Shadcn

Setting up Shadcn in a Wasp project

We'll be loosely following the Vite instructions for Shadcn since Wasp is using Vite + React. Some of the steps don't apply, so we've adjusted them accordingly.

You won't be able to use the @ alias setup since it's not currently supported by Wasp. Because of this you'll need to adjust some imports when we generate components, but it should be fairly straightforward to do.

1. Add Tailwind CSS

If you haven't added Tailwind CSS to your Wasp project yet, follow the instructions in the Tailwind CSS documentation first.

2. Temporarily set up the @ alias

We need to temporarily setup the @ alias to pass Shadcn's "Preflight checks". We'll remove it later.

Add the following lines to your tsconfig.json:

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
    }
    // ...
  }
}

3. Setup Shadcn

Go into your project directory and run:

npx shadcn@latest init

Select the options like this:

✔ Preflight checks.
✔ Verifying framework. Found Vite.
✔ Validating Tailwind CSS.
✔ Validating import alias.
✔ Which style would you like to use? › New York
✔ Which color would you like to use as the base color? › Neutral
✔ Would you like to use CSS variables for theming? … yes
✔ Writing components.json.
✔ Checking registry.
✔ Updating tailwind.config.js
✔ Updating src/Main.css
✔ Installing dependencies.
✔ Created 1 file:
- src/lib/utils.ts

4. Remove the @ alias

Remove the lines we added in the tsconfig.json:

tsconfig.json

 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     // ...
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {
-      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
-    }
   }
 }

5. Adjust the components.json

Adjust the aliases in components.json to be:

components.json

{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema.json",
  // ...
  "aliases": {
     "components": "src/components",
     "utils": "src/lib/utils",
     "ui": "src/components/ui",
     "lib": "src/lib",
     "hooks": "src/hooks"
   },
 }

Adding a component

In this example, we'll add the Button component.

1. Use the shadcn CLI to add the component

We'll add a button component with:

npx shadcn@latest add button

2. Adjust the utils import

You'll notice that you now have a brand new button.tsx file in src/components/ui. We need to fix some import issues:

src/components/ui/button.tsx

 import * as React from "react"
 import { Slot } from "@radix-ui/react-slot"
 import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority"

-import { cn } from "src/lib/utils"
+import { cn } from "../../lib/utils"

3. Use the Button component

That's it, now you are ready to use the Button component!

src/MainPage.tsx

import "./Main.css";

import { Button } from "./components/ui/button";

export const MainPage = () => {
  return (
    <div className="container">
      <Button>This works</Button>
    </div>
  );
};