With the growth of my project, I've started to notice a lot of repetitive elements. One area that stands out is the navigation buttons, which appear in multiple locations like the side menu and navbar.
To streamline this process, I want to centralize the navigation items and have components import them as needed. To achieve this, I created a separate file called 'menuItems.js' to store all my menu items:
// menuItems.js
export default {
data() {
return {
items: [
{ title: 'Profile', icon: 'mdi-account-circle', reqAuth: true, hideOnAuth: false},
{ title: 'Dashboard', icon: 'mdi-view-dashboard', reqAuth: true, hideOnAuth: false },
{ title: 'Settings', icon: 'mdi-cog', reqAuth: true, hideOnAuth: false },
{ title: 'Signup', icon: 'mdi-account-circle-outline', reqAuth: false, hideOnAuth: true},
{ title: 'Login', icon: 'mdi-login', reqAuth: false, hideOnAuth: true },
{ title: 'Logout', icon: 'mdi-logout', reqAuth: true, hideOnAuth: false},
]
}
},
methods: {
menuItems: function(authenticated) {
if (!authenticated) {
// Retrieves items that require authentication or don't, excluding those that should be hidden once authenticated
return this.items.filter(o => o.reqAuth || !o.reqAuth && !o.hideOnAuth)
}
// Retrieves items that don't require authentication
return this.items.filter(o => !o.reqAuth)
}
}
}
The buttons can vary in visibility requirements based on authentication status and can also be hidden once authenticated (e.g., the login button).
Now, let's say I have a Vue component for my navbar - how can I incorporate the method that returns the filtered items?
// NavBarComponent.vue
<template>
<div>
<v-btn v-for="(item, i) in menuItems(authenticated)">
{{ item.title }}
</v-btn>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: "NavBarComponent",
data() {
return {
authenticated: true,
}
},
methods {
}
}
</script>
In this scenario, how can I make the menuItems method in the component refer to the external file responsible for filtering the items?