Last time we covered advanced Vue Router topics we discussed Navigation Guards and Redirects. This time we’ll be tackling how to implement Vue Router Transitions.
We’ve already covered Vue Transitions in Understanding Vue.js Transitions, so we’ll use that as a starting point. Combining Vue Router with transitions will allow us to customize the user’s experience while they navigate throughout our app with custom styling or animations. This is important with apps that grow large with many complex routes.
Since this is another post about advanced Vue Router techniques, we’ll assume you’re already familiar with the basic setup. However, let’s define a starting point that we’ll use for the rest of the post:
The Vue Router allows us to wrap our <router-view>
component with the <transition>
component. This enables transitions when navigating both to and from our route components.
Now you’ll notice the Gator
and Swamp
components slither in and out from the left when navigating!
We can also define router transitions dynamically. This would allow us to add a transition only when navigating away from /swamp
:
Now let’s define the drain
transition:
Now we’ll see that only when leaving Swamp
we’ll see it drain
away 🤓.
We could also apply transitions on a per-route basis. We can accomplish this by wrapping a route component with <transition>
. Let’s say we modified Gator
as follows (making sure to remove the original <transition>
in App.vue
):
Now, only when navigating to /gator
will we see our slither
transition in action.
Vue Router transitions are great for adding next-level user experiences. Not only can we make our apps look cool, but transitions can also aid in helping the user navigate a complex router setup. If we were implementing a wizard or a book, we could have components transition to the left or right as if the user were turning pages. This helps the user remember where they are in your app!
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