Is Tailwind class binding possible through Storyblok? - vue.js

I'm trying to develop some components that will be used by our content editors in Storyblok and there's a use case where we would like to define layout properties (using Tailwind's classes) through props that will be coming from Storyblok components.
As an example,
I am passing the width prop through storyblok giving a value of w-1/2 which is a Tailwind class. As you see on the right the class is applied just fine to the element but there's no actual impact on the page. I have tried the same with many other classes (either for background or border colors or for text styling etc, tried to use Tailwind classes as props coming from Storyblok but didn't work).
My only guess is that Nuxt is a server side application and the CSS gets compiled on build time, therefore any new class binding to the DOM will not reflect the actual CSS that they represent. Is this right? If yes, is there a way to make this happen and work?
The code for the widthSetter component is as simple as that
<template>
{{blok.width}}
<div v-editable="blok" :class="[ blok.width ]">
<component
v-for="value in blok.blocks"
:key="value._uid"
:is="value.component"
:blok="value"
/>
</div>
</template>
<script lang="ts" setup>
const props = defineProps({
blok: {
type: Object,
required: true,
},
})
</script>

You need to add Complete Class Names.
As there is no w-1/2 in your code, TW won't generate the class.
You can workaround the issue by adding the class to safelist.
Doc: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/content-configuration#safelisting-classes
module.exports = {
safelist: ['w-1/2'],
//...
}
Then w-1/2 utility will be generated regardless if it shows up in your code or not.

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Vue3 Reactivity in script setup for translation

I am adding some DOM elements in the script setup side but I want the messages to change when I change the language. I am using vue-i18n plugin. It's easy to do it in the template section because I can basically use the useI18n().t method but how can I do this in the script setup section. Using the useI18n().t method doesn't ensure reactivity.
Example Code:
$(".time")[0].innerHTML = `
<div>0<span>${useI18n().t("details.hour")}</span></div>
<div>0<span>${useI18n().t("details.minute")}</span></div>
<div>0<span>${useI18n().t("details.second")}</span></div>
`
Manipulating DOM directly inside the script leads to inconsistence in your app, you should drive your component by different reactive data to achieve your goal.
In your current situation try to define a computed property based on the translation then render it inside the template based on its different properties :
<script setup>
const {t} =useI18n()
const time = computed(()=>{
return {
hour:t(""details.hour"),
minute:t(""details.minute"),
second:t(""details.second"),
}
})
</script>
<template>
<div class="time">
<div>0<span>{{time.hour}}</span></div>
<div>0<span>{{time.minute}}</span></div>
<div>0<span>{{time.second}}</span></div>
</div>
</template>

Child components not rendering when referenced dynamically in composition API

I'm converting some components from vue 3's option API to the composition API. In this particular component I have two nested child components:
<script lang="ts" setup>
import ShiftOperation from "#/components/transformation-widgets/ShiftOperation.vue";
import RawJolt from "#/components/transformation-widgets/RawJolt.vue";
console.log([ShiftOperation, RawJolt])
...
From what I understand, if you're using the setup attribute in the script tag then all you have to do is import the component into a variable like I'm doing above and it should be available for the template without having to do anything else, like it's not like the old options api where you had to inject those components into the parent component.
Both components are imported successfully (confirmed by the console log:
When I'm rendering out this parent component I'm using the two child components to render out an array of data where I reference the children dynamically in the template based on information in each block of data that I'm iterating over:
<template>
<div class="renderer-wrapper">
<component
v-for="(block, index) in store.specBlocks"
v-bind:key="index"
:block="block"
:index="index"
:is="determineBlockComponent(block)"
#block-operation-updated="updateBlock"
>
</component>
</div>
</template>
// logic for determining the component to use:
export const determineBlockComponent = (block: JoltOperation) => {
switch (block.renderComponent) {
case 'shift':
return 'ShiftOperation'
default:
return 'RawJolt'
}
}
This worked fine in the options api version of it, but for some reason the components don't actually render. They show up in the elements tab:
But they don't show up in the view. I also added a created lifecycle hook into the child components that just console.log's out saying "created X", but those hooks don't fire.
Business logic wise nothing has changed, it's just been going from option api to composition api, so I'm assuming I'm missing some key detail.
Any ideas?
Your determineBlockComponent function should not return the string but the object of the component. Replace return 'ShiftOperation' with return ShiftOperation

Vue3 scoped classes are not applied for elements not declared in the template

I have a single-file vue3 component.
Its template looks like this.
<template>
<div ref="elements"></div>
</template>
I have scoped styles in the same file:
<style scoped>
.el {
color: red;
}
</style>
Now I want to add element in the script.
<script>
export default {
name: "App",
mounted() {
const div = this.$refs.elements;
const el = document.createElement("div");
el.setAttribute("class", "el");
el.innerText = "Hello World!";
div.appendChild(el);
},
};
</script>
The result shows that the element is not styled according to the class in the scoped styles.
Is there a way to apply styling to the elements added through script, while keeping styles in the scope?
After some research this seems to be an answer.
Vue scoped styling is the internal Vue feature. So, there should be a way to distinguish same class names on different components. Vue does it by adding a special id to each class name. You can find it by inspecting elements in the browser (e.g. data-v-a2c3afe).
When building a component, Vue processes its template and properly tracks only nodes you have declared for rendering there. It does not know anything it might get from somewhere. It actually makes sense and pushes you to write everything you expect to see in the template, so that it does not happen that you suddenly see something wrong in the DOM (especially if you are taking someone's code).
I have rewritten code, so that I still have scoped styles, but with no elements appending from the script and the code now allows to clearly see what is being rendered. This is probably the property of any framework - it makes you to stick to some patterns, so that everyone in the team/community knows what behavior to expect and writes more consistent code.

Vue JS rc-1 Passing Data Through Props Not Working

In the release notes for Vue 1.0.0-rc.1, we are told
"The inherit option has been deprecated. Alway pass data to child
components via props."
However, the Component API section says
"$data can no longer be used as a prop."
I have been trying to pass data to child components of my root Vue instance, and have had no luck whatsoever.
In version 0.12.*, if you want/need access to a parent instance's data, methods, etc., you would simply add...
inherit: true
...to a child component.
Now, in attempting to access the parent data via props, I continue to hit a brick wall. Here is a simplified example:
app.js:
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
authorized: false,
currentView: 'welcome-view'
},
components: {
'welcome-view': require('./views/welcome')
}
});
views/welcome.js:
module.exports = {
props: ['authorized'],
template: require('./welcome.template.html')
};
views/welcome.template.html:
<div v-if="authorized"><p>You Are Logged In</p></div>
<div v-else>Please Log In</div>
Main View File (app.blade.php)
...
<body id="app">
<component :is="currentView"></component>
</body>
...
The 'authorized' prop is not recognized at all this way. It works outside of the component (within the "app" id) just fine, but not within the template.
At the moment, I can access the data I need by using $root everywhere I need it. For instance:
<div v-if="$root.authorized"><p>You Are Logged In</p></div>
But, my understanding is that this is 'bad form' all around, as the docs say:
Although it’s possible to access any instance the parent chain, you
should avoid directly relying on parent data in a child component and
prefer passing data down explicitly using props.
So, what I need to know is... how can I explicitly use props? I am clearly going about it the wrong way, since they are not available to my child components if I just list them in the 'props: []' array. What am I missing here?
At the end of the day, what is the best way (standards and practices) to refactor my current code to replace 'inherit: true', and still have access to the root instance data and functions? Any help/advice on this would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.
See #StephenHallgren's answer on this page for the correct way to access props in the HTML.
As for the rest of it, (how to properly refactor code to replace 'inherit:true', I am including here the answer I received from Evan Y. on the official Vue forum, in case anyone else runs across this in the future.
His answer to the question posed above was:
If you are fairly certain about the structure, you can use
$root.authorized.
Alternatively, don't put the authorized state in the root at all. Have
a dedicated module for user state that can be imported in any
component. See
http://rc.vuejs.org/guide/application.html#State_Management
My take-away from this is that - where there are concrete, global variables that will not change, and the app structure is sound, it is okay to use $root (or $parent as the case may be), and - where elements have state that will sometimes change (such as whether or not a user is authorized/logged in), the key is to use a state management module.
Meanwhile, when passing down props between parent and child, one must declare the props in the props array, then bind them to the component in the HTML.
For example...
app.js:
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
authorized: false,
currentView: 'welcome-view'
},
components: {
'welcome-view': require('./views/welcome')
}
});
views/welcome.js:
module.exports = {
props: ['authorized'],
template: require('./welcome.template.html')
}
welcome.template.html:
<div v-if="authorized"><p>You Are Logged In</p></div>
<div v-else>Please Log In</div>
main HTML
<body id="app">
<component :is="currentView" v-bind:authorized="authorized"></component>
</body>
(or shorthand)
<body id="app">
<component :is="currentView" :authorized="authorized"></component>
</body>
I was having the same issue and didn't realize that you also have to bind the value to the component prop like this:
v-bind:authorized="authorized"
or the shorthand
:authorized="authorized"
Here's an example of something that I had been working on that illustrates the solution: http://jsfiddle.net/yyx990803/2uqmj2jj/6/

Use cases for vue.js directive vs component?

When should I use a directive vs a component in vue.js? I'm implementing some stuff from Bootstrap and it looks like I could do it either way (I'm starting with the dropdown menu).
I get the feeling that a directive is more for manipulating the dom on a single element, while components are for packaging a bunch of data and/or dom manipulation. Is this a good way to look at it?
This Stack Overflow question is the #1 result to the Google query "vue directive vs component". Saurshaz’s answer is currently the accepted one and it’s very wrong in Vue 2.0. I imagine this is leading a lot of people astray so I'm going to weigh in here.
The answer to “should I use a directive or a component in Vue” is almost always a component.
Do you want to have reusable HTML? I.e. reusable widgets? Then use a component. Do you want two of these widgets to have discrete data? Then use a component. The data of one will NOT override the data of another. Maybe that was true in Vue 1.0, I don't know. But it's absolutely not true in Vue 2.0. In Vue 2.0, your components have a data function that returns a unique set of data. Consider this real-life of a Vue dropdown that has an HTML markup similar to the UI Bootstrap dropdown:
<template>
<span class="dropdown sm-dropdown" #click="toggle" :class="{'open': isOpen}">
<a class="dropdown-toggle">
<span class="special-field">{{ label }}</span>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li v-for="choice in choices">
<a #click.prevent="click(choice)">{{ choice.label }}</a>
</li>
</ul>
</span>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'Dropdown',
props: ['label', 'options', 'onChange'],
data() {
return {
choices: this.options,
isOpen: false
}
},
methods: {
click(option) {
this.onChange(option);
},
toggle() {
this.isOpen = !this.isOpen;
}
}
}
</script>
Now in a parent component, I can do something like this:
<template>
<div class="container">
<dropdown
label="-- Select --"
:options="ratingChoices"
:onChange="toggleChoice"
>
</dropdown>
<dropdown
label="-- Select --"
:options="ratingChoices"
:onChange="toggleChoice"
>
</dropdown>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Dropdown from '../dropdown/dropdown.component.vue';
export default {
name: 'main-directive',
components: { Dropdown },
methods: {
toggleChoice(newChoice) {
// Save this state to a store, e.g. Vuex
}
},
computed: {
ratingChoices() {
return [{
value: true,
label: 'Yes'
}, {
value: false,
label: 'No'
}]
}
}
}
</script>
There's a decent amount of code here. What's happening is we're setting up a parent component and inside that parent component we have two dropdowns. In other words, the dropdown component is being called twice. The point I'm trying to make in showing this code is this: when you click on the dropdown, the isOpen for that dropdown changes for that directive and for that directive only. Clicking on one of the dropdowns does not affect the other dropdown in any way.
Don't choose between components or directives based on whether or not you're wanting discrete data. Components allow for discrete data.
So when would you want to choose a directive in Vue?
Here are a couple of guidelines that'll hopefully get you thinking in the right direction.
You want to choose a directive when you're wanting to extend the functionality of HTML components and you suspect that you’re going to need this extendability across multiple components and you don't want your DOM to get deeper as a result. To understand what I mean by this, let's look at the directives that Vue provides out of the box. Take its v-for directive for instance. It allows you to loop through a collection. That's very useful and you need to be able to do that in any component you want, and you don't want the DOM to get any deeper. That's a good example of when a directive is the better choice.[1]
You want to choose a directive when you want a single HTML tag to have multiple functionality. For example, an element that both triggers an Ajax request and that has a custom tooltip. Assuming you want tooltips on elements other than Ajax-triggering elements, it makes sense to split these up into two different things. In this example I would make the tooltip a directive and the Ajax feature driven by a component so I could take advantage of the built-in #click directive that’s available in components.
1 A footnote for the more curious. In theory v-for could have been made as a component, but doing so would have required a deeper-than-necessary DOM every time you wanted to use v-for as well as a more awkward syntax. If Vue had chosen to make a component out of it, instead of this:
<a v-for="link in links" :href="link.href">link.anchor</a>
The syntax would have had to have been this:
<v-for items="link in links">
<a :href="link.href">link.anchor</a>
</v-for>
Not only is this clumsy, but since the component code would have needed to implement the <slot></slot> syntax in order to get the innerHTML, and since slots cannot be immediate children of a <template> declaration (since there's no guarantee that slot markup has a single node of entry at its top level), this means there would have to be a surrounding top-level element in the component definition for v-for. Hence the DOM would get deeper than necessary. Directive was unequivocally the right choice here.
I think of it this way:
Components define widgets - these are sections of html that have behavior associated with them.
Directives modify behavior of sections of html (which may or may not be widgets).
I think this difference is better explained with two examples.
Components: are wrappers that are best suited when you need to insert (or add) your own HTML tags over something to render it. E.g. a widget, a custom button, etc where you would need to add some HTML tags to show it properly.
Directives: don't add tags but rather give you direct access to the HTML tag (to which you have added the directive). This gives you access to modify the attributes of that HTML element directly. E.g. initializing a tooltip, set css styles, bind to an event, etc.
Reusability is a reason for using directives,
While Components are also creating reusable 'widgets', two components in the same html system would overwrite the previous ones 'data', So think of directives in a case like this.
Another point worth thinking of is - Can user be using it via HTML only after some instructions ?