vue-router default child route for tabs - vue.js

Question

I'm trying to have a homepage with tabs containing 2 lists, with 1 open by default.
I have the following route config, I've changed the names to simplify
let routes = [{
path: '/',
name: 'home',
component: require('./views/Home.vue'),
children: [{
path: 'list1',
name: 'home.list1',
component: require('./views/List1.vue')
}, {
path: 'list2',
name: 'home.list2',
component: require('./views/List2.vue')
}]
}
Inside ./views/Home.vue I have a <router-view></router-view> below 2 <router-link>s for each tab (child route).
When I visit the app route http://domain/ I would like to activate the list1 tab. The only way I can currently do this is if I visit http://domain/list1.
I have tried
children: [{
path: '',
name: 'home.list1'
and this initially works well, however if I visit http://domain/list2 both my tab links (router-links) have the active state.
JSFiddle which I can't get to run but helps for context
Is there a better solution to this?

Answer 1

Add one more child route with redirect (should be first)
children: [{
path: '',
redirect: 'list1', // default child path
},
...
]

Answer 2

For making a component(tab) appear default at visiting the parent route, you need to add a path as '' (empty string)
The following is a n example from the Vue Router docs
const router = new VueRouter({
routes: [
{
path: '/user/:id', component: User,
children: [
// UserHome will be rendered inside User's <router-view>
// when /user/:id is matched
{ path: '', component: UserHome },
// ...other sub routes
]
}
]
})
Don't use a '/', it will be considered as the root route.

Answer 3

You need to put the redirect on the parent, and it works on the first load.
Otherwise, it only works when I reload the page.
put redirect: 'home.list1' on the parent
put your child as path: ''
hope it works.
let routes = [{
path: '/',
name: 'home',
redirect: {name: 'home.list1'}, // Redirect to named route
// redirect '/list2' // Or redirect to path
component: require('./views/Home.vue'),
children: [{
path: '',
name: 'home.list1',
component: require('./views/List1.vue')
}, {
path: 'list2',
name: 'home.list2',
component: require('./views/List2.vue')
}]
}

Answer 4

I think what you want to do works if your home route isn't "/"
routes: [
{ path: '/home',
name: 'home',
component: require('./views/home.vue')
children: [
{ path: '/', name: 'list1', component: list1 },
{ path: 'list2', name: 'list2', component: list2},
],
}
]
This will load the home component and the list1 component inside of your initial . Then you can user router link to nav to list2:
<router-link :to="{ name: 'list2', params: { ...}}">
Or, maybe I don't understand the question.

Answer 5

Here is what works.
You have to use redirect: {name: 'home.list1'} (for the named route) property on your parent route 'home'.
Make sure you use the correct redirect property format either for named route (as above) or for path: redirect: '/list1'.
Here is the correct routes config which is only 1 line (the redirect one) different vs your config:
let routes = [{
path: '/',
name: 'home',
redirect: 'home.list1',
component: require('./views/Home.vue'),
children: [{
path: 'list1',
name: 'home.list1',
component: require('./views/List1.vue')
}, {
path: 'list2',
name: 'home.list2',
component: require('./views/List2.vue')
}]
}
Then every visit to / (your 'home' route) would be redirected to /list1.
Moreover, the router-link-active and router-link-exact-active will be correctly assigned on child link (both of them) and on parent link (only router-link-active).
This will also work for deeper nested non-child and child routes.
For more redirect & aliasig options see the official docs.