Adding data to a Vue.js Component

Question

Hello everyone I'm getting a handle on Vue.js and I've created a component for a table (called setupTable). I want to be able to dynamically add data to this. I know that Vue.js listens to push on data elements but I can't seem to access the data element of my component through setupTableComponent.data. How would I access and append data to this component?

var setupTableComponent = Vue.extend({
  template: '<table id="data-table">'+
              '<tr v-for="item in items">'+
                '<td>{{item.b}}</td>' +
                '<td>{{item.d}}</td>' +
                '<td>{{item.t}}</td>' +
              '</tr>' +
            '</table>',
  data: function(){
    return { items: [
      { t: "Tester", b: "Buster", d: "Duster"},
      { t: "Not a Tester", b: "Not a Buster", d: "Not a Duster"}
    ]};
  }
});

Vue.component('setup-table-component', setupTableComponent);

var setUpDataTableV = new Vue({
  el: '#sidebar',
  ready: function() {
  }
});

Answer 1

You could use the v-ref to access directly the child component:

<div id="sidebar">
  <button @click="onClick">Add item</button>
  <setup-table-component v-ref:table></setup-table-component>
</div>

Then, access the data of table ref like this:

this.$refs.table.$data.items.push(data)

https://jsfiddle.net/gjtf6sse/1/

Answer 2

You can push data in existing array by using JavaScript push method.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/push

this.items.push(data)