Is it possible to detect if a change event was triggered by a click on a Vue select element? - vue.js

Question

I have a <select>-element that has a data property bound to it using v-model in Vue.
Sometimes I want to change that value dynamically. I also have an event-listener attached to this element which is triggered on the change-event. See code example:
<template>
<div class="mySelector">
<select id="testSelect" v-model="mySelectModel"
#change="onChange($event)">
<template v-for="(item, index) in someList">
<option :class="['btn', 'btn-default', 'removing-button']" :value="index">{{item.name}}</option>
</template>
</select>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
mySelectModel: null
}
},
props: {
},
methods: {
customChange: function() {
this.mySelectModel = ... // some value we from somewhere else that is set dynamically on some condiftion
},
onChange: function (event) {
if (!event) return;
// DO SOMETHING THAT WE ONLY WANT TO DO ON A REAL CLICK
}
},
}
</script>
The problem I have is that when I change the data value mySelectModel dynamically, like in the customChange-method, the change event is also called, triggering the method onChange. I only want to do stuff in that method if it was really triggered by a real click, not when it was changed dynamically.
I can not find a way to distinguish between those cases when the change-event is triggered by a click or when it is just changed for some other reason. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

See vue-js-selected-doesnt-triggering-change-event-select-option, it appears that select does not trigger #change when v-model is updated by JS (only when the selected value is changed by user).
A directive can add the functionality
Vue.directive('binding-change', {
update: function (el, binding, vnode) {
const model = vnode.data.directives.find(d => d.name === 'model')
if (model) {
binding.value(model.value)
}
}
})
use like
<select id="testSelect"
v-binding-change="onChange"
v-model="mySelectModel"
#change="onChange($event)">
Not sure about the parameter to onChange - I'll give it a test.

Answer 2

Similar to this suggested solution, you can make a settable computed that you v-model in your widget:
The get function simply returns the data item
The set function does whatever you want a change in the widget to do, in addition to setting the data item
Other code can change the data item directly and will not execute the set code of the computed.
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
values: ['one','two','three'],
selectedItem: 'two'
},
computed: {
wrappedSelectedItem: {
get() { return this.selectedItem; },
set(value) {
console.log("Changed in widget");
this.selectedItem = value;
}
}
},
methods: {
changeToThree() {
console.log("Stealth change!");
this.selectedItem = 'three';
}
}
});
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.4.2/vue.min.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<select v-model="wrappedSelectedItem">
<option v-for="value in values" :value="value">{{value}}</option>
</select>
<button #click="changeToThree">Set to three</button>
</div>