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-6.html
Card with centered content and paddings
card-8
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-7.html
Card with image overlay
card-9
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-8.html
Card with no image
card-10
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-9.html
Card with custom color
card-11
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-10.html
Centered card with neutral color
card-12
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-11.html
Card with action on top
card-13
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-12.html
Card with image on side
card-14
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-13.html
Responsive card (vertical on small screen, horizontal on large screen)
card-15
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-14.html
Selectable cards
card-16
npm install -D tailwindcss@4.2.1 @tailwindcss/cli@4.2.1 daisyui@5.7.47
examples/card/block-15.txtexamples/card/block-16.html
Theme, accessibility and verification
Use native data-theme boundaries. Verify keyboard operation, labels, visible focus, disabled/invalid states where applicable, light/dark, mobile and reduced motion. Check your target browser's dialog, popover and CSS feature support. CSS classes do not supply unimplemented JavaScript or business services. Clean up timers and third-party instances; copying a command is not installation success.
Source and license
https://github.com/saadeghi/daisyui/tree/c51f50130ffefb293179e6fce8de7ad3f307e45f
JGuang authors these bilingual practical notes; this is not a claim of translating the complete upstream documentation. Original Markdown, code and CSS remain available in the source viewer. Preserve MIT and separate dependency notices. All native-package notices are included conservatively, including build tools; no build binary or remote demo image is redistributed. Replace remote media with assets you are authorized to use. Commercial templates are outside this integration.