VueJS display dynamic modal component - vue.js

Question

I have posts and replys s.t. replies belong to posts via the attribute reply.posts_id.
I am attempting to show the reply form as a modal for the user to enter a reply. However, I want to create a generic Modal component that I can use everywhere with content that is specified in another component built for a specific context.
Reply to post is the first place I woul like this to work.
Currently, the Vuex correctly returns Modal visible:true when the reply button is clicked, but the modal does not render and I get the error message showing that the Modal component is not found:
Unknown custom element: <ModalReplyForm> - did you register the component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide the "name" option.
I am using vuex to manage the visibility of the modal. Here are the relevant files:
store.js:
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuex from 'vuex'
import axios from 'axios'
...
Vue.use(Vuex)
export default new Vuex.Store({
state: {
status: '',
...
modalVisible: false,
modalComponent: null
},
mutations: {
...
showModal(state, componentName) {
console.log('showing the modal')
state.modalVisible = true;
state.modalComponent = componentName;
},
hideModal(state) {
console.log('hiding the modal')
state.modalVisible = false;
}
},
actions: {
...
}
},
getters: {
isAuthenticated: state => !!state.user,
authStatus: state => state.status,
user: state => state.user,
token: state => state.token,
posts: state => {
return state.posts;
}
...
}
})
App.vue
<template>
<div id="app">
<app-modal></app-modal>
<NavigationBar />
<div class="container mt-20">
<router-view />
</div>
<vue-snotify></vue-snotify>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import AppModal from '#/components/global/AppModal';
import NavigationBar from '#/components/layout/NavigationBar'
export default {
name: "App",
components: {
AppModal,
NavigationBar
}
};
</script>
<style>
body {
background-color: #f7f7f7;
}
.is-danger {
color: #9f3a38;
}
</style>
Post.vue (houses the button to call the reply modal):
<template>
<div class="row ui dividing header news">
<!-- Label -->
<div class="m-1 col-md-2 ui image justify-content-center align-self-center">
<img v-if="post.avatar_url" :src="post.avatar_url" class="mini rounded"/>
<v-gravatar v-else :email="post.email" class="mini thumbnail rounded image rounded-circle z-depth-1-half"/>
</div>
<!-- Excerpt -->
<div class="col-md-9 excerpt">
...
<!-- Feed footer -->
<div class="feed-footer row">
<div class="small"> {{ post.created_at | timeAgo }}</div>
<button type="button" flat color="green" #click="showModal('ModalReplyForm')">
<i class="fa fa-reply" ></i>
...
<div v-show="postOwner(post)" class="">
<button type="button" flat color="grey" #click="deletePost(post.id)">
<i class="fa fa-trash " ></i>
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import { mapMutations } from 'vuex';
import PostsService from '../../services/PostsService'
import RepliesService from '../../services/RepliesService'
import Replies from '#/components/Reply/Replies'
import ReplyForm from '#/components/Reply/ReplyForm'
export default {
name: "Post",
props: {
post: {
type: Object,
required: true
}
},
components: {
Replies,
ReplyForm
},
computed: {
me() {
return this.$store.getters.user
}
},
methods: {
...mapMutations(['showModal']),
...
}
};
</script>
AppModal.vue - generic Modal component
<template>
<div class="c-appModal">
<div class="c-appModal__overlay" v-if="visible"></div>
<div class="c-appModal__content" v-if="visible" #click.self="hideModal"></div>
<div class="c-appModal__innerContent">
<component :is="component"></component>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { mapState, mapMutations } from 'vuex';
export default {
name: 'AppModal',
data() {
return {
component: null
}
},
computed: {
...mapState({
visible: 'modalVisible',
modalComponent: 'modalComponent'
}),
},
methods: {
...mapMutations(['hideModal'])
},
watch: {
modalComponent(componentName) {
if (!componentName) return;
Vue.component(componentName, () => import(`#/components/modals/${componentName}`));
this.component = componentName;
}
},
created() {
const escapeHandler = (e) => {
if (e.key === 'Escape' && this.visible) {
this.hideModal();
}
};
document.addEventListener('keydown', escapeHandler);
this.$once('hook:destroyed', () => {
document.removeEventListener('keydown', escapeHandler);
});
},
};
</script>
ModalReplyForm - specific reply modal content
<template>
<div>
<div class="c-modalReply">
<div>
<label for="reply">Your comment</label>
<div class="field">
<textarea name="reply" v-model="reply" rows="2" placeholder="Compose reply"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<button class="c-modalReply__cancel" #click="hideModal">Cancel</button>
<button class="c-modalReply__post" :disabled="!isFormValid" #click="createReply">Reply</button>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import RepliesService from '#/services/RepliesService'
import { mapMutations } from 'vuex';
export default {
name: "ModalReplyForm",
// props: {
// post: {
// type: Object,
// required: true
// }
// },
data() {
return {
reply: ""
};
},
computed: {
isFormValid() {
return !!this.reply;
},
currentGroup() {
return this.$store.getters.currentPost;
}
},
methods: {
...mapMutations([
'hideModal'
]),
async createReply () {
let result = await RepliesService.addReply({
reply: {
body: this.reply,
postId: this.post.id
}
});
this.$emit("reply-created");
this.hideModal();
}
}
};
</script>

Answer 1

Unknown custom element: - did you register the
component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide
the "name" option.
This message says that you never imported/defined ModalReplyForm, which you have not.
In my own generic modal, I ended up having to import all the components that might appear within the modal itself.
If you add a:
import ModalReportForm from ...
and a:
components: {
ModalReplyForm
}
to AppModal.vue, the modal should then do what you expect.