Is there something like React.Fragment in Vue?

Question

In React I can do something like this:

// parent component
export default (){
  return (
     <div>
       <div>1</div>
       <ChildComponent />
       <div>5</div>
     </div>
  );
}

// child component
export default (){
  return (
     <React.Fragment>
       <div>2</div>
       <div>3</div>
       <div>4</div>
     </React.Fragment>
  );
};

// compiled html tags in browser .
<div>1</div>
<div>2</div>
<div>3</div>
<div>4</div>
<div>5</div>

But in Vue , when I've done the same thing , something went difference .

// parent component
<template>
    <div>
        <div>1</div>
        <child-component />
        <div>5</div>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    import childComponent from 'path/to/childComponent';
    export default {
      components: { childComponent }
    }
</script>
-------------------------------------------------------------
// child component
<template>
    <div id='have_to_write_in_vue'>
        <div>2</div>
        <div>3</div>
        <div>4</div>
    <div>
</template>

// compiled html tags in browser .
<div>1</div>
<div id='have_to_write_in_vue'>
    <div>2</div>
    <div>3</div>
    <div>4</div>
</div>
<div>5</div>

The difference is that 'DIV' tags are not at same level in Vue . How can I handle this ?

I'm asking this is because of something went wrong when useless nesting appearing.

Answer 1

Vue 2

Package Vue-fragment facilitates root-less components for vue 2.

Vue 3

Vue 3 have official support for multi-root node components (fragments) https://v3-migration.vuejs.org/new/fragments.html

Answer 2

The lack of a first party Fragment component in Vue drives me nuts!

I had looked at the the vue-fragment npm package, but it made me nervous at how much they were doing and felt there had to be a better way.

I came up with something extremely lightweight... It works because functional components are allowed to return multiple root nodes.

This doesn't work 100% like Reacts, however. In React, you can actually use a React.Fragment as the root node in your app, for example. This seems to only work in Vue when you're already within a component (ie: it can't be the root node of your base component).

const Fragment = {
  functional: true,
  render: (h, ctx) => ctx.children
}

to use it...

<Fragment>
  <div>Div 1</div>
  <div>Div 2</div>
</Fragment>

Super useful...

{someCondition && (
  <Fragment>
    <div>yay i can use multiple nodes</div>
    <div>:)</div>
  </Fragment>
)}

<div>
  Some inline text {condition ? (
    <Fragment>now I can use <strong>html</strong> and {variables}</Fragment>
  ) : (
    <Fragment>So many possibilities</Fragment>
  )}
</div>

Answer 3

Apparently, Vue.js v3 now supports fragments out of the box: Fragments (Vue.js documentation)

Answer 4

Vue v3

This is a simple adaptation of @Roi's answer for Vue v3.

As @dakujem mentions, Vue v3 supports multi-root components out-of-the-box. However it does not support deeply nested fragments.

UPDATE: You can nest <template>!

<template>
  <div>
    <ul>
      <li>A</li>
      <li>B</li>
      <template>
        <li>C</li>
        <li>D</li>
      </template>
    </ul>
  </div>
</template>