Reusable User Link Popover Component Using Vue.js

Reusable popover link using Vue.js components

While browsing through facebook or quora, have you ever hover over a user name? You’ll get a quick info about the user through a popover. Today we’ll try to make a similar popover using Vue.js. We’ll make it as a component so you can reuse it as many times as you want.

Here is the Component

Vue.component('user-link', {
    template: '#user-link-template',
    props: ['user'],
    data: function () {
        return {
            showPopup: false,
            timer: '',
            isInInfo: false
        }
    },

    methods: {

        hover: function()
        {
            let vm = this;
            this.timer = setTimeout(function() {
                vm.showPopover();
            }, 600);
        },

        hoverOut: function()
        {
            let vm = this;
            clearTimeout(vm.timer);
            this.timer = setTimeout(function() {
                if(!vm.isInInfo)
                {
                    vm.closePopover();
                }
            }, 200);
        },

        hoverInfo: function()
        {
            this.isInInfo = true;
        },

        hoverOutInfo: function()
        {
            this.isInInfo = false;
            this.hoverOut();
        },

        showPopover: function()
        {
            this.showPopup = true;
        },

        closePopover: function()
        {
            this.showPopup = false;
        }
    }
})

and the main file:

new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    data: function(){
        return {
            user: {name: 'Jilson Thomas'},
            user2: {name: 'VueJobs.com'}
        }
    }

});

So, here is the template for the component

<script type="text/x-template" id="user-link-template">
    <div class="inline">
        <a href="#" v-on:mouseover="hover" v-on:mouseout="hoverOut">{{ user.name }}</a>
        <div class="user-popover" v-if="showPopup" transition="fade" v-on:mouseover="hoverInfo" v-on:mouseout="hoverOutInfo">
            <h3>{{ user.name }}</h3>
            <button>Follow {{user.name}}</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</script>

You can modify this component with your own content and needs. We have a prop where we can pass any user and the component will render according to that.

Some quick styling:

body{
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
}
a{
    color: #42b983;
}

#app{
    height: 400px;
}

p{
    font-size: 14px;
}
h3{
    margin: 5px 0;
}
.is-flex{
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
}
.inline{
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
}
.user-popover{
    position: absolute;
    width: 200px;
    background: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #42b983;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    box-shadow: 0 6px 6px rgba(16, 16, 16, 0.04), 0 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
    z-index:999;
}

button{
    background: #42b983;
    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
    border: 1px solid #42b983;
    padding: 12px;
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #fff;
    outline: none;
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 6px 12px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    user-select: none;
    margin: 0 0 5px 0;
}

and we’re all ready to go. You can now re-use this component as given below.

<div id="app">
    <p><user-link :user=user></user-link> created this tutorial!</p>
    <p>Hey there! visit us on <user-link :user=user2></user-link></p>
</div>

Here is a Demo:

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