how to call a method on the component by clicking Vue.js? - vue.js

Question

I am use component of the dialog window dialog.vue from vue-mdl package
<template>
<div class="mdl-dialog-container" v-show="show">
<div class="mdl-dialog">
<div class="mdl-dialog__title">{{title}}</div>
<div class="mdl-dialog__content">
<slot></slot>
</div>
<div class="mdl-dialog__actions" :class="actionsClasses">
<slot name="actions">
<mdl-button class="mdl-js-ripple-effect" #click.native.stop="close">Close</mdl-button>
</slot>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import mdlButton from './button.vue'
import createFocusTrap from 'focus-trap'
export default {
components: {
mdlButton
},
computed: {
actionsClasses () {
return {
'mdl-dialog__actions--full-width': this.fullWidth
}
}
},
data () {
return {
show: false
}
},
props: {
title: {
type: String
},
fullWidth: Boolean
},
mounted () {
this._focusTrap = createFocusTrap(this.$el)
},
methods: {
open () {
this.show = true
this.$nextTick(() => this._focusTrap.activate())
this.$emit('open')
},
close () {
this.show = false
this._focusTrap.deactivate()
this.$emit('close')
}
}
}
</script>
I want to bring a dialog window to the other component
<mdl-dialog></mdl-dialog>
<button class="mdl-button mdl-js-button mdl-button--raised">Click me</button>
I found no information on how to call a method of one component within the other. All examples are mainly used props. Tell me how to do it?
How can I call a method open() in <mdl-dialog></mdl-dialog>?

Answer 1

Since they're not parent child you'd want to use an event bus. Since you're using .vue files you can create a file called bus.js like
import Vue from 'vue'
export default new Vue()
Then, import that wherever you need to emit and listen for centralized events. Here's a quick example:
// SomeComponent.vue
import bus from './bus.js'
export default {
methods: {
log (msg) {
console.log(msg)
}
},
created () {
bus.$on('someEvent', this.log)
}
}
Then in another component you can do like...
// AnotherComponent.vue
import bus from './bus.js'
export default {
methods: {
emitClick (msg) {
bus.$emit('Hello from AnotherComponent.vue')
},
},
}
You can read up a bit more about it here: https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html#Non-Parent-Child-Communication

Answer 2

You can create below helper method in methods in your parent component:
getChild(name) {
for(let child of this.$children) if (child.$options.name==name) return child;
},
And call child component method in this way:
this.getChild('mdl-dialog').open();
I don't test it for Vue>=2.0