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I failed to call component's method inside of vue-froala-wysiwyg event

in laravel 8/2.6/bootstrap 4.6/Axios app using vue-froala-wysiwyg I need to get content of entered text and
call component's method with entered text.
I define event as I read here https://github.com/froala/vue-froala-wysiwyg :
import VueFroala from 'vue-froala-wysiwyg' // https://froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/docs
Vue.use(VueFroala) // https://github.com/froala/vue-froala-wysiwyg
Vue.config.productionTip = false
// let self = this
export default {
name: "RoomChat",
components: {},
data() {
return {
currentRoom: null,
...
froalaEditorConfig: {
events: {
initialized: function () {
console.log('froalaEditorConfig initialized')
},
'contentChanged': function () { // https://froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/docs/events/
console.log('froalaEditorConfig contentChanged this::')
// this - is reference to froala component
console.log(this);
console.log('this.el::')
// I tryied to get ref to root component in several ways
console.log(this.el) // undefined
console.log('this.el.$parent::')
console.log(this.el.$parent) // undefined
console.log('this.$parent::')
console.log(this.$parent) // undefined
console.log('froalaEditorConfig contentChanged this.html.get()::')
console.log(this.html.get());
parent.actionUser(this.html.get()) // I got parent.actionUser is not a function error
},
},
},
...
methods: {
actionUser(enteredText) {
...
Which way is valid?
ADDED :
Searching for decision I found
https://medium.com/dataseries/vue-js-components-parent-child-and-root-f1fcbe422feb
article with this.$root described but making inside of my event :
console.log('this.$root::')
console.log(this.$root)
Undefined is outputted.
What I see inside of event outputting this : https://prnt.sc/1r6pp4y and https://prnt.sc/1r6ptoh
Thanks!

I found decision with sending vueComponent instance as parameter :
data:(vm) => ({
...
froalaEditorConfig: {
events: {
initialized: function () {
},
contentChanged () {
vm.actionUser(this.html.get()) // That works ok
},
},
....
},
}), // data(vm) => ({

Function not defined error when calling from another function

So I am calling a function from inside another function like this:
methods: {
selectStep: function (id) {
...
}
controlStep: function () {
selectStep(1);
...
}
}
but all I get is an error saying:
Uncaught ReferenceError: selectStep is not defined
Do you have any idea about what could be happening here?

Your approach is trying to execute a function from the window object or from whatever context was declared that object methods.
You need to call that function as follow:
this.selecteStep(1);
Further, you need to separate those methods/functions using comma ,
const methods = {
selectStep: function (id) {
console.log('called!', id);
},
controlStep: function () {
this.selectStep(1);
}
}
methods.controlStep();

You have to use this.anotherMethodName
<template>
...
<button #click="callMethod"></button>
...
</template>
<script>
export default {
methods: {
firstMethod() {
console.log('called')
},
callMethod() {
this.firstMethod()
}
}
}
</script>

VueJS how to use _.debounce on data changes

I'm building a little vue.js-application where I do some post requests. I use the watch-method to whach for api changes which then updates the component if the post request is successfull. Since the watcher constantly checks the API I want to add the ._debounce method but for some reason it doesn't work.
here is the code:
<script>
import _ from 'lodash'
export default {
data () {
return {
cds: [],
cdCount: ''
}
},
watch: {
cds() {
this.fetchAll()
}
},
methods: {
fetchAll: _.debounce(() => {
this.$http.get('/api/cds')
.then(response => {
this.cds = response.body
this.cdCount = response.body.length
})
})
},
created() {
this.fetchAll();
}
}
</script>
this gives me the error: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined
Can someone maybe tell me what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT
I removed the watch-method and tried to add
updated(): {
this.fetchAll()
}
with the result that the request runs in a loop :-/ When I remove the updated-lifecycle, the component does (of course) not react to api/array changes... I'm pretty clueless

Mind the this: () => { in methods make the this reference window and not the Vue instance.
Declare using a regular function:
methods: {
fetchAll: _.debounce(function () {
this.$http.get('/api/cds/add').then(response => {
this.cds = response.body
this.cdCount = response.body.length
})
})
},
Other problems
You have a cyclic dependency.
The fetchAll method is mutating the cds property (line this.cds = response.body) and the cds() watch is calling this.fetchAll(). As you can see, this leads to an infinite loop.
Solution: Stop the cycle by removing the fetchAll call from the watcher:
watch: {
cds() {
// this.fetchAll() // remove this
}
},

Access component data in Created or Mounted hook

I'm writing a component for Vue.js and I need to modify data on event. But for some reason, when I access it, it's set as undefined
module.exports = {
data: function() {
return {
visible: true
}
},
mounted: function() {
this.eventHub.$on('minimize', function(window_id) {
console.log(this.visible);
this.visible = !this.visible;
});
},
props: ["windowId"]
}
When the event is called for the first time, data.visible is undefined, for some reason.
Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!

Because function (window_id) has it's own scope, you can not access this.
This can be solved by adding self = this.
let self = this
this.eventHub.$on('minimize', function(window_id) {
console.log(self.visible);
self.visible = !self.visible;
});
As Nick Rucci pointed out, you can also use an arrow function, and get rid of self = this.
this.eventHub.$on('minimize', (window_id) => {
console.log(this.visible);
this.visible = !this.visible;
});

Update data property / object in vue.js

is there a way I can programmatically update the data object / property in vue.js? For example, when my component loads, my data object is:
data: function () {
return {
cars: true,
}
}
And after an event is triggered, I want the data object to look like:
data: function () {
return {
cars: true,
planes: true
}
}
I tried:
<script>
module.exports = {
data: function () {
return {
cars: true
}
},
methods: {
click_me: function () {
this.set(this.planes, true);
}
},
props: []
}
</script>
But this gives me the error this.set is not a function. Can someone help?
Thanks in advance!

Vue does not allow dynamically adding new root-level reactive properties to an already created instance. However, it’s possible to add reactive properties to a nested object, So you may create an object and add a new property like that:
data: function () {
return {
someObject:{
cars: true,
}
}
and add the property with the vm.$set method:
methods: {
click_me: function () {
this.$set(this.someObject, 'planes', true)
}
}
for vue 1.x use Vue.set(this.someObject, 'planes', true)
reactivity