(Vue.js) Same component with different routes

Question

I would like to use the same component for different routes in a Vue.js application.

I currently have something like this:

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main.js

const routes = [     { path: '/route-1', name: 'route-1', component: MyComponent },     { path: '/route-2', name: 'route-2', component: MyComponent },     { path: '/route-3', name: 'route-3', component: MyComponent },  ]  const router = new VueRouter({     routes }) 

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myComponent.vue

<ul>     <li><router-link to="/route-1">Route 1</router-link></li>     <li><router-link to="/route-2">Route 2</router-link></li>     <li><router-link to="/route-3">Route 3</router-link></li> </ul> 

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When I type the route manually in the browser, everything is working well, but when I try to navigate between the routes using some of these router-generated-links, nothing happens. The route changes but the content is still the same. Any idea how I can solve this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This is expected behaviour as Vue is trying to be optimal and reuse existing components. The behaviour you want to achieve used to be solved with a setting called canReuse, but that has been deprecated. The current recommended solution is to set a unique :key property on your <router-view> like so:

<router-view :key="$route.path"></router-view> 

Check out this JSFiddle example.