I started a project with vite + react + typescript and installed tailwind. Everything was working smoothly until I created a subfolder in /src and added the styles in files inside the subfolder. The auto build or watch mode for tailwind stopped working.

For example when the styles were in /src/App.tsx everything works fine, but if I add styles in /src/components/Header.tsx and import that component in App.tsx the tailwind css file is not getting built automatically.

Restarting the server does apply the new styles properly.

This is what my files look like:

tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
    content: ["./index.html", "./src/**/*.{html,ts,tsx}", "./src/*.{ts,tsx}"],
    theme: {
        borderColor: {
            black: "#000",
        },
        borderWidth: {
            1: 1,
        },
        extend: {
            colors: {
                custom1: "#F5A",
            },
        },
    },
    plugins: [],
};

postcss.config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    tailwindcss: {},
    autoprefixer: {},
  },
}

src/App.tsx

import "./index.css";
import Users from "./components/Users";
import Header from "./layout/header";

function App() {
    return (
        <div>
            <Header />
            <Users />
        </div>
    );
}

export default App;

src/layout/Header.tsx

import React from "react";

function Header() {
    return (
        <div className="bg-custom1">
            <h1 className="text-5xl p-6">Welcome to my app!</h1>
            <nav>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/addUser">Add User</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/addUser">Users</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </nav>
        </div>
    );
}

export default Header;