CSS styles not being applied to HTML within a Vue Component

Question

I am trying to create a rotating text animation using Vue.js and I used this CodePen as inspiration.

• I got all the HMTL elements properly in place (i.e., as in the CodePen mentioned). In short:

  • each word is formed of several <span> elements, each containing one letter.
  • following a specific time interval, each <span> that holds a letter gets applied an .in and .out CSS class. This goes on indefinitely.

  • here is what it looks like in the DOM:

    

• the problem is that no matter what CSS selectors I use, I can't target the .in and .out classes, unless I do it via Developer Tools in Chrome:

  • original output:

    

  • output after I added the classes in Developer Tools:

    

Here is the bare minimum code of my Vue Component:

<template>
    <div id="app-loading">  
        <div class="words">
            <span v-for="setting in settings" v-html="setting.lettersHTML" :id="setting.id" class="word"></span>    
        </div>
    </div>
</template>


<script>
    export default {
        data() {
            return {
                settings: [
                    { word: 'WordOne', id: 1, lettersArray: null, lettersHTML: null },
                    { word: 'WordTwo', id: 2, lettersArray: null, lettersHTML: null }
                ],
                currentWord: 1
            }
        },

        created() {
            this.splitLetters();
        },

        mounted() {
            setInterval(this.changeWord, 1500);
        },

        methods: {
            splitLetters() {
                this.settings.forEach((setting) => {
                    let letters = [];
                    for (let i = 0; i < setting.word.length; i++) {
                        let letter = `<span class="letter">${ setting.word.charAt(i) }</span>`;
                        letters.push(letter);
                    }
                    setting.lettersArray = letters;
                    setting.lettersHTML = letters.join('');
                });
            },

            changeWord() {
                let current = document.getElementById(this.currentWord).getElementsByTagName('span');
                let next = (this.currentWord == this.settings.length) ? document.getElementById(1).getElementsByTagName('span') : document.getElementById(this.currentWord + 1).getElementsByTagName('span');
                // Animate the letters in the current word.
                for (let i = 0; i < current.length; i++) {
                    this.animateLetterOut(current, i);
                }
                // Animate the letters in the next word.
                for (let i = 0; i < next.length; i++) {
                    this.animateLetterIn(next, i);
                }
                this.currentWord = (this.currentWord == this.settings.length) ? 1 : this.currentWord + 1;
            },

            animateLetterOut(current, index) {
                setTimeout(() => {
                    current[index].className = 'letter out';
                }, index * 300);
            },

            animateLetterIn(next, index) {
                setTimeout(() => {
                    next[index].className = 'letter in';
                }, 340 + (index * 300));
            }
        }
    }
</script>


<style lang="scss" scoped>
    #app-loading {
        font-size: 4rem;
    }

    .words, .word {
        border: 1px solid rosybrown;
    }

    .letter {
        text-decoration: underline; // Not working.
    }

    .letter.in {
        color: red; // Not working.
    }

    .letter.out {
        color: blue; // Not working.
    }
</style>

What goes wrong that prevents these classes from being applied?

Answer 1

You're using v-html, but that doesn't work with scoped styles.

DOM content created with v-html are not affected by scoped styles, but you can still style them using deep selectors.