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JavaScript

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Posted by Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Vue.js Conditionally adding classes based on the values of a property

Hi all.

Well, I've been trying but I can't seem to find the expression I need to generate the right classes based on the property values in my Vue instance.

<article class="project-list">


                <h2>{{ list }}</h2> 
                <ul id="project-status">
                    <li v-for="status in projects">
                        <span v-bind:class="{'complete': projects[true], 'incomplete': !projects[false]}">{{ status.project_status }} </span>
                    </li>
                </ul>
                <ul id="project-names">
                    <li v-for="name in projects">{{ name.project_name }}</li>

                <!--
                <li><span class="incomplete"></span>Project 1</li>
                <li><span class="complete"></span>Project 2</li>
                <li><span class="complete"></span>Project 3</li>
                <li><span class="complete"></span>Form Project</li>
                <li><span class="incomplete"></span>Project 1</li>
                <li><span class="complete"></span>Project 2</li>
                <li><span class="complete"></span>Project 3</li>

                -->
            </ul>

        </article>

So in my code I have unordered list which I have a v-for directive which generates the list items I need. The span element inside project-status have CSS applied so it renders Green for a project that is complete and a red backround for incomplete projects.

No matter what I try however, I only get all 6 list items showing red or showing green.

Here's my Vue instance. Thanks :)

const vue = new Vue({

    el: '.project-list',
    data: {
        list: "Project List",
        projects:  [{
            project_name: "Vue Project",
            project_status: "Complete",
            status: true,
        },
        {
            project_name: "jQuery Project",
            project_status: "Incomplete",
            status: false,    
        },
        {
            project_name: "JavaScript",
            project_status: "Complete",
            status: true,
        },
        {
            project_name: "HTML5",
            project_status: "Complete",
            status: true,
        },
        {
            project_name: "PHP",
            project_status: "Incomplete",
            status: false,
        },
        {
            project_name: "Python",
            project_status: "Incomplete",
            status: false,
        }]
    },
    methods: {

    },

    computed: {

    }

});

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Hi Jonathan,

Change the v-bind:class to the following:

<span v-bind:class="{'complete': status.status, 'incomplete': !status.status}">

It probably wouldn't hurt to change the v-for to v-for="project in projects so then the v-bind could be written as v-bind:class="{'complete': project.status, 'incomplete': !project.status} so it's easier to understand, but that's personal opinion and not judgement.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Thank you. I think I've got it now! It needed a reference to the status as defined in v-for to actually iterate through the values.

Now it is so clear! Appreciate your response! (I thought I'd tried every possible expression! :)