Value change in Vue Drop down list component

16 Mar 20233 minutes to read

You can check about whether value change happened by manual or programmatic by using change event argument that argument name is isInteracted.

The following example demonstrate, how to check whether value change happened by manual or programmatic.

app.vue

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <div id='container' style="margin:0 auto; width:250px;">
        <br>
        <ejs-dropdownlist id='dropdownlist' ref='dropdown' :dataSource='sportsData' :fields='fields' :change='onChange' placeholder='Select a game'></ejs-dropdownlist>
    </div>
    <div style='margin: 50px'>
      <button id='button' class="e-control e-btn" v-on:click="onClick"> Set value dynamically</button>
    </div>
    <p style='margin: 5px' id='event'> </p>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import Vue from 'vue';
import { DropDownListPlugin } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns";

Vue.use(DropDownListPlugin);
export default {
  data (){
    return {
      sportsData: [
            { Id: 'game1', Game: 'Badminton' },
            { Id: 'game2', Game: 'Football' },
            { Id: 'game3', Game: 'Tennis' }
      ],
      fields : { text: 'Game', value: 'Id' }
    }
  },
  methods: {
        onClick: function (event) {
            this.$refs.dropdown.ej2Instances.value = 'game3';
        },
        onChange : function(args) {
            let element = document.createElement('p');
            if (args.isInteracted) {
                element.innerText = 'Changes happened by Interaction';
            } else {
                element.innerText = 'Changes happened by programmatic';
            }
            document.getElementById('event').append(element);
        }
    }
}
</script>
<style>
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
</style>