I am teaching myself vue 3. I have read article after article on v-model and each time I think I understand how it works I get confused again.
My goal: I built a custom dropdown component. I need the ability to control the value of this dropdown from the parent. When the dropdown changes I want to let the parent know the new value and the index.
Child component.vue
<div>
<select
:value="modelValue"
#input="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)"
>
<option v-for="option in options" :key="option">
{{ option }}
</option>
</select>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: ["options", "modelValue"],
emits: ["update:modelValue"],
methods: {
selected() {
//??????
//want to emit this to the parent
let selectedIndex = this.$event.target.selectedIndex + 1
//this.$emit(value, selectedIndex)
},
},
};
</script>
parent.vue
<template>
<my-drop-down :options="options" v-model="selectedOption" />
</template>
<script>
import myDropDown from "./components/base_dropdown.vue";
export default {
name: "App",
data: () => ({
selectedOption: "2 Line",
selectedIndex: 0,
options: ["1 Line", "2 Line", "3 Line"],
}),
components: {
myDropDown,
},
methods: {
//How can I call this when the select value changes??
onSelectChange(selected, index) {
console.log(`Parent L3rd Change, name: ${selected}, index: ${index} `);
},
},
};
</script>
The two way binding is working correctly. I can control the value of the dropdown from either the child or the parent. But how do I call the onSelectChange method in my child component
Also, and this is may be a dumb question but...
v-model="selectedOption" is the same as writing :value="modelValue" #input="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)"
so why is the parent written like this <my-drop-down :v-model="selectedOption" />
and the child written like this <select :value="modelValue" #input="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)">
and not simply
<select :v-model="selectedOption />
If you want to call a method inside your parent component when the "select value changes", It is better to call it inside a Vue watch like the codes below:
Parent component:
<template>
<my-drop-down :options="options" v-model="selectedOption" />
</template>
<script>
import myDropDown from "../components/baseDropdown.vue";
export default {
name: "parentModel",
data: () => ({
selectedOption: "2 Line",
// selectedIndex: 0,
options: ["1 Line", "2 Line", "3 Line"],
}),
components: {
myDropDown,
},
computed: {
/* It is better to use computed property for "selectedIndex", because it is related to "selectedOption" and changes accordingly. */
selectedIndex: function () {
return this.options.indexOf(this.selectedOption)
}
},
watch: {
selectedOption(newSelect, oldSelect) {
this.onSelectChange(this.selectedOption, this.selectedIndex)
}
},
methods: {
//How can I call this when the select value changes??
onSelectChange(selected, index) {
console.log(`Parent L3rd Change, name: ${selected}, index: ${index} `);
},
},
}
</script>
<style scoped>
</style>
Child component:
<template>
<div>
<select
:value="modelValue"
#change="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)"
>
<!-- You can use v-model also here. But it only changes the value of "modelValue" and does not emit anything to parent component. -->
<!-- <select v-model="modelValue">-->
<option v-for="option in options" :key="option">
{{ option }}
</option>
</select>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: "baseDropdown",
props: ["options", "modelValue"],
emits: ["update:modelValue"],
/* --------------------------------- */
/* You don't need this method, because "$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)" that is used in "select" tag itself is enough to emit data to the parent component. */
/* --------------------------------- */
// methods: {
// selected() {
//
// //??????
// //want to emit this to the parent
// let selectedIndex = this.$event.target.selectedIndex + 1
// //this.$emit(value, selectedIndex)
// },
// },
}
</script>
<style scoped>
</style>
And about your second part of the question:
v-model="selectedOption" is the same as writing :value="modelValue" #input="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)"
In my opinion it is not a true statement for two reasons:
Reason one: according to Vue docs :
v-model="selectedOption" is the same as writing :value="selectedOption"
#input="event => selectedOption = event.target.value"
you can't see any $emit in the above statement. But in your case you want to emit data to the parent component.
Reason two: again according to Vue docs it is better to use change as an event for <select> tag.
You look to be needing a watcher in your parent component, one that watches for changes to the selectedOption property, and then uses the new value to get the index from the options array and adds one to it, and uses the new value to set the selectedIndex property.
Per the Vuejs API section on Watchers:
Computed properties allow us to declaratively compute derived values. However, there are cases where we need to perform "side effects" in reaction to state changes - for example, mutating the DOM, or changing another piece of state based on the result of an async operation.
With Options API, we can use the watch option to trigger a function whenever a reactive property changes.
So, for your code, it might look something like:
watch: {
selectedOption(newValue, oldValue) {
console.log('In watcher. New value: ' + newValue)
// get the index of the String in the array and use it to set
// the selectedIndex:
this.selectedIndex = this.options.findIndex(i => i === newValue) + 1;
console.log('selectedIndex: ' + this.selectedIndex)
}
},
As for your question's "second part",
why is the parent written like this <my-drop-down :v-model="selectedOption" />
and the child written like this <select :value="modelValue" #input="$emit('update:modelValue', $event.target.value)">
and not simply <select :v-model="selectedOption />
It is probably best to ask that as a separate question, in order to maintain question specificity as required by the site, but as I see it, selectedOption is not acting as a model for the select tag, and in fact selectedOption isn't even a property of the child component, nor should it be.
Related
I try to bind child input value to the parent value. I pass value searchText from a Parent component to a Child component as prop :valueProp. There I assign it to property value: this.valueProp and bind input:
<input type="text" :value="value" #input="$emit('changeInput', $event.target.value)" />
The problem is that input doesn't work with such setup, nothing displays in input, but parent searchText and valueProp in child update only with the last typed letter; value in child doesn't update at all, though it is set to equal to searchText.
If I remove :value="value" in input, all will work fine, but value in child doesn't get updated along with parent's searchText.
I know that in such cases it's better to use v-model, but I want to figure out the reason behind such behavior in that case.
I can't understand why it works in such way and value in child component doesn't update with parent's searchText. Can you please explain why it behaves in that way?
Link to Sanbox: Sandbox
Parent:
<template>
<div>
<Child :valueProp="searchText" #changeInput="changeInput" />
<p>parent {{ searchText }}</p>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Child from "./Child.vue";
export default {
name: "Parent",
components: { Child },
data() {
return {
searchText: "",
};
},
methods: {
changeInput(data) {
console.log(data);
this.searchText = data;
},
},
};
</script>
Child:
<template>
<div>
<input type="text" :value="value" #input="$emit('changeInput', $event.target.value)" />
<p>value: {{ value }}</p>
<p>child: {{ valueProp }}</p>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
emits: ["changeInput"],
data() {
return {
value: this.valueProp,
};
},
props: {
valueProp: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
},
};
</script>
You set the value in your Child component only once by instantiating.
In the data() you set the initial value of your data properties:
data() {
return {
value: this.valueProp,
};
},
Since you don't use v-model, the value will never be updated.
You have the following options to fix it:
The best one is to use v-model with value in the Child.vue
<input
type="text"
v-model="value"
update value using watcher
watch: {
valueProp(newValue) {
this.value = newValue;
}
},
use a computed property for value instead of data property
computed: {
value() {return this.valueProp;}
}
Respect for creating the sandbox!
You are overwriting the local value every time the value changes
data() {
return {
value: this.valueProp, // Don't do this
};
},
Bind directly to the prop:
<input ... :value="valueProp" ... />
I have a question why not this component, not re-rendering after changing value so what I'm trying to do is a dynamic filter like amazon using the only checkboxes so let's see
I have 4 components [ App.vue, test-filter.vue, filtersInputs.vue, checkboxs.vue]
Here is code sandbox for my example please check the console you will see the value changing https://codesandbox.io/s/thirsty-varahamihira-nhgex?file=/src/test-filter/index.vue
the first component is App.vue;
<template>
<div id="app">
<h1>Filter</h1>
{{ test }}
<test-filter :filters="filters" :value="test"></test-filter>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import testFilter from "./test-filter";
import filters from "./filters";
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
testFilter,
},
data() {
return {
filters: filters,
test: {},
};
},
};
</script>
so App.vue that holds the filter component and the test value that I want to display and the filters data is dummy data that hold array of objects.
in my test-filter component, I loop throw the filters props and the filterInputs component output the input I want in this case the checkboxes.
test-filter.vue
<template>
<div class="test-filter">
<div
class="test-filter__filter-holder"
v-for="filter in filters"
:key="filter.id"
>
<p class="test-filter__title">
{{ filter.title }}
</p>
<filter-inputs
:value="value"
:filterType="filter.filter_type"
:options="filter.options"
#checkboxChanged="checkboxChanged"
></filter-inputs>
</div>
</div>
<template>
<script>
import filterInputs from "./filterInputs";
export default {
name: "test-filter",
components: {
filterInputs,
},
props:{
filters: {
type: Array,
default: () => [],
},
value: {
type: Array,
default: () => ({}),
},
},
methods:{
checkboxChanged(value){
// Check if there is a array in checkbox key if not asssign an new array.
if (!this.value.checkbox) {
this.value.checkbox = [];
}
this.value.checkbox.push(value)
}
};
</script>
so I need to understand why changing the props value also change to the parent component and in this case the App.vue and I tried to emit the value to the App.vue also the component didn't re-render but if I check the vue dev tool I see the value changed but not in the DOM in {{ test }}.
so I will not be boring you with more code the filterInputs.vue holds child component called checkboxes and from that, I emit the value of selected checkbox from the checkboxes.vue to the filterInputs.vue to the test-filter.vue and every component has the value as props and that it if you want to take a look the rest of components I will be glad if you Did.
filterInpust.vue
<template>
<div>
<check-box
v-if="filterType == checkboxName"
:options="options"
:value="value"
#checkboxChanged="checkboxChanged"
></check-box>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
value: {
type: Object,
default: () => ({}),
},
options: {
type: Array,
default: () => [],
},
methods: {
checkboxChanged(value) {
this.$emit("checkboxChanged", value);
},
},
}
</script>
checkboxes.vue
<template>
<div>
<div
v-for="checkbox in options"
:key="checkbox.id"
>
<input
type="checkbox"
:id="`id_${_uid}${checkbox.id}`"
#change="checkboxChange"
:value="checkbox"
/>
<label
:for="`id_${_uid}${checkbox.id}`"
>
{{ checkbox.title }}
</label>
</div>
</div>
<template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
value: {
type: Object,
default: () => ({}),
},
options: {
type: Array,
default: () => [],
},
}
methods: {
checkboxChange(event) {
this.$emit("checkboxChanged", event.target.value);
},
},
};
</script>
I found the solution As I said in the comments the problem was that I'm not using v-model in my checkbox input Vue is a really great framework the problem wasn't in the depth, I test the v-model in my checkbox input and I found it re-render the component after I select any checkbox so I search more and found this article and inside of it explained how we can implement v-model in the custom component so that was the solution to my problem and also I update my codeSandbox Example if you want to check it out.
Big Thaks to all who supported me to found the solution: sarkiroka, Jakub A Suplick
I'm trying to figure out the Vue-way of referencing children from the parent handler.
Parent
<div>
<MyDropDown ref="dd0" #dd-global-click="ddClicked"></MyDropDown>
<MyDropDown ref="dd1" #dd-global-click="ddClicked"></MyDropDown>
<MyDropDown ref="dd2" #dd-global-click="ddClicked"></MyDropDown>
</div>
export default {
methods: {
ddClicked: function(id) {
console.log("I need to have MyDropDown id here")
}
}
}
Child
<template>
<h1>dropdown</h1>
<Button #click="bclick"></Button>
</template>
export default {
methods: {
bclick: function() {
this.$emit('dd-global-click')
}
}
}
In the parent component I need to see which dropdown was clicked.
What I've tried so far
I tried to set "ref" attribute in the parent. But I can't refer to this prop within the child component. Is there a way to do it? There is nothing like this.ref or this.$ref property.
I tried to use $event.targetElement in the parent, but it looks like I'm mixing Real DOM and Vue Components together. $event.targetElement is a DOM like . So in the parent I have to go over the tree until I find my dropdown. It is ugly I guess.
I set an additional :id property for the dropdown making it the copy of the 'ref' property. In the blick and I called this.$emit('dd-global-click', this.id). Later in the parent I check this.$refs[id]. I kind of works, but I'm not really content with it, because I have to mirror attributes.
Using the _uid property didn't work out either. On top of that, I think, that since it starts with an underscore it is not a recommended way to go.
It seems like a very basic task, so there must be a simplier way to achieve this.
If this custom dropdown element is the top level one (the root element) in the component, you could access the native DOM attributes (like id, class, etc) via this.$el, once it's mounted.
Vue.component('MyDropdown', {
template: '#my-dropdown',
props: {
items: Array
},
methods: {
changed() {
this.$emit('dd-global-click', this.$el.id);
}
}
})
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: () => ({
items: [
{
id: 'dropdown-1',
options: ['abc', 'def', 'ghi']
},
{
id: 'dropdown-2',
options: ['jkl', 'lmn', 'opq']
},
{
id: 'dropdown-3',
options: ['rst', 'uvw', 'xyz']
}
]
}),
methods: {
ddClicked(id) {
console.log(`Clicked ID: ${id}`);
}
}
})
Vue.config.devtools = false;
Vue.config.productionTip = false;
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue#2.6.11"></script>
<div id="app">
<my-dropdown
v-for="item of items" :key="item.id"
:id="item.id"
:items="item.options"
#dd-global-click="ddClicked">
</my-dropdown>
</div>
<script id="my-dropdown" type="text/x-template">
<select #input="changed">
<option v-for="item of items" :key="item" :value="item">
{{item}}
</option>
</select>
</script>
I am quite new with VueJS and I have been having trouble lately with some computed properties which do not update as I would like. I've done quite some research on Stack Overflow, Vue documentation and other ressources but i haven't found any solution yet.
The "app" is basic. I've got a parent component (Laundry) which has 3 child components (LaundryMachine). The idea is to have for each machine a button which displays its availability and updates the latter when clicked on.
In order to store the availability of all machines, I have a data in the parent component (availabilities) which is an array of booleans. Each element corresponds to a machine's availability.
When I click on the button, I know the array availibities updates correctly thanks to the console.log. However, for each machine, the computed property "available" does not update is I would want it to and I have no clue why.
Here is the code
Parent component:
<div id="machines">
<laundry-machine
name="AA"
v-bind:machineNum="0"
v-bind:availableArray="this.availabilities"
v-on:change-avlb="editAvailabilities"
></laundry-machine>
<laundry-machine
name="BB"
v-bind:machineNum="1"
v-bind:availableArray="this.availabilities"
v-on:change-avlb="editAvailabilities"
></laundry-machine>
<laundry-machine
name="CC"
v-bind:machineNum="2"
v-bind:availableArray="this.availabilities"
v-on:change-avlb="editAvailabilities"
></laundry-machine>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import LaundryMachine from './LaundryMachine.vue';
export default {
name: 'Laundry',
components: {
'laundry-machine': LaundryMachine
},
data: function() {
return {
availabilities: [true, true, true]
};
},
methods: {
editAvailabilities(index) {
this.availabilities[index] = !this.availabilities[index];
console.log(this.availabilities);
}
}
};
</script>
Child component:
<template>
<div class="about">
<h2>{{ name }}</h2>
<img src="../assets/washing_machine.png" /><br />
<v-btn color="primary" v-on:click="changeAvailability">
{{ this.availability }}</v-btn>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'LaundryMachine',
props: {
name: String,
machineNum: Number,
availableArray: Array
},
methods: {
changeAvailability: function(event) {
this.$emit('change-avlb', this.machineNum);
console.log(this.availableArray);
console.log('available' + this.available);
}
},
computed: {
available: function() {
return this.availableArray[this.machineNum];
},
availability: function() {
if (this.available) {
return 'disponible';
} else {
return 'indisponible';
}
}
}
};
</script>
Anyway, thanks in advance !
Your problem comes not from the computed properties in the children, rather from the editAvailabilities method in the parent.
The problem is this line in particular:
this.availabilities[index] = !this.availabilities[index];
As you can read here, Vue has problems tracking changes when you modify an array by index.
Instead, you should do:
this.$set(this.availabilities, index, !this.availabilities[index]);
To switch the value at that index and let Vue track that change.
I'm trying to make a set of components for repetitive use. The components I'm looking to create are various form fields like text, checkbox and so on.
I have all the data in data on my parent vue object, and want that to be the one truth also after the user changes values in those fields.
I know how to use props to pass the data to the component, and emits to pass them back up again. However I want to avoid having to write a new "method" in my parent object for every component I add.
<div class="vue-parent">
<vuefield-checkbox :vmodel="someObject.active" label="Some object active" #value-changed="valueChanged"></vuefield-checkbox>
</div>
My component is something like:
Vue.component('vuefield-checkbox',{
props: ['vmodel', 'label'],
data(){
return {
value: this.vmodel
}
},
template:`<div class="form-field form-field-checkbox">
<div class="form-group">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" v-model="value" #change="$emit('value-changed', value)">
{{label}}
</label>
</div>
</div>`
});
I have this Vue object:
var vueObject= new Vue({
el: '.vue-parent',
data:{
someNumber:0,
someBoolean:false,
anotherBoolean: true,
someObject:{
name:'My object',
active:false
},
imageAd: {
}
},
methods: {
valueChange: function (newVal) {
this.carouselAd.autoOrder = newVal;
}
}
});
See this jsfiddle to see example: JsFiddle
The jsfiddle is a working example using a hard-coded method to set one specific value. I'd like to eighter write everything inline where i use the component, or write a generic method to update the parents data. Is this possible?
Minde
You can use v-model on your component.
When using v-model on a component, it will bind to the property value and it will update on input event.
HTML
<div class="vue-parent">
<vuefield-checkbox v-model="someObject.active" label="Some object active"></vuefield-checkbox>
<p>Parents someObject.active: {{someObject.active}}</p>
</div>
Javascript
Vue.component('vuefield-checkbox',{
props: ['value', 'label'],
data(){
return {
innerValue: this.value
}
},
template:`<div class="form-field form-field-checkbox">
<div class="form-group">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" v-model="innerValue" #change="$emit('input', innerValue)">
{{label}}
</label>
</div>
</div>`
});
var vueObject= new Vue({
el: '.vue-parent',
data:{
someNumber:0,
someBoolean:false,
anotherBoolean: true,
someObject:{
name:'My object',
active:false
},
imageAd: {
}
}
});
Example fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/hqb6ufwr/2/
As an addition to Gudradain answer - v-model field and event can be customized:
From here: https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html#Customizing-Component-v-model
By default, v-model on a component uses value as the prop and input as
the event, but some input types such as checkboxes and radio buttons
may want to use the value prop for a different purpose. Using the
model option can avoid the conflict in such cases:
Vue.component('my-checkbox', {
model: {
prop: 'checked',
event: 'change'
},
props: {
checked: Boolean,
// this allows using the `value` prop for a different purpose
value: String
},
// ...
})
<my-checkbox v-model="foo" value="some value"></my-checkbox>
The above will be equivalent to:
<my-checkbox
:checked="foo"
#change="val => { foo = val }"
value="some value">
</my-checkbox>