Events to communicate from children to parent

In the previous project, you saw how to create an event bus to create a centralized place where events can be sent and managed.

Vue offers a way to have a more direct communication between child and parents.

Events allow you to communicate from the children up to the parent:

<script>
export default {
  name: 'Car',
  methods: {
    handleClick: function() {
      this.$emit('clickedSomething')
    }
  }
}
</script>

The parent can intercept this using the v-on directive when including the component in its template:

<template>
  <div>
    <Car v-on:clickedSomething="handleClickInParent" />
    <!-- or -->
    <Car @clickedSomething="handleClickInParent" />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  methods: {
    handleClickInParent: function() {
      //...
    }
  }
}
</script>

You can pass parameters of course:

<script>
export default {
  name: 'Car',
  methods: {
    handleClick: function() {
      this.$emit('clickedSomething', param1, param2)
    }
  }
}
</script>

and retrieve them from the parent:

<template>
  <div>
    <Car v-on:clickedSomething="handleClickInParent" />
    <!-- or -->
    <Car @clickedSomething="handleClickInParent" />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: 'App',
  methods: {
    handleClickInParent: function(param1, param2) {
      //...
    }
  }
}
</script>

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