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Introduction to the

Vue commands can be divided into “built-in commands (such as V-once and V-cloak)” and “custom commands”. The Vue directive provides the ability to manipulate the underlying DOM, enhancing the processing capabilities of the Vue template.

  • Local registration instruction, you can use component optionsdirectives
  • Global registration instructionNeed to call the Vue constructorVue.directive()methods

Hook function

Directives are structured like component options, with their own unique hook functions.

  • Bind: Called only once, when a directive is bound to an element, at which point the element can be initialized (such as event binding).
  • Inserted: Called when the bound element is inserted into the parent node (there is no guarantee that the parent node itself has been inserted into the document).
  • Update: called before the component is updated.
  • ComponentUpdated: Called after a component is updated.
  • unbind: called only once, when directives are unbound from elements, for examplev-ifControl components.

bindinsertedThe difference between

bind inserted
Is called after the element (Vdom) has been created and is bound to the directive. Called when the element is bound to the directive and inserted into the parent node.
The element was not inserted into the parent when triggered, soel.parentNodeReturn tonull. Call inbindAfter that, the element is already inserted into the parent node, soel.parentNodeA reference to the parent node can be returned correctly.
Is in theDOMCalled before the tree is drawn, so no information about element rendering is available. Function isDOMCalled after the tree is drawn, so you can get information about element rendering.
Vue.directive('dom', {bind(el){
    console.log(el.offsetWidth); / / 0
    console.log(el.parentNode);  //null
  },
  inserted(el){
    console.log(el.offsetWidth); / / 1170
    console.log(el.parentNode);  //<div msg="Welcome to Your Vue.js App"><button>click</button><div>false</div></div>}})Copy the code

updatecomponentUpdateddifferences

The difference is more like beforeUpdate versus updated.

<button @click="show = ! show">click</button>
<div v-dom>{{ show }}</div>
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At this point, click the button to switch the value of responsive data show to true and observe the output of the custom instruction:

Vue.directive("dom", {
  update(el) {
    console.log("update", el.innerHTML); //'update false'
  },
  componentUpdated(el) {
    console.log("componentUpdated", el.innerHTML); //'componentUpdated true'}});Copy the code

There is no Vue instance in the custom directive hook. This points to undefined by default.

Hook function arguments

Complete command structure:

<span v-directiveName:argument.modifier="show"></span>
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If it is abstract, then substitute the actual example to understand:

<button v-on:mousemove.passive="doSomeThing"></button>
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The hook method of the Vue directive accepts the following four arguments:

  1. el: The element bound by the current directive.
  2. binding: Information about the instruction itself, and the value is an object.
    • name: Indicates the name of the directive.
    • rawName: Full original name, includingv-*Prefix.
    • value: Indicates the value of the instruction.
    • expression: Expression of an instruction.
    • arg: Parameters passed to the instruction. Dynamic parameters are supported.
    • modifiers: Modifiers for instructions.
    • oldValue: The previous value of the directive binding, available only in the UPDATE and componentUpdated hooks. Available regardless of whether the value changes.
  3. vnode: virtual node generated by Vue compilation.
  4. oldVnode: Last virtual node, available only in update and componentUpdated hooks.

valueexpressionThe link

A Vue directive can be invoked to receive the value of an “expression” in the form of a string specified by JavaScript (the core is the value of the directive). And value is the value of expression after the final calculation.

v-calc="1 + 1"
//expression "1+1"
//value 2;
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Common expressions, such as primitive expressions, arithmetic expressions, initialization expressions for objects and arrays, call expressions, and so on.

expression value
“true” true
“1” 1
“‘hello'” “hello”
“Show “(responsive variable) false
“{x: 2.3, y: 1.2}” {x: 2.3, y: 1.2}
“1 + 2” 3
“(v)=>{}” ƒ (v)

Dynamic instruction parameter

The parameters of an instruction can be dynamic. For example, in v-DOM :[argument]=”value”, the argument argument can be updated based on the responsive data of the component instance, which makes custom instructions flexible in the application.

Vue.directive("dom", {
  bind(el, binding) {
    if (binding.arg === "color") {
      el.style.color = binding.value;
    } else if (binding.arg === "background") { el.style.background = binding.value; }}});Copy the code

How to use commands:

<div v-dom:background="'red'">{{ show }}</div>
<div v-dom:color="'green'">{{ show }}</div>
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Returns the registered directive

Vue.directive('directiveName'); 
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