Getting Started with the Vue Timeline Component in Vue 2

17 Apr 20246 minutes to read

This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI and integrating the Syncfusion Vue Timeline component.

Prerequisites

System requirements for Syncfusion Vue UI components

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies required to use the Timeline component in your application:

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-layouts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
|-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-vue-base

Setting up the Vue 2 project

To generate a Vue 2 project using Vue-CLI, use the vue create command. Follow these steps to install Vue CLI and create a new project:

npm install -g @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
npm run serve

yarn global add @vue/cli
vue create quickstart
cd quickstart
yarn run serve

When creating a new project, choose the option Default ([Vue 2] babel, eslint) from the menu.

Vue 2 project

Once the quickstart project is set up with default settings, proceed to add Syncfusion components to the project.

Add Syncfusion Vue packages

Syncfusion packages are available at npmjs.com. To use Vue components, install the required npm package.

This article uses the Vue Timeline component as an example. Install the @syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts package by running the following command:

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts --save

yarn add @syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts

Import Syncfusion CSS styles

You can import themes for the Syncfusion Vue component in various ways, such as using CSS or SASS styles from npm packages, CDN, CRG and Theme Studio. Refer to themes topic to know more about built-in themes and different ways to refer to themes in a Vue project.

In this article, the Material theme is applied using CSS styles, which are available in installed packages. The necessary Material CSS styles for the Timeline component and its dependents were imported into the <style> section of src/App.vue file.

~/src/App.vue
<style>
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts/styles/material.css';
</style>

Adding Syncfusion Vue component

Follow the below steps to add the Vue Timeline component using Composition API or Options API:

1. First, import and register the Timeline component in the script section of the src/App.vue file. If you are using the Composition API, you should add the setup attribute to the script tag to indicate that Vue will be using the Composition API.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)
Options API (~/src/App.vue)
<script setup>
    import { TimelineComponent as EjsTimeline } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";
</script>
<script>
import { TimelineComponent } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";
export default {
    components: {
      'ejs-timeline': TimelineComponent
    }
}
</script>

2. In the template section, define the Timeline component.

~/src/App.vue
<template>
  <ejs-timeline id="timeline"></ejs-timeline>
</template>

Adding items

You can use the <e-item> directive within the <e-items> directive to define each item.

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)
Options API (~/src/App.vue)
<template>
  <ejs-timeline id="timeline">
      <e-items>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
      </e-items>
  </ejs-timeline>
</template>

<script setup>
  import { TimelineComponent as EjsTimeline, ItemsDirective as EItems, ItemDirective as EItem  } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";
</script>
<template>
  <ejs-timeline id="timeline">
    <e-items>
      <e-item></e-item>
      <e-item></e-item>
      <e-item></e-item>
      <e-item></e-item>
    </e-items>
  </ejs-timeline>
</template>

<script>
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";
export default {
    components: {
      'ejs-timeline': TimelineComponent,
      "e-items": ItemsDirective,
      "e-item": ItemDirective
    }
};
</script>

Here is the summarized code for the above steps in the src/App.vue file:

Composition API (~/src/App.vue)
Options API (~/src/App.vue)
<template>
  <div class="container" style="height: 330px;margin-top: 30px;">
    <ejs-timeline id="timeline">
      <e-items>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
      </e-items>
    </ejs-timeline>
  </div>
</template>
<script setup>
import { TimelineComponent as EjsTimeline, ItemsDirective as EItems, ItemDirective as EItem } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";

</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts/styles/material.css";
</style>
<template>
  <div class="container" style="height: 330px;margin-top: 30px;">
    <ejs-timeline id="timeline">
      <e-items>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
        <e-item></e-item>
      </e-items>
    </ejs-timeline>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts";
export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    'ejs-timeline': TimelineComponent,
    'e-items': ItemsDirective,
    'e-item': ItemDirective
  }
};
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-vue-layouts/styles/material.css";
</style>

Run the project

To run the project, use the following command:

npm run serve

yarn run serve