Set of components used for virtualizing DOM.
npm install --save vue-windowing
Install all as a plugin:
import Vue from 'vue'
import ViewWindowing from 'vue-windowing';
Vue.use(ViewWindowing)
Install only those which you want:
import Vue from 'vue'
import {
VirtualScroll,
// ...
NestedList,
} from 'vue-windowing';
Vue.component(VirtualScroll, 'VirtualScroll');
Vue.component(NestedList, 'NestedList');
There are several components used for DOM virtualization:
Component used for virtualizing vertical scrolling elements. It may handle dynamic height elements calculated on fly by AutoHeightMeasurer.
Example:
<template>
<VirtualScroll
style="height: 200px"
:items="items"
:render-ahead="renderAhead"
:estimated-height="estimatedHeight">
<template #header>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating header -->
</template>
<template #body>
<!-- Might be added custom body which will overwrite DOM virtualization - useful for presenting placeholders in case that there is no data -->
</template>
<template #item="{ item, index }">
<div v-text="item" />
</template>
<template #footer>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating footer -->
</template>
</VirtualScroll>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
items: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14],
renderAhead: 2, // Buffer, +2 at top / bottom in queue
estimatedHeight: 20, // We need to assume that there is some default height for each row which will be recalculated later
};
},
}
</script>
Wrapper for VirtualScroll. It adds simple functionality of flattening passed items. Allowing to render tree data structures.
Example:
<template>
<NestedList
style="height: 200px"
:items="items"
:render-ahead="renderAhead"
:estimated-height="estimatedHeight">
<template #header>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating header -->
</template>
<template #body>
<!-- Might be added custom body which will overwrite DOM virtualization - useful for presenting placeholders in case that there is no data -->
</template>
<template #item="{ item, index }">
<div v-text="item" />
</template>
<template #footer>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating footer -->
</template>
</NestedList>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
items: [
{
id: 'root',
children: [
{
id: 'firstLevel - 1',
children: [
{
id: 'secondLevel - 1',
}
],
},
{
id: 'firstLevel - 2',
}
]
}
],
renderAhead: 2, // Buffer, +2 at top / bottom in queue
estimatedHeight: 20, // We need to assume that there is some default height for each row which will be recalculated later
};
},
}
</script>
Wrapper for VirtualScroll. It adds simple functionality of flattening passed items and toggling visibility of groups. Allowing to render tree data structures.
Example:
<template>
<ExpandingList
style="height: 200px"
:items="items"
:render-ahead="renderAhead"
:estimated-height="estimatedHeight"
@expand="onExpandGroup">
<template #header>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating header -->
</template>
<template #body>
<!-- Might be added custom body which will overwrite DOM virtualization - useful for presenting placeholders in case that there is no data -->
</template>
<template #item="{ item, onExpand }">
<div v-text="item" @click="onExpand(item)" />
</template>
<template #footer>
<!-- Might be added sticky / floating footer -->
</template>
</ExpandingList>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
items: [
{
id: 'root',
children: [
{
id: 'firstLevel - 1',
children: [
{
id: 'secondLevel - 1',
}
],
},
{
id: 'firstLevel - 2',
}
]
}
],
renderAhead: 2, // Buffer, +2 at top / bottom in queue
estimatedHeight: 20, // We need to assume that there is some default height for each row which will be recalculated later
};
},
methods: {
onExpandGroup(item) {
// We might want to asynchronously prefetch data for expanded group
}
}
}
</script>
Props:
Prop name | Description | Default value |
---|---|---|
items | list of items | [] or {} for Nested/Expanding List |
renderAhead | number of buffered items at the top/bottom | 2 |
estimatedHeight | approximated value of each row height | 30 |
expanded | the flag which toggles between state of all items - only for ExpandingList | '' |
Events:
- expand: click event for group element which toggles between visible state of group items - only for ExpandingList
❌ Do not use margin directly for styling node items! Height won't be measured well.
ℹ️ Each virtualized component by default will fully expand, to make things happening you either have to set height / max-height of component or by implementing dynamic height content with flexbox / grid.