Vue-virtual-scroll-grid NPM

Virtual Scroll Grid for Vue 3

This is a reusable component for Vue 3 that renders a list with a huge number of items (e.g. 1000+ items) as a grid in a performant way.

Features

Use virtual-scrolling / windowing to render the items, so the number of DOM nodes is kept low.
Just use CSS grid to style your grid. Minimum styling opinions form the library.
Support using a paginated API to load the items in the background.
Support rendering placeholders for unloaded items.
Support both vertical and horizontal scroll.
Loaded items are cached for better performance.

Code Examples

Install

npm install vue-virtual-scroll-grid

Available Props

Name	Description	Type	Validation
`length`	The number of items in the list	`number`	Required, an integer greater than or equal to 0
`pageProvider`	The callback that returns a page of items as a promise. `pageNumber` start with 0	`(pageNumber: number, pageSize: number) => Promise<unknown[]>`	Required
`pageSize`	The number of items in a page from the item provider (e.g. a backend API)	`number`	Required, an integer greater than or equal to 1
`pageProviderDebounceTime`	Debounce window in milliseconds on the calls to `pageProvider`	`number`	Optional, an integer greater than or equal to 0, defaults to `0`
`probeTag`	The HTML tag used as probe element. Default value is `div`	`string`	Optional, any valid HTML tag, defaults to `div`
`respectScrollToOnResize`	Snap to the position set by `scrollTo` when the grid container is resized	`boolean`	Optional, defaults to `false`
`scrollBehavior`	The behavior of `scrollTo`. Default value is `smooth`	`smooth` \| `auto`	Optional, a string to be `smooth` or `auto`, defaults to `smooth`
`scrollTo`	Scroll to a specific item by index	`number`	Optional, an integer from 0 to the `length` prop - 1, defaults to 0
`tag`	The HTML tag used as container element. Default value is `div`	`string`	Optional, any valid HTML tag, defaults to `div`
`getKey`	The `:key` used on each grid item. Auto-generated, but overwritable via function	`(internalItem: InternalItem) => number \\| string` 1	Optional, any valid Function that returns a `string` or `number`

Example:

<Grid
  :length="1000"
  :pageProvider="async (pageNumber, pageSize) => Array(pageSize).fill('x')"
  :pageSize="40"
  :scrollTo="10"
>
<!-- ...slots -->
</Grid>

Available Slots

There are 3 scoped slots: default, placeholder and probe.

The `default` slot

The default slot is used to render a loaded item.

Props:

item: the loaded item that is used for rendering your item element/component.
index: the index of current item within the list.
style: the style object provided by the library that need to be set on the item element/component.

Example:

<template v-slot:default="{ item, style, index }">
  <div :style="style">{{ item }} {{ index }}</div>
</template>

The`placeholder` slot

When an item is not loaded, the component/element in the placeholder slot will be used for rendering. The placeholder slot is optional. If missing, the space of unloaded items will be blank until they are loaded.

Props:

index: the index of current item within the list.
style: the style object provided by the library that need to be set on the item element/component.

Example:

<template v-slot:placeholder="{ index, style }">
  <div :style="style">Placeholder {{ index }}</div>
</template>

The `probe` slot

The probe slot is used to measure the visual size of grid item. It has no prop. You can pass the same element/component for the placeholder slot. If not provided, you must set a fixed height to grid-template-rows on your CSS grid, e.g. 200px. If provided, make sure it is styled with the same dimensions as rendered items in the default or placeholder slot. Otherwise, the view wouldn't be rendered properly, or the rendering could be very slow.

Example:

<template v-slot:probe>
  <div class="item">Probe</div>
</template>

Exposed Public Properties

allItems: All items memoized by the grid

Scroll Mode

The library uses grid-auto-flow CSS property to infer scroll mode. Set it to column value if you want to enable horizontal scroll.

Caveats

The library does not require items have foreknown width and height, but do require them to be styled with the same width and height under a view. E.g. the items can be 200px x 200px when the view is under 768px and 300px x 500px above 768px.