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Vue Select Sides

Vue Select Sides

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A component for Vue.js to select double-sided data. The customer can select one or more items and ship them from side to side. Values can be displayed grouped or ungrouped.

From version v2.0.0 it is only compatible with Vue 3.
For Vue 2, see version v1.1.6.

Demo - Vue Select Sides

Live DEMO

Installation

First install it using:

npm install --save vue-select-sides

or

yarn add vue-select-sides

Usage with Vue 3

Component Registration

Local component:

<script setup>
import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";
</script>

<template>
  <vue-select-sides
    type="mirror"
    v-model="selected"
    :list="list"
  ></vue-select-sides>
</template>

Or using Options API:

import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";

export default {
  components: {
    vueSelectSides,
  },
};

Global component:

// main.js
import { createApp } from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";
import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";

const app = createApp(App);

// Optional: Set global locale
app.use(vueSelectSides, {
  locale: "en_US", // Default locale
});

app.component("vue-select-sides", vueSelectSides);
app.mount("#app");

Script tag (UMD):

<script src="dist/vue-select-sides.umd.js"></script>

Import a Theme

You have three pre-built themes available:

Using SCSS (recommended):

// Soft theme (default - orange accent)
@use "vue-select-sides/styles/themes/soft.scss" as *;

// Dark theme
@use "vue-select-sides/styles/themes/dark.scss" as *;

// Light theme
@use "vue-select-sides/styles/themes/light.scss" as *;

Customizing the Soft theme:

// Override default variables
@use "vue-select-sides/styles/themes/soft.scss" with (
  $selected-color: #ff0000,
  $default-item-background: #f0f0f0,
  $border-radius-base: 0.5rem
) as *;

Using CSS (pre-compiled):

// In your main.js or component
import "vue-select-sides/dist/css/soft.css";
// or
import "vue-select-sides/dist/css/dark.css";
// or
import "vue-select-sides/dist/css/light.css";

Component Types

The component has support for two types: mirror and grouped.

Grouped

Warning: v-model must be of type Object

<template>
  <vue-select-sides
    type="grouped"
    v-model="selected"
    :list="list"
  ></vue-select-sides>
</template>

<script setup>
import { ref } from "vue";
import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";

const selected = ref({});
const list = ref([
  {
    value: "sul",
    label: "Sul",
    disabled: false,
    children: [
      {
        value: "santa-catarina",
        label: "Santa Catarina",
        disabled: false,
      },
      {
        value: "parana",
        label: "Paraná",
        disabled: false,
      },
    ],
  },
  {
    value: "sudeste",
    label: "Sudeste",
    disabled: false,
    children: [
      {
        value: "minas-gerais",
        label: "Minas Gerais",
        disabled: false,
      },
      {
        value: "sao-paulo",
        label: "São Paulo",
        disabled: false,
      },
    ],
  },
]);
</script>

Mirror

Warning: v-model must be of type Array

<template>
  <vue-select-sides
    type="mirror"
    v-model="selected"
    :list="list"
  ></vue-select-sides>
</template>

<script setup>
import { ref } from "vue";
import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";

const selected = ref([]);
const list = ref([
  {
    value: "afghanistan",
    label: "Afghanistan",
    disabled: true,
  },
  {
    value: "brazil",
    label: "Brazil",
  },
  {
    value: "fiji",
    label: "Fiji",
    disabled: true,
  },
  {
    value: "ghana",
    label: "Ghana",
  },
]);
</script>

Language/Locales

List of locales available for the plugin:

  • en_US - [English] - Default
  • pt_BR - [Portuguese] - Contributed by @juliorosseti
  • es_ES - [Spanish] - Contributed by @etrepat
  • fr_FR - [French] - Contributed by @MajuTo
  • tr_TR - [Turkish] - Contributed by @Abdulsametileri
  • pl_PL - [Polish] - Contributed by @jzapal
  • cz_CZ - [Czech] - Contributed by @DuchVladimir
  • sk_SK - [Slovak] - Contributed by @DuchVladimir

Set Global Locale

// main.js
import { createApp } from "vue";
import vueSelectSides from "vue-select-sides";

const app = createApp(App);

app.use(vueSelectSides, {
  locale: "pt_BR",
});

app.component("vue-select-sides", vueSelectSides);

Props

These are all the props you can pass to the component:

nametypeexamplenotes
v-modelArray or Object["xyz"] or {xyz: ["abc", "def"]}Use Object if type is grouped else uses Array
typeStringgrouped or mirror
listArray[{ value: "xyz", label: "Label xyz 01", disabled: true/false }]You can add the children key to type grouped
searchBooleantrue or falseTo show/hide search input. Default is visible (true)
totalBooleantrue or falseTo show/hide total selected in footer. Default is visible (true)
toggle-allBooleantrue or falseTo show/hide toggle in footer. Default is visible (true)
sort-selected-upBooleantrue or falseShow first the pre-selected. Default does not visible (false). Available only grouped type
order-byStringasc or descShow first the pre-selected. Default is natural order
lang (deprecated in v1.1)Stringen_US, pt_BR, es_ES or fr_FRLanguage default. Default is en_US
Use Set Global Locale
placeholder-search-leftString"Yay! Search items..."Placeholder on the left search field. Default is ""
placeholder-search-rightString"Or search children items..."Placeholder on the right search field. Default is ""

Available SCSS Variables for Customization

When using @use with the soft theme, you can override these variables:

$font-size-base: 0.9rem;
$border-radius-base: 0.25rem;
$selected-color: #f57f1e;
$white: #fff;
$gray: #e1e1e1;
$dark: #242934;
$default-item-background: #fafafa;
$default-item-color-selected: $white;
$default-item-background-selected: $selected-color;
$default-text-color: $dark;
$default-footer-text-color: $white;
$default-footer-background: $dark;
$badge-background: rgba($dark, 0.15);

Example:

@use "vue-select-sides/styles/themes/soft.scss" with (
  $selected-color: #3498db,
  $border-radius-base: 8px,
  $font-size-base: 1rem
) as *;

Bugs and Feature Requests

If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.

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Contribution / Development

Install Dependencies

yarn install

Dev Server

yarn run serve

Build

yarn run build

Run Tests

yarn test

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License

Vue select sides is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.