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How to bind whole component in Vue.js?

I just want to ask how to bind whole component (for example div) in Vue.js. Is there anything like innerHTML? Here is example:
Parent.vue
<template>
<div id="parent">
//some elements
</div>
</template>
Child.vue
<template>
<div id="child">
//some different elements
</div>
</template>
Now how to innerHTML child in parent? I've tried something like v-html:component and then data(){ return{ component: and here I dont know how to pass whole vue Component like Child.vue div. Should I use refs or something?
Now I use visibility attribute from css and I change it but I don't think that is good way to do this.

If you want to switch between components, then check out VueJS dynamic components:
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html#Dynamic-Components
You can use the component element and the :is prop to send down what component to render.
I have a working demo here: https://codepen.io/bergur/pen/bPEJdB
Imagine the following simple Vue component
Vue.component('menuList', {
data() {
return {
list: ['Menu item A', 'Menu item B']
}
},
template: `
<ul>
<li v-for="item in list">{{ item}}</li>
</ul>
`
})
This is a simple component rendering a unordered list of menu items. Lets create another similiar component that renders ordered list of products. Note that just to make them a little different, the menuList that has ul and the productList has ol
Vue.component('productList', {
data() {
return {
list: ['Product item A', 'Product item B']
}
},
template: `
<ol>
<li v-for="item in list">{{ item}}</li>
</ol>
`
})
Now we can create a main VueJS that renders these components depending on which button I press. You can have what ever trigger/action you want to change the component.
new Vue({
name: 'main',
el: '#main',
data() {
return {
header: 'Component switching',
selectedComponent: 'menuList'
}
},
methods: {
setComponent(name) {
this.selectedComponent = name
}
},
template: `<div>
<button #click="setComponent('menuList')">Menu List</button>
<button #click="setComponent('productList')">Products</button>
<component :is="selectedComponent" />
</div>`
})
So here the magic begins.
We create a app with some data properties. The header property is just a string value, and selectedComponent tells us which component is beeing rendered.
In our template we use the <component :is="selectedComponent /> so initially the menuList component is the active one.
We create a method called setComponent that takes in a string value and sets that as a new value for selectedComponent. By pressing a button a new value for selectedComponent is set and the component is rendered. Voila

How to dynamically update a var from a parallel component in vue.js

I have a 'views' page that imports two components, one of which is a NavBar that will display a loading animation until the other component is fully loaded in.
The way I'm trying to accomplish this, is I am trying to define a 'loading' var in the view, pass that var into the NavBar AND releases components. IF I change the loading to false from the releases component that should propagate over to the NavBar (to stop the loading animation).
views/Release.vue
<template>
<div>
<NavBar v-bind:loading="this.loading"></NavBar>
<div id="vue-main">
<h1><b>Releases</b></h1>
<Releases v-bind:loading="this.loading"></Releases>
<Footer></Footer>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Releases from "../components/Releases.vue";
import NavBar from "./components/NavBar.vue";
export default {
name: "releases",
data () {
return {
loading: 'loading'
}
},
components: {
NavBar,
Releases,
}
};
</script>
components/NavBar.vue
<template>
<div>
<div id="nav">
<a href='/link1'>Link 1</a>
<a href='/link2'>Link 2</a>
<a href='/link3'>Link 3</a>
<pulse-loader :loading="this.loading"></pulse-loader>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import PulseLoader from 'vue-spinner/src/PulseLoader.vue';
export default {
name: 'NavBar',
props: ['loading'],
components: {
PulseLoader
},
};
</script>
I have left out Releases.vue from this post for brevity, but no matter where I set
this.loading=false
It does not seem to propagate over to NavBar component.
What am I doing wrong here? Not sure If I need to use $emit for something like this?

No, you should NOT modify the prop loading from Releases.vue.
In Releases.vue when data loaded, call $emit:
this.loadReleases()
.then(() => {
// Your logic.
this.$emit('loaded', true);
});
In the view Release.vue
<template>
<div>
<NavBar :loading="loading"></NavBar>
<div id="vue-main">
<h1><b>Releases</b></h1>
<Releases #loaded="updateLoading"></Releases>
<Footer></Footer>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Releases from "../components/Releases.vue";
import NavBar from "./components/NavBar.vue";
export default {
name: "releases",
data () {
return {
loading: true,
}
},
components: {
NavBar,
Releases,
},
methods: {
updateLoading(val) {
this.loading = !val; // loading = false;
},
},
};
</script>
Please, use : instead of v-bind, # instead of v-on for making the code clear. And it's no need to use this on the template.

Do not use this in your templates.
<NavBar v-bind:loading="loading"></NavBar>
<div id="vue-main">
<h1><b>Releases</b></h1>
<Releases v-bind:loading="loading"></Releases>
<Footer></Footer>
<pulse-loader :loading="loading"></pulse-loader>
In fact, eveything in the template refers to this component, and you can't refer to anything else directly from the template.
$emit is for sending data up to the parent, and the main use case for that is to tell the parent to update a property that then flows back down to the component. Your use case is updating children, and using v-bind is appropriate, as the NavBar owns the data.

With Vuejs, how to use a modal component inside a v-for loop the right way

In my vue.js app, I need to display a list of items which the user can click.
When clicked, each of these items should then fire a modal, containing additional information about the item that the user just clicked.
What I have so far in my Items.vue component is:
<template>
<div id="content">
<li v-for="item in items" class="list-item pa2 ba">
<div class="f5 pt2 pb2">
<span>{{item.name}}</span>
</div>
</li>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Items from '#/api/items';
export default {
name: 'items',
asyncComputed: {
items: {
async get() {
const items = await Items.getAll();
return items.data;
},
default: []
}
},
components: {}
}
</script>
Now, I could simply add a modal component to the v-for loop, thus creating one modal for each item, but this does not seem ideal if, for example, I have a list of thousands of items.
This led me to believe that the modal should probably be placed at the root of the app (in my case App.vue), like this:
<template>
<div id="app">
<modal></modal>
<router-view></router-view>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app'
}
</script>
and then somehow fired with custom data whenever I needed it.
However, I'm not sure how to proceed. How do I fire this modal with custom information from inside the v-for loop, which is in a child component relative to App.vue?

These two links helped me figure this out:
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/examples/modal.html
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/vue/passing-data-form-v-for-loop-to-modal-component
#In your Parent Component
You don't have to create a modal for each item within the v-for loop, simply include the modal-component at the beginning of your parent and then work with v-if="..." and props.
<template>
<div>
<modal v-if="modalVisible" #close="modalVisible = false" :data="modalData"/>
<div v-for="item in items">
<button type="button" #click="openModal(item)">Open Modal</button>
</div>
</div>
</template>
and then in your script:
import modal from './Modal'
export default {
components: {
modal
},
data() {
return {
modalVisible: false,
modalData: null
}
},
methods: {
openModal(data) {
this.modalData = data
this.modalVisible = true
},
}
#In your child (modal) component
In your modal you can now do the following:
Template:
<template>
{{ data.foo }}
<button #click="$emit('close')">Cancel</button>
</template>
Script
<script>
export default {
props: ['user']
};
</script>
Hope that helps :-)

VueJS 2: Catch event of direct child component

I'm currently trying to get a simple Tabs/Tab component up and running.
It seems like something in the event handling mechanism has changed, therefore I can't get it to work.
Current implementation:
Tabs.vue
<template>
<div class="tabbed-pane">
<ul class="tab-list">
<li class="tab" v-for="tab in tabs" #click="activateTab(tab)">{{ tab.header }}</li>
</ul>
<slot></slot>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import hub from '../eventhub';
export default {
props: [],
data() {
return {
tabs: []
}
},
created() {
this.$on('tabcreated', this.registerTab)
},
methods: {
registerTab(tab) {
this.tabs.push(tab);
},
activateTab(tab) {
}
}
}
</script>
Tab.vue
<template>
<div class="tab-pane" v-show="active">
<slot></slot>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import hub from '../eventhub';
export default {
props: {
'header': String
},
data() {
return {
active: false
}
},
mounted() {
this.$emit('tabcreated', this);
}
}
</script>
eventhub.js
import Vue from 'vue';
export default new Vue();
View
<tabs>
<tab header="Test">
First Tab
</tab>
<tab header="Test2">
Second Tab
</tab>
<tab header="Test3">
Third Tab
</tab>
</tabs>
I've tried the following things:
use a Timeout for the $emit to test if it's a timing issue (it is
not)
use #tabcreated in the root element of the Tabs components
template
It works if...
... I use the suggested "eventhub" feature (replacing this.$on and
this.$emit with hub.$on and hub.$emit)
but this is not suitable for me, as I want to use the Tabs component multiple times on the same page, and doing it with the "eventhub" feature wouldn't allow that.
... I use this.$parent.$emit
but this just feels weird and wrong.
The documentation states that it IS possible to listen for events triggered by $emit on direct child components
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/migration.html#dispatch-and-broadcast-replaced
Does anyone have an Idea?

You're right, in vue 2, there is no more $dispatch. $emit could work for a single component but it will be scoped to himself (this). The recommended solution is to use a global event manager, the eventhub.
the eventhub can be stored in the window object to be used anywhere without import, I like to declare in my main.js file like this:
window.bus = new Vue()
and then in whatever component:
bus.$emit(...)
bus.$on(...)
It works just the same as this.$root.$emit / this.$root.$on. You said it works when you call this.$parent.$emit, but this code, simulate a scoped emit in the parent component but fired from the child, not good.
What I understand in your code is that you want to have an array of created tabs, but to do what with them ?
Instead of storing the tab instance in the parent and then activate from the parent, you should think about a more functional way.
The activateTab method should be declared on the tab component and manage the instanciation through the data, something like:
Tabs.vue
<template>
<div class="tabbed-pane">
<ul class="tab-list">
<tab v-for="tab in tabs" :header="tab.header"></tab>
</ul>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import hub from '../eventhub';
import Tab from 'path/to/Tab.vue';
export default {
components: [Tab],
props: [],
data() {
return {
tabs: ['First Tab', 'Second Tab', 'Third Tab']
}
}
}
</script>
Tab.vue
<template>
<div class="tab tab-pane" #click:activeTab()>
<span v-show="active">Activated</span>
<span>{{ header }}</span>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import hub from '../eventhub';
export default {
props: {
'header': String
},
data() {
return {
active: false
}
},
methods: {
activeTab () {
this.active = true
}
}
}
</script>
This way, your Tab is more independant. For parent/child communication keep this in mind :
parent to child > via props
child to parent > via $emit (global bus)
If you need a more complexe state management you definitely should take a look at vuex.
Edit
Tabs.vue
<template>
<div class="tabbed-pane">
<ul class="tab-list">
<tab v-for="tabData in tabs" :custom="tabData"></tab>
</ul>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Tab from 'path/to/Tab.vue';
export default {
components: [Tab],
props: [],
data() {
return {
tabs: [
{foo: "foo 1"},
{foo: "foo 2"}
{foo: "foo 3"}
]
}
}
}
</script>
Tab.vue
<template>
<div class="tab tab-pane" #click:activeTab()>
<span v-show="active">Activated</span>
<span>{{ custom.foo }}</span>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: ['custom'],
data() {
return {
active: false
}
},
methods: {
activeTab () {
this.active = true
}
}
}
</script>

This is what I don't like about VueJS (2), there is no convenient way of catching events emitted from child components to the parent component.
Anyways an alternative to this is if you do not want to use the eventhub approach, specially if you are only going to have an event communication between related components ( child and parent ) and not with non-related components, then you can do these steps.
reference your parent vue component on its data property (very important, you can't just pass this to the child component)
pass that parent vue component reference as an attribute to the child component ( make sure to bind it)
trigger the appropriate event of the parent component inside the child component whenever a desired event is emitted
Pseudo code
// Parent vue component
Vue.component( 'parent_component' , {
// various codes here ...
data : {
parent_component_ref : this // reference to the parent component
},
methods : {
custom_event_cb : function() {
// custom method to execute when child component emits 'custom_event'
}
}
// various codes here ...
} );
// Parent component template
<div id="parent_component">
<child_component :parent_component_ref="parent_component_ref"></child_component>
</div>
// Child component
Vue.component( 'child_component' , {
// various codes here ...
props : [ 'parent_component_ref' ],
mounted : function() {
this.$on( 'custom_event' , this.parent_component_ref.custom_event_cb );
this.$emit( 'custom_event' );
},
// You can also, of course, emit the event on events inside the child component, ex. button click, etc..
} );
Hope this helps anyone.

Use v-on="$listeners", which is available since Vue v2.4.0. You can then subscribe to any event you want on the parent, see fiddle.
Credit to BogdanL from Vue Support # Discord.

What is the proper way to mutate values from an imported sibling component in Vue.js 2.0?

I'm using the single-file component approach with Vue 2.0. I have 3 components App (parent), AppHeader, and FormModal. AppHeader and FormModal are immediate children of App and siblings of each other.
The goal is that when a button in AppHeader is clicked the FormModal visibility should be toggled. The problem I'm having is understanding Vue's uni-directional data flow. How can I pass an event back up to the parent (App) from AppHeader to let it know to mutate the form's visibility?
(AppHeader.vue)
<template>
<header>
<div class="app-header">
<h1 class="app-title">Sample Header</h1>
<a class="link-right" v-on:click="toggleModal()" href="#">
<i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i>
</a>
</div>
</header>
</template>
<script>
import FormModal from "./FormModal.vue";
export default {
name : "AppHeader",
props : ['visible'],
methods : {
toggleModal () {
this.visible = !this.visible;
}
},
components : {
FormModal
}
}
</script>
(FormModal.vue)
<template>
<div class = "form-content" v-if="visible">
<!-- Some form markup -->
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name : "FormModal",
props : ['visible']
//Also have data, methods, and computed here, but they aren't relevant to the example.
}
</script>
I've certainly botched the concept of props in this example. I'm very confused about the correct way to use props when importing a template.
Edit:
Forgive me, this is my first day working with Vue. I initially left out a very important piece of information, my App.vue file, which is the parent of all of my templates.
(App.vue)
<template>
<div class="app">
<AppHeader></AppHeader>
<FormModal></FormModal>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import AppHeader from "./AppHeader.vue";
import Compose from "./FormModal.vue";
export default {
data () {
return {
views : [AppHeader, FormModal]
}
},
components : {
AppHeader,
FormModal
}
}
</script>
In summary, App is the parent. There are 2 siblings, AppHeader and FormModal. When a button gets clicked in AppHeader, FormModal's visibility should be toggled.
I don't yet have a great grasp of Vue's uni-directional data flow and I'm not sure how to approach this scenario.

In your app header you need to bind "visible" data field to a "visible" attribute in the child (form-modal) component. This means that "visible "data field in AppHeader and "visible" property inside the child component will be "tight" together and any change that is done to the "visible" data field will be reflected inside form modal.
<form-modal :visible="visible"/>
...
<script>
import FormModal from "./FormModal.vue";
export default {
name : "AppHeader",
data() {
return {
visible: false
}
},
methods : {
toggleModal () {
this.visible = !this.visible;
}
},
components : {
FormModal
}
}
</script>
FormModal Template:
<template>
<div class="form-conten" v-if="visible">
<!-- Some form markup -->
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name : "FormModal",
props : ['visible']
}
</script>
The idea is that your FormModal listens to any changes of "visible" prop that come from it's parent. Think about it as a "readonly" variable (in FormModal).