How do I register Vue Syncfusion components globally in a Nuxt application?

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Global components in Vue.js streamline development by enabling components to be registered once and utilized throughout the application without repeated imports. This article focuses on integrating Syncfusion Vue components into a Nuxt application and registering them globally, enhancing code organization, and simplifying maintenance.

Setting up a Nuxt application

Begin by creating a new Nuxt application using the following commands:

npx nuxi@latest init my-project
cd my-project
npm install

Now that my-project is ready to run with default settings, let’s add Syncfusion Vue components to the application.

Adding Syncfusion Vue packages

Syncfusion provides a range of Vue component packages on npmjs.com. To add Syncfusion Vue components to your application, install the desired npm package. For example, to install the Vue Grid component, run:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-grids –save

Global registration

After configuring the Nuxt application, you can register Syncfusion Vue components globally. This allows you to use them throughout your application without importing them into every file.

Create a new file named global.ts and add the following code to register the components globally:

import { ColumnDirective, ColumnsDirective, GridComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-grids';

export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {  
    nuxtApp.vueApp.component('ejs-grid', GridComponent);
    nuxtApp.vueApp.component('e-columns', ColumnsDirective);
    nuxtApp.vueApp.component('e-column', ColumnDirective);
});

Include the custom plugin in ./nuxt.config.ts:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
 devtools: { enabled: true },
 plugins: [
   'global'
 ]
});

This will register the Grid as a global component in Nuxt. You can access them in every file without importing.

When you register components globally in a separate file, you might lose IntelliSense support across all Vue files. However, to ensure IntelliSense support across all Vue files, you need to create a type definition file (.d.ts). This file should declare the types of your globally registered components.

IntelliSense support

To enable IntelliSense, create a type definition file that helps TypeScript understand the types of your globally registered components.

Create a file named components.d.ts in your project and add the following:

import { GridComponent, ColumnsDirective, ColumnDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-grids';

declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
  export interface GlobalComponents {
    EjsGrid: typeof GridComponent,
    EColumns: typeof ColumnsDirective,
    EColumn: typeof ColumnDirective,
  }
}

This code snippet defines the types for the EjsGrid, EColumns, and EColumn components, enabling IntelliSense features such as auto-completion.

In the app.vue file, include the component as ejs-grid and press Ctrl + Space to visualize the properties. This will assist you with component properties and improve your coding efficiency.

Additional References

For further information on Syncfusion and Nuxt, refer to the following resources:

Always consult the official documentation for the latest information and best practices.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how do I register Syncfusion components globally in a Nuxt application.

You can refer to our Vue feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our Vue example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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