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name
Explicitly declare a display name for the component.
Type
tsinterface ComponentOptions { name?: string }
Details
The name of a component is used for the following:
- Recursive self-reference in the component's own template
- Display in Vue DevTools' component inspection tree
- Display in warning component traces
When you use Single-File Components, the component already infers its own name from the filename. For example, a file named
MyComponent.vue
will have the inferred display name "MyComponent".Another case is that when a component is registered globally with
app.component
, the global ID is automatically set as its name.The
name
option allows you to override the inferred name, or to explicitly provide a name when no name can be inferred (e.g. when not using build tools, or an inlined non-SFC component).There is one case where
name
is explicitly necessary: when matching against cacheable components in<KeepAlive>
via itsinclude / exclude
props.TIP
Since version 3.2.34, a single-file component using
<script setup>
will automatically infer itsname
option based on the filename, removing the need to manually declare the name even when used with<KeepAlive>
.
inheritAttrs
Controls whether the default component attribute fallthrough behavior should be enabled.
Type
tsinterface ComponentOptions { inheritAttrs?: boolean // default: true }
Details
By default, parent scope attribute bindings that are not recognized as props will "fallthrough". This means that when we have a single-root component, these bindings will be applied to the root element of the child component as normal HTML attributes. When authoring a component that wraps a target element or another component, this may not always be the desired behavior. By setting
inheritAttrs
tofalse
, this default behavior can be disabled. The attributes are available via the$attrs
instance property and can be explicitly bound to a non-root element usingv-bind
.Example
When declaring this option in a component that uses
<script setup>
, you can use thedefineOptions
macro:vue<script setup> defineProps(['label', 'value']) defineEmits(['input']) defineOptions({ inheritAttrs: false }) </script> <template> <label> {{ label }} <input v-bind="$attrs" v-bind:value="value" v-on:input="$emit('input', $event.target.value)" /> </label> </template>
See also Fallthrough Attributes
components
An object that registers components to be made available to the component instance.
Type
tsinterface ComponentOptions { components?: { [key: string]: Component } }
Example
jsimport Foo from './Foo.vue' import Bar from './Bar.vue' export default { components: { // shorthand Foo, // register under a different name RenamedBar: Bar } }
See also Component Registration
directives
An object that registers directives to be made available to the component instance.
Type
tsinterface ComponentOptions { directives?: { [key: string]: Directive } }
Example
jsexport default { directives: { // enables v-focus in template focus: { mounted(el) { el.focus() } } } }
template<input v-focus>
See also Custom Directives