React Data Grid Referencing the Handsontable instance in Vue 3

Vue 3 Data GridReferencing the Handsontable instance in Vue 3

Reference the Handsontable instance from a Vue 3 component to programmatically perform actions such as reloading the data in your data grid.

Example

Example

The following example implements the @handsontable/vue3, showing how to reference the Handsontable instance from the wrapper component.

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{
  "name": "handsontable",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "src/main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "vue": "3.2.45",
    "hyperformula": "^2.4.0",
    "handsontable": "15.0",
    "@handsontable/vue3": "15.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@vue/cli-service": "5.0.8"
  }
}

module.exports = {
    runtimeCompiler: true
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Handsontable</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="example1" class="ht-theme-main-dark-auto">
  <div class="example-controls-container">
    <div class="controls">
      <button v-on:click="swapHotData">Load new data</button>
    </div>
  </div>

  <hot-table ref="hotTableComponent" :settings="hotSettings"></hot-table><br/>
</div>
  </body>
</html>

import { createApp } from "vue";
import "./styles.css";
import ExampleComponent from "./ExampleComponent.js";

createApp(ExampleComponent).mount("#example1");

import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/vue3';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';
import 'handsontable/styles/handsontable.css';
import 'handsontable/styles/ht-theme-main.css';

// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();

const ExampleComponent = defineComponent({
  data() {
    return {
      hotSettings: {
        data: [
          ['A1', 'B1', 'C1', 'D1'],
          ['A2', 'B2', 'C2', 'D2'],
          ['A3', 'B3', 'C3', 'D3'],
          ['A4', 'B4', 'C4', 'D4'],
        ],
        colHeaders: true,
        height: 'auto',
        autoWrapRow: true,
        autoWrapCol: true,
        licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation'
      }
    };
  },
  methods: {
    swapHotData() {
      // The Handsontable instance is stored under the `hotInstance` property of the wrapper component.
      this.$refs.hotTableComponent.hotInstance.loadData([['new', 'data']]);
    }
  },
  components: {
    HotTable,
  }
});

export default ExampleComponent;

import { createApp } from 'vue';
import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/vue3';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';
import 'handsontable/styles/handsontable.css';
import 'handsontable/styles/ht-theme-main.css';

// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();

const ExampleComponent = defineComponent({
  data() {
    return {
      hotSettings: {
        data: [
          ['A1', 'B1', 'C1', 'D1'],
          ['A2', 'B2', 'C2', 'D2'],
          ['A3', 'B3', 'C3', 'D3'],
          ['A4', 'B4', 'C4', 'D4'],
        ],
        colHeaders: true,
        height: 'auto',
        autoWrapRow: true,
        autoWrapCol: true,
        licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation'
      }
    };
  },
  methods: {
    swapHotData() {
      // The Handsontable instance is stored under the `hotInstance` property of the wrapper component.
      this.$refs.hotTableComponent.hotInstance.loadData([['new', 'data']]);
    }
  },
  components: {
    HotTable,
  }
});



const app = createApp(ExampleComponent);
app.mount('#example1');

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@15.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@15.0/styles/handsontable.min.css" /> 
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@15.0/styles/ht-theme-main.css" /> 
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@15.0/styles/ht-theme-horizon.css" /> 
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@3/dist/vue.global.prod.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@handsontable/vue3@15.0/dist/vue-handsontable.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://handsontable.com/docs/scripts/fixer.js"></script>

<div id="example1" class="ht-theme-main-dark-auto">
  <div class="example-controls-container">
    <div class="controls">
      <button v-on:click="swapHotData">Load new data</button>
    </div>
  </div>

  <hot-table ref="hotTableComponent" :settings="hotSettings"></hot-table><br/>
</div>