Seperate Dashbord and Forum Component From App component in vuejs - vue.js

Question

Is there a way to mount multiple components on a single vue instance.
I have my admin dashboard and a forum page and i don't want header and navigation to show up on these pages.
Here's what I've tried:
import App from "./App.vue";
import Admin from "./Admin.vue";
import Forum from "./Forum.vue";
const app = new Vue({
router,
store,
components: {
App, Admin, Forum
}
}).$mount("#app");
Then in my App.vue, I have other child components
<template>
<div>
<div class="general-page">
<AppHeader></AppHeader>
<transition name="fade">
<router-view></router-view>
</transition>
<AppFooter></AppFooter>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import AppHeader from "./components/AppHeader";
import Login from "./components/Login.vue";
import Register from "./components/Register.vue";
import AppFooter from "./components/AppFooter.vue";
export default {
components: {
AppHeader,
Login,
Register,
AppFooter
}
};
</script>
In Forum.vue
<template>
<div>
<div class="forum-page">
<ForumHeader></ForumHeader>
<transition name="fade">
<router-view></router-view>
</transition>
<ForumFooter></ForumFooter>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import ForumHeader from "./components/ForumHeader";
import ForumFooter from "./components/ForumFooter.vue";
export default {
components: {
ForumHeader,
ForumFooter
}
};
</script>
Admin.vue
<template>
<div>
<div class="admin-page">
<AdminHeader></AdminHeader>
<transition name="fade">
<router-view></router-view>
</transition>
<AdminFooter></AdminFooter>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import AdminHeader from "./components/AdminHeader";
import AdminFooter from "./components/AdminFooter.vue";
export default {
components: {
AdminHeader,
AdminFooter
}
};
</script>
Routes for Forum and Admin
{
path: '/admin',
name: 'Admin',
component: Admin,
meta: {
requiresAuth: true
},
children: [
{
path: '',
name: 'Profile',
component: Profile
},
{
path: 'uploads',
name: 'Uploads',
component: Uploads,
meta: {
requiresCreatorAccess: true
}
},
{
path: 'add-post',
name: 'AddPost',
component: AddPost,
meta: {
requiresCreatorAccess: true
}
}
]
},
{
path: '/forum',
name: 'Forum',
component: Forum,
children: [
{
path: '',
name: 'Channel',
component: Channel
},
{
path: 'threads',
name: 'Threads',
component: Threads
},
{
path: 'topic',
name: 'Topic',
component: Topic
}
]
},
How do I dynamically go to each route and mount each component on el: #app ?

Answer 1

Without changing any routing and template structure, you could use CSS to hide the app header, footer.
Another option may be to v-if the app header,footer to not render when on those routes using something like $router.currentRoute for matching.
CSS
/*
Assuming app header and footer have an id attribute
Change to your needs
*/
#app-header,
#app-footer {
display: none;
}
v-if on currentRoute
We have to do a few of things here.
Create a data variable (showMe: true)
Create a method (evaluateShowMe)
Create a watcher for the route ('$route'()) Be aware of the quotes!
Note: Feel free to rename the variable and function to suit your needs.
We need to watch $route because this is outside of a <router-view/> so we need to do this dynamically so the variable performs the evaluator function every time the route changes.
App.vue:
<template>
<div>
<div class="general-page">
<AppHeader
v-if="showMe"
></AppHeader>
<transition name="fade">
<router-view></router-view>
</transition>
<AppFooter
v-if="showMe"
></AppFooter>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import AppHeader from "./components/AppHeader";
import Login from "./components/Login.vue";
import Register from "./components/Register.vue";
import AppFooter from "./components/AppFooter.vue";
export default {
components: {
AppHeader,
Login,
Register,
AppFooter
},
data() {
return {
showMe: true
}
},
methods: {
evaluateShowMe() {
// Get the substring of the path between first and second slash
// This will allow to include any child pathing
// NOTE: In my test the first index ([0]) was empty so used one ([1]) for the `filter`
const entryPath = this.$router.currentRoute.path.split('/').filter((x,i) => i === 1);
// We want to exclude the following paths i.e. hide when on these
// There should only be one item in the array so we extract with `[0]`
return (entryPath[0] !== 'admin' || entryPath[0] !== 'forum');
}
},
watch: {
'$route'() {
this.showMe = this.evaluateShowMe();
}
}
};
</script>