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Vue 2 not setting component data when page is refreshed

I am having a rather strange problem with vue (v2.6.14) in which I am creating a new array based on one receive as a prop. Here's the relevant code:
props: { employees: Array },
data() {
return {
sortedEmployees: [],
};
},
mounted() {
this.sortedEmployees = this.employees.slice(0);
},
Essencially what I want here is to create a new reference for the employees array so that I can sort it to display later without actually altering the original array. I am not worried about cloning the actual objects inside the array since I will not alter them.
The problem with this is that, when the app 'hot reloads'(due to some change in the code) it works as expected, the hook is called and the component data is set according to what is expected BUT if I actually refresh the page in the browser, even though the hook is called, the component data is not set and I end up with an empty array. I can solve this by setting up a watcher to the prop and then it would set the data there, but what I am interested here is understanding what's happening. If the hook is called when the page is refreshed why doesn't it set the data properly as it does when 'hot reloading'?
I have a minimal setup created with vue-cli, no fancy configurations whatsoever. Any clue what I might be missing?

I guess the employees are loaded async, right?
I don't know your exact application structure, but the problem is usually the following:
The mounted hook gets called, when the component mounts, of course. If the employees are loaded async in the parent component, the mount hook is called, before the async call is resolved. So it will copy an empty array at this time.
With a watcher you solve this problem, because the watcher fires as soon as the async call resolves (as it mutates the employees array).
Same happens to the hotreload. When the hotreload occurs, the mounted hook gets executed again - at this time the employees array is already prefilled with values and therefore the correct array is copied in the mount hook.
Update
If you want to avoid watchers, you could also wrap your component like this:
<your-component
v-if="employees.length > 0"
:employees="employees"
/>
Be aware, that the copied employees array IN your component is still not reactive. It just copies the array on the first time it has more than 1 value. A watcher really makes sense in this case.
If you use watchers, make sure to use the immediate: true option. This ensures, that the watcher is also called the first time on render (and also on hotreload).
Summary
If you really want to copy the array, use watchers (with the immediate: true flag).
If it's just about sorting, go for the computed property solution suggested by #Sebastian Scholl

It sounds like the component is Refreshing (reseting) with the prop change however it's not Re-mounting. This is what would cause the array to reset to it's default state ([]), whereas on hot-reload the actual page is reloading.
Try the following, and if it doesn't resolver the issue I would suggest going the route of using a Watcher.
<template>
<div>
sorted: {{ sortedEmployees }}
<br />
not sorted: {{ employees }}
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
employees: Array,
},
data() {
return {
sortedEmployees: Array.from(this.employees),
};
}
};
</script>
Another approach is to just use a Computed method so and add any filtering/sorting logic inside that method. It would be something like:
<template>
<div>
<input v-model="sortKey" />
sorted: {{ sortedEmployees }}
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
employees: Array,
},
data () {
return {
sortKey: ''
}
},
computed: {
sortedEmployees() {
return Array.from(this.employees).sort(this.sortingFunction);
},
},
methods: {
sortingFunction(a, b) {
// sorting function using this.sortKey
}
}
};
</script>
UPDATED ANSWER
I switched up the code in the example a little and believe to have gotten it to work as I you're describing.
App.js
First off, I made it so that the employees array is updated after 3 seconds.
<template>
<div id="app">
<Dashboard :employees="employees" />
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Dashboard from './components/Dashboard.vue';
export default {
name: 'App',
components: { Dashboard },
data () {
return {
employees: [
{
employeeId: '1',
firstName: 'Leite',
}
]
};
},
methods: {
updateEmployees () {
this.employees = this.employees.concat([
{
employeeId: '2',
firstName: 'Jacinto',
},
{
employeeId: '3',
firstName: 'Capelo',
}
]);
}
},
mounted () {
setTimeout(this.updateEmployees, 3000)
},
};
</script>
Dashboard.js
The updated() lifecycle hook runs whenever data changes are detected (props and data properties). This effectively detected the change in the prop passed by the parent App.js component and re-rendered the data - whereas the mounted hook only ran once per page load.
<template>
<div id="dashbord">
<div
v-for="(employee, index) in sortedEmployees"
:key="employee.employeeId"
>
{{ employee.firstName }}
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'Dashboard',
props: {
employees: Array
},
data() {
return {
sortedEmployees: Array.from(this.employees)
};
},
updated() {
this.sortedEmployees = Array.from(this.employees)
}
};
</script>

Wait for definition before calling function - Vue.js

When it comes to creating methods in child components I'm having a hard time figuring a particular feature out.
I have this parent route/component (League.vue):
In this league.vue I render a child component:
<router-view :league="league" />
Child component:
<template>
<div v-if="teams_present">
<div class="page-container__table">
<h3 class="page-container__table__header">Teams</h3>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'LeagueTeams',
props: [
'league'
],
data () {
},
computed: {
teams_present: function () {
return this.league.teams.length > 0
}
}
}
</script>
ERROR:
"TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined"
So it appears that the computed callback is called before the prop can be set, I think? and if a change it to methods it never gets called. How do I handle this case?

As Ali suggested, you can return this.league.teams && this.league.teams.length > 0, which definitely will work.
However, as my experience, to avoid these situation, and for good practice, always declare the type of the Props. So in your props:
export default {
name: 'LeagueTeams',
props: {
league: {
type: Object, // type validation Object
default() { return {teams: [] }} // add a default empty state for team, you can add more
}
},
data () {
},
computed: {
teams_present: function () {
return this.league.teams.length > 0 // now the old code should work
}
}
}
</script>
By doing this, you don't need to care much about checking the edge case of this.league.teams every time, since you may need to call it again in methods or in the <template> html
Update: Another suggestion is if you are using vue-cli 4, you can use Optional chaining and nullish coalescing.
return this.league?.teams.length ?? false // replace with only this line will work
Hope this will help you 2 more ways to deal with in these situations, and depends on situations you can choose the most suitable one

VueJS How to pass data to a modal component using eventbus

I'm building a small vue application where among other things it is possible to delete an entry of a music collection. So at this point I have a list of music albums and next to the entry I have a "delete" button. When I do the following:
<li v-for="cd in cds">
<span>{{cd.artist}} - {{cd.album}}</span> <button v-on:click="deleteAlbum(cd.ID)">Delete</button>
</li>
and then in my methods do:
deleteAlbum(id){
this.$http.delete('/api/cds/delete/'+id)
.then(function(response){
this.fetchAll()
// });
},
this works fine so far, but to make it more nice, I want the delete functionality to appear in a modal/popup, so I made the following changes:
<li v-for="cd in cds">
<div class="cd-wrap">
<span>{{cd.artist}} - {{cd.album}}</span>
<button #click="showDeleteModal({id: cd.ID, artist: cd.artist, album: cd.album})" class="btn">Delete</button>
</div>
<delete-modal v-if="showDelete" #close="showDelete = false" #showDeleteModal="cd.ID = $event"></delete-modal>
</li>
so, as seen above I created a <delete-modal>-component. When I click on the delete button I want to pass the data from the entry to <delete-modal> component with the help of an eventbus. For that, inside my methods I did this:
showDeleteModal(item) {
this.showDelete = true
eventBus.$emit('showDeleteModal', {item: item})
}
Then, in the <delete-modal>, inside the created()-lifecycle I did this:
created(){
eventBus.$on('showDeleteModal', (item) => {
console.log('bus data: ', item)
})
}
this gives me plenty of empty opened popups/modals!!??
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
** EDIT **
After a good suggestion I dumped the eventBus method and pass the data as props to the <delete-modal> so now it looks like this:
<delete-modal :id="cd.ID" :artist="cd.artist" :album="cd.album"></delete-modal>
and the delete-modal component:
export default {
props: ['id', 'artist', 'album'],
data() {
return {
isOpen: false
}
},
created(){
this.isOpen = true
}
}
Only issue I have now, is that it tries to open a modal for each entry, how can I detect the correct ID/entry?

I am going to show you how to do it with props since it is a parent-child relation.I will show you a simple way of doing it.You need to modify or add some code of course in order to work in your app.
Parent component
<template>
<div>
<li v-for="cd in cds" :key="cd.ID">
<div class="cd-wrap">
<span>{{cd.artist}} - {{cd.album}}</span>
<button
#click="showDeleteModal({id: cd.ID, artist: cd.artist, album: cd.album})"
class="btn"
>
Delete
</button>
</div>
<delete-modal v-if="showDelete" :modal.sync="showDelte" :passedObject="objectToPass"></delete-modal>
</li>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Child from 'Child'
export default {
components: {
'delete-modal': Child
},
data() {
return {
showDelete: false,
objectToPass: null,
//here put your other properties
}
},
methods: {
showDeleteModal(item) {
this.showDelete = true
this.objectToPass = item
}
}
}
</script>
Child Component
<template>
/* Here put your logic component */
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
modal:{
default:false
},
passedObject: {
type: Object
}
},
methods: {
closeModal() { //the method to close the modal
this.$emit('update:modal')
}
}
//here put your other vue.js code
}
</script>
When you use the .sync modifier to pass a prop in child component then,there (in child cmp) you have to emit an event like:
this.$emit('update:modal')
And with that the modal will close and open.Also using props we have passed to child component the object that contains the id and other stuff.
If you want to learn more about props, click here

Vuex how to Access state data on component mounted or created hook?

I'm trying to create a Quill.js editor instance once component is loaded using mounted() hook. However, I need to set the Quill's content using Quill.setContents() on the same mounted() hook with the data I received from vuex.store.state .
My trouble here is that the component returns empty value for the state data whenever I try to access it, irrespective of being on mounted() or created() hooks. I have tried with getters and computed properties too. Nothing seems to work.
I have included my entry.js file, concatenated all the components to make things simpler for you to help me.
Vue.component('test', {
template:
`
<div>
<ul>
<li v-for="note in this.$store.state.notes">
{{ note.title }}
</li>
</ul>
{{ localnote }}
<div id="testDiv"></div>
</div>
`,
props: ['localnote'],
data() {
return {
localScopeNote: this.localnote,
}
},
created() {
this.$store.dispatch('fetchNotes')
},
mounted() {
// Dispatch action from store
var quill = new Quill('#testDiv', {
theme: 'snow'
});
// quill.setContents(JSON.parse(this.localnote.body));
},
methods: {
setLocalCurrentNote(note) {
console.log(note.title)
return this.note = note;
}
}
});
const store = new Vuex.Store({
state: {
message: "",
notes: [],
currentNote: {}
},
mutations: {
setNotes(state,data) {
state.notes = data;
// state.currentNote = state.notes[1];
},
setCurrentNote(state,note) {
state.currentNote = note;
}
},
actions: {
fetchNotes(context) {
axios.get('http://localhost/centaur/public/api/notes?notebook_id=1')
.then( function(res) {
context.commit('setNotes', res.data);
context.commit('setCurrentNote', res.data[0]);
});
}
},
getters: {
getCurrentNote(state) {
return state.currentNote;
}
}
});
const app = new Vue({
store
}).$mount('#app');
And here is the index.html file where I'm rendering the component:
<div id="app">
<h1>Test</h1>
<test :localnote="$store.state.currentNote"></test>
</div>
Btw, I have tried the props option as last resort. However, it didn't help me in anyway. Sorry if this question is too long. Thank you for taking your time to read this. Have a nice day ;)

I copied your code and tested it ( of-course I created my own dummy notes so I could remove the get request ) and I was able to get the notes display on a page.
A couple of things that I realized from your code, you may need to add a store property as there are places in your component ( test ) where you are referencing it, yet you only define it on the 'app' component. So in this section of your code modify as shown below:
props: ['localnote'],
data() {
return {
localScopeNote: this.localnote,
store : store
}
},
The key difference is the definition of the 'store' property. Please note that, what you have done, defining a "store" property in your app component, is correct, but the very same needs to be defined in "test" component as I have shown in the above code snippet above.
Second thing is, you are using $store and I guess that gives you undefined, unless as you said, in the libraries that you included this resolves accordingly, but on my side I had to remove all references of "$store" and replace it with just "store" (without the dollar sign).
Lastly for testing purposes, I would advise you to also

How to get data resolved in parent component

I'm using Vue v1.0.28 and vue-resource to call my API and get the resource data. So I have a parent component, called Role, which has a child InputOptions. It has a foreach that iterates over the roles.
The big picture of all this is a list of items that can be selected, so the API can return items that are selected beforehand because the user saved/selected them time ago. The point is I can't fill selectedOptions of InputOptions. How could I get that information from parent component? Is that the way to do it, right?
I pasted here a chunk of my code, to try to show better picture of my problem:
role.vue
<template>
<div class="option-blocks">
<input-options
:options="roles"
:selected-options="selected"
:label-key-name.once="'name'"
:on-update="onUpdate"
v-ref:input-options
></input-options>
</div>
</template>
<script type="text/babel">
import InputOptions from 'components/input-options/default'
import Titles from 'steps/titles'
export default {
title: Titles.role,
components: { InputOptions },
methods: {
onUpdate(newSelectedOptions, oldSelectedOptions) {
this.selected = newSelectedOptions
}
},
data() {
return {
roles: [],
selected: [],
}
},
ready() {
this.$http.get('/ajax/roles').then((response) => {
this.roles = response.body
this.selected = this.roles.filter(role => role.checked)
})
}
}
</script>
InputOptions
<template>
<ul class="option-blocks centered">
<li class="option-block" :class="{ active: isSelected(option) }" v-for="option in options" #click="toggleSelect(option)">
<label>{{ option[labelKeyName] }}</label>
</li>
</ul>
</template>
<script type="text/babel">
import Props from 'components/input-options/mixins/props'
export default {
mixins: [ Props ],
computed: {
isSingleSelection() {
return 1 === this.max
}
},
methods: {
toggleSelect(option) {
//...
},
isSelected(option) {
return this.selectedOptions.includes(option)
}
},
data() {
return {}
},
ready() {
// I can't figure out how to do it
// I guess it's here where I need to get that information,
// resolved in a promise of the parent component
this.$watch('selectedOptions', this.onUpdate)
}
}
</script>
Props
export default {
props: {
options: {
required: true
},
labelKeyName: {
required: true
},
max: {},
min: {},
onUpdate: {
required: true
},
noneOptionLabel: {},
selectedOptions: {
type: Array
default: () => []
}
}
}
EDIT
I'm now getting this warning in the console:
[Vue warn]: Data field "selectedOptions" is already defined as a prop. To provide default value for a prop, use the "default" prop option; if you want to pass prop values to an instantiation call, use the "propsData" option. (found in component: <default-input-options>)

Are you using Vue.js version 2.0.3? If so, there is no ready function as specified in http://vuejs.org/api. You can do it in created hook of the component as follows:
// InputOptions component
// ...
data: function() {
return {
selectedOptions: []
}
},
created: function() {
this.$watch('selectedOptions', this.onUpdate)
}
In your InputOptions component, you have the following code:
this.$watch('selectedOptions', this.onUpdate)
But I am unable to see a onUpdate function defined in methods. Instead, it is defined in the parent component role. Can you insert a console.log("selectedOptions updated") to check if it is getting called as per your expectation? I think Vue.js expects methods to be present in the same component.
Alternatively in the above case, I think you are allowed to do this.$parent.onUpdate inside this.$watch(...) - something I have not tried but might work for you.
EDIT: some more thoughts
You may have few more issues - you are trying to observe an array - selectedOptions which is a risky strategy. Arrays don't change - they are like containers for list of objects. But the individual objects inside will change. Therefore your $watch might not trigger for selectedOptions.
Based on my experience with Vue.js till now, I have observed that array changes are registered when you add or delete an item, but not when you change a single object - something you need to verify on your own.
To work around this behaviour, you may have separate component (input-one-option) for each of your input options, in which it is easier to observe changes.

Finally, I found the bug. I wasn't binding the prop as kebab-case