How do I link the route to the component using vue-router? - vue.js

Question

I'm trying to use vue-router to link url's to their corresponding components.
My issue is that only the root url ('/') can link to the correct component and any other url (e.g. '/first') does not link to their component. All of them link to the component which belongs to the '/' url.
When I use "a" tag in the vue file it will route to the right component - it's only when I input the url directly into the browser that it doesn't work
main.js:
import Vue from 'vue'
import router from './router/index.js'
Vue.use(ElementUI)
Vue.config.productionTip = false
/* eslint-disable no-new */
new Vue({
el: '#app',
router,
template: '<App/>',
// components: { App },
render: h => h(App)
})
index.js:
import Vue from 'vue'
import Router from 'vue-router'
import Hello from '../components/Hello.vue'
import First from '../components/firstPage.vue'
import Login from '../components/logIn.vue'
Vue.use(Router)
const routes =[
{
path: '/',
component: Login
},
{
path:'/first',
component:Hello
}
]
const router = new Router({
routes
})
export default router

Answer 1

I think you can also try as below. It's works, just try it! You can add mode: 'hash', to give default # in all urls.
import Vue from 'vue';
import Router from 'vue-router'
import Hello from '../components/Hello.vue'
import First from '../components/firstPage.vue'
import Login from '../components/logIn.vue'
Vue.use(VueRouter);
const router = new VueRouter({
mode: 'hash',
base: '/your_base_name_if_you_want',
linkActiveClass: 'active-tab', //if you w
routes: [
{
path: '/',
redirect: '/if_you_want_to_redirect',
name: 'Login', //Whatever
component: {
render (c) { return c('router-view'); }
},
children: [
{
path: '/',
component: Login
name: 'Login',
meta: { title: 'Your title name' }
},
{
path:'/first',
component:Hello
name: 'Hello',
meta: { title: 'Your title name' }
}
]
}
]
})
export default router
You can also remove it from your urls using:
var router = new VueRouter({
history: true
});
Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

The default mode for vue-router is hash mode
This is why you can't get the 'Hello' component when your url is '/first'. Instead you can try input '/#/first'.
If you want to use history mode like '/first', set the mode attribute for your route object like this.
const router = new Router({
mode: 'history',
routes
})
Hope it helps you.