Deprecation notice
Due to an unfortunate naming decision, this package has moved to vue-smooth-reflow. vue-smooth-reflow has more features, better handling of child transitions, and a few API changes.
Vue Smooth Height (VSM)
A Vue mixin that answers the question, "How do I transition height: auto?"
When the component's data is changed (i.e. when the updated
lifecycle hook is called), its current height will smoothly transition to the new height, instead of instantly resizing.
Note that this library has no overlap with Vue's built in transition components.
Demo
https://jsfiddle.net/axfwg1L0/94/
Installation
Download via npm:
$ npm install vue-smooth-height
Include via cdn:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue-smooth-height"></script>
Usage
Module:
<template> <div> <div ref="container"></div> </div> </template> <script> import smoothHeight from 'vue-smooth-height'; export default { mixins:[smoothHeight], mounted(){ this.$smoothElement({ el: this.$refs.container, }) }, } </script>
Browser:
The mixin is available via the global variable SmoothHeight
Vue.component('myComponent', { mixins:[SmoothHeight], mounted(){ this.$smoothElement({ el: this.$refs.container, }) }, template: ` <div> <div ref="container"></div> </div> ` })
Transitions
VSM will check if the element has a height transition, either through the stylesheet or inline styles. If it exists, VSM will use that. If it doesn't, it will apply transition: height .5s
to the element's inline style, and append any existing transition properties it finds.
For example, if the element has this style:
.element { transition: opacity 1s; }
VSM will set style="transition: opacity 1s, height .5s;"
on the element during the transition. After the transition, it will remove the inline style.
For compatibility, do not set transitions on other properties as an inline style, as they will be overridden.
Child transitions
Oftentimes a child element will be removed with a vue transition, rather than immediately removed. This child transition will be detected, and the container height will be transitioned after it detects a bubbled transitionend
event.
Beware of giving child elements a height transition, it'll conflict with this library's transition. If you feel the need to do so, you don't need VSM on the container element.
Interrupted transitions
If the transition is interrupted, it will transition from the interrupted height to the new height. You don't need to do anything.
API
$smoothElement(options)
options: Object | Array
Can be a single options object, or an array of options objects.
Enables smooth height transition on an element.
Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
el | Element, String | The component's $el | A reference to the element, or a selector string. Use a selector string if the element is not rendered initially. If the selector string returns multiple elements, the first matched element will be used. |
transition | String | height .5s | The CSS shorthand transition property. Use this option if you don't want to use stylesheets (<style>...</style> ). |
childTransitions | Boolean | true | Run height transition after child transitions finish. |
hideOverflow | Boolean | false | If the element has overflow-y: auto , a scrollbar can temporarily appear during the transition. Set this option to true to hide the scrollbar during the transition. |
debug | Boolean | false | Logs messages at certain times within the transition lifecycle. |
$unsmoothElement(options)
options: Object | Array
Can be a single options object, or an array of options objects.
Disables smooth height behavior on an element. Registered elements that have the same el
as the passed in options will be unregistered. This usually isn't necessary, but is useful if you want to disable the behavior while the component is still alive.
Examples:
mounted(){ // Zero config. Enables smooth height on this.$el this.$smoothElement() // Register with element reference this.$smoothElement({ el: this.$refs.container, }) // Register with classname. The first match will be used. this.$smoothElement({ el: '.container', }) // Pass an array of options this.$smoothElement([ { el: this.$refs.container, }, { el: '.container', transition: 'height 1s ease-in-out .15s' hideOverflow: true, debug: true, } ]) // If the element reference is a component, // make sure to pass in its "$el" property. this.$smoothElement({ el: this.$refs.container.$el, }) },
Browser compatibility
Due to various browser quirks, I cannot guarantee that vue-smooth-height will work as intended on every browser.