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Vue Event Modifiers

Event modifiers in Vue modify how events trigger the running of methods and help us handle events in a more efficient and straightforward way.

Event modifiers are used together with the Vue v-on directive, to for example:

  • Prevent the default submit behavior of HTML forms (v-on:submit.prevent)
  • Make sure that an event can only run once after the page is loaded (v-on:click.once)
  • Specify what keyboard key to use as an event to run a method (v-on:keyup.enter)

How To Modify The v-on Directive

Event modifiers are used to define how to react on an event in more detail.

We use event modifiers by first connecting a tag to an event like we have seen before:

<button v-on:click="createAlert">Create alert</button>

Now, to define more specifically that the button click event should only fire one time after the page loads, we can add the .once modifier, like this:

<button v-on:click.once="createAlert">Create alert</button>

Here is an example with the .once modifier:

Example

The .once modifier is used on the <button> tag to only run the method the first time the 'click' event happens.

<div id="app">
  <p>Click the button to create an alert:</p>
  <button v-on:click.once="creteAlert">Create Alert</button>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    methods: {
      createAlert() {
        alert("Alert created from button click")
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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Note: It is also possible to handle an event inside the method instead of using event modifiers, but event modifiers make it a lot easier.


Different v-on Modifiers

Event modifiers are used in different situations. We can use event modifiers when we listen to keyboard events, mouse click events, and we can even use event modifiers in combination with each other.

The event modifier .once can be used after both keyboard and mouse click events.


Keyboard Key Event Modifiers

We have three different keyboard event types keydown, keypress, and keyup.

With each key event type, we can specify exactly what key to listen to after a key event occurs. We have .space, .enter, .w and .up to name a few.

You can write the key event to the web page, or to the console with console.log(event.key), to find the value of a certain key yourself:

Example

The keydown keyboard event triggers the 'getKey' method, and the value 'key' from the event object is written to the console and to the web page.

<input v-on:keydown="getKey">
<p> {{ keyValue }} </p>
data() {
  return {
    keyValue = ''
  }
},
methods: {
  getKey(evt) {
    this.keyValue = evt.key
    console.log(evt.key)
  }
}
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We can also choose to limit the event to happen only when a mouse click or a key press happens in combination with system modifier keys .alt, .ctrl, .shift or .meta. The system modifier key .meta represents the Windows key on Windows computers, or command key on Apple computers.

Key Modifier Details
.[Vue key alias] The most common keys have their own aliases in Vue:
  • .enter
  • .tab
  • .delete
  • .esc
  • .space
  • .up
  • .down
  • .left
  • .right
.[letter] Specify the letter that comes when you press the key. As an example: use the .s key modifier to listen to the 'S' key.
.[system modifier key] .alt, .ctrl, .shift or .meta. These keys can be used in combination with other keys, or in combination with mouse clicks.

Example

Use the .s modifier to create an alert when the user writes an 's' inside the <textarea> tag.

<div id="app">
  <p>Try pressing the 's' key:</p>
  <textarea v-on:keyup.s="createAlert"></textarea>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    methods: {
      createAlert() {
        alert("You pressed the 'S' key!")
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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Combine Keyboard Event Modifiers

Event modifiers can also be used in combination with each other so that more than one thing must happen simultaneous for the method to be called.

Example

Use the .s and .ctrl modifiers in combination to create an alert when 's' and 'ctrl' are pressed simultaneously inside the <textarea> tag.

<div id="app">
  <p>Try pressing the 's' key:</p>
  <textarea v-on:keydown.ctrl.s="createAlert"></textarea>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    methods: {
      createAlert() {
        alert("You pressed the 'S' and 'Ctrl' keys, in combination!")
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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Mouse Button Modifiers

To react on a mouse click, we can write v-on:click, but to specify which mouse button that was clicked, we can use .left, .center or .right modifiers.

Trackpad users: You might need to click with two fingers, or in the lower right hand side of the trackpad on your computer to create a right click.

Example

Change the background color when a user right-clicks in the <div> element:

<div id="app">
  <div v-on:click.right="changeColor"
       v-bind:style="{backgroundColor:'hsl('+bgColor+',80%,80%)'}">
    <p>Press right mouse button here.</p>
  </div>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        bgColor: 0
      }
    },
    methods: {
      changeColor() {
        this.bgColor+=50
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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Mouse button events can also work in combination with a system modifier key.

Example

Change the background color when a user right-clicks in the <div> element in combination with the 'ctrl' key:

<div id="app">
  <div v-on:click.right.ctrl="changeColor"
       v-bind:style="{backgroundColor:'hsl('+bgColor+',80%,80%)'}">
    <p>Press right mouse button here.</p>
  </div>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        bgColor: 0
      }
    },
    methods: {
      changeColor() {
        this.bgColor+=50
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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The event modifier .prevent can be used in addition to the .right modifier to prevent the default drop-down menu to appear when we right click.

Example

The drop-down menu is prevented from appearing when you right click to change the background color of the <div> element:

<div id="app">
  <div v-on:click.right.prevent="changeColor"
       v-bind:style="{backgroundColor:'hsl('+bgColor+',80%,80%)'}">
    <p>Press right mouse button here.</p>
  </div>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        bgColor: 0
      }
    },
    methods: {
      changeColor() {
        this.bgColor+=50
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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It would be possible to prevent the drop-down menu from appearing after right click by using event.preventDefault() inside the method, but with the Vue .prevent modifier the code becomes more readable and easier to maintain.

You can also react on left button mouse clicks in combination with other modifiers, like click.left.shift:

Example

Hold the 'shift' keyboard key and press left mouse button on the <img> tag to change image.

<div id="app">
  <p>Hold 'Shift' key and press left mouse button:</p>
  <img v-on:click.left.shift="changeImg" v-bind:src="imgUrl">
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        imgUrlIndex: 0,
        imgUrl: 'img_tiger_square.jpeg',
        imgages: [
          'img_tiger_square.jpeg',
          'img_moose_square.jpeg',
          'img_kangaroo_square.jpeg'
        ]
      }
    },
    methods: {
      changeImg() {
        this.imgUrlIndex++
        if(this.imgUrlIndex>=3){
          this.imgUrlIndex=0
        }
        this.imgUrl = this.images[this.imgUrlIndex]
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>
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Vue Exercises

Test Yourself With Exercises

Exercise:

Provide the correct code so that the <div> element changes color when right clicked.

ALSO, add code so that the default drop down menu that appears when you right click a web page, is not shown.

<div id="app">
  <div v-on:click.="changeColor"
      v-bind:style="{backgroundColor:'hsl('+bgColor+',80%,80%)'}">
    <p>Press right mouse button here.</p>
  </div>
</div>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3/dist/vue.global.js"></script>
<script>
  const app = Vue.createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        bgColor: 0
      }
    },
    methods: {
      changeColor() {
        this.bgColor+=50
      }
    }
  })
  app.mount('#app')
</script>

Start the Exercise



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