Update
Vue JS 3 will properly handle this: https://blog.cloudboost.io/reactivity-in-vue-js-2-vs-vue-js-3-dcdd0728dcdf
Problem:
I have a vue component that looks like this:
sub-comp.vue
<template>
<div>
<input type="text" class="form-control" v-model="textA">
<input type="text" class="form-control" v-model="textB">
<input type="text" class="form-control" v-model="textC">
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
textA: {
type: Number,
required: false
},
textB: {
type: Number,
required: false
},
textC: {
type: Number,
required: false
}
}
}
</script>
I have a parent component that looks like this:
layout-comp.vue
<template>
<div>
<button @click="addItem">Add</button>
<ul>
<li v-for="listItem in listItems"
:key="listItem.id">
<sub-comp
:textA="listItem.item.textA"
:textB="listItem.item.textB"
:textC="listItem.item.textC"
/>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</template>
import subComp from '../sub-comp.vue'
export default {
components: {
subComp
},
data() {
return {
listItems: []
}
},
methods: {
addItem: function () {
var item = {
textA: 5,
textB: 100,
textC: 200
}
if (!item) {
return
}
this.length += 1;
this.listItems.push({
id: length++,
item: item
});
}
}
</script>
The thing is, anything I do to edit the textboxes, the array doesn't get changed, even though the reactive data shows that it changed. For example, it will always be as
{
textA: 5,
textB: 100,
textC: 200
}
Even if I changed textB: 333, the listItems array still shows textB: 100. This is because of this:
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/list.html#Caveats
Due to limitations in JavaScript, Vue cannot detect the following changes to an array
Question:
I'm wondering how do I update the array? I also want the change to occur when leaving the textbox, using the @blur event. I'd like to see what ways this can be done.
I read these materials:
https://codingexplained.com/coding/front-end/vue-js/array-change-detection https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/list.html
But it seems my example is a bit more complex, as it has indexes associated, and the arrays have complex objects.
Update 4/12/2018
Found out that in my addItem() that I had:
item = this.conditionItems[this.conditionItems.length - 1].item);
to
item = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.conditionItems[this.conditionItems.length - 1].item));
I was thinking the sync modifier in the answer below was causing problems because it duplicated all items. But that's not the case. I was copying a vue object (including the observable properties), which caused it to happen. The JSON parse and JSON stringify methods only copies the properties as a normal object, without the observable properties. This was discussed here:
