[Vuejs]-Class doesn't get applied to element in VueJS

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EDIT based on your comment @martin0300

Firstly, you need to wrap the division in another division whose id must be test. Vue does not consider the container element (div with id test) as part of the app and does not process any directives. Left a references below that mentions this.

https://vuejs.org/guide/essentials/application.html#mounting-the-app

So please change your markup to something like this for applying the value from getClass method…

<div id="test">
    <div :class="getClass()">
        <h1>Test stuff</h1>
        <h2>{{ testvalue }}</h2>
    </div>
</div>

…or this way for using the computed property approach (explained below.)

<div id="test">
    <div :class="testClass">
        <h1>Test stuff</h1>
        <h2>{{ testvalue }}</h2>
    </div>
</div>

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Original message:

getClass when defined as a method needs to be called, and the returned value ("testcolor") is set as the value of :class. Note the function call getClass() in place of the getClass you used.

<div id="test" :class="getClass()">
    <h1>Test stuff</h1>
    <h2>{{ testvalue }}</h2>
</div>

That said, this is not the preferred way to apply classes conditionally. We prefer a computed property over of a method. A method is invoked on every render, whereas a computed property is recomputed only when the underlying reactive data it depends on changes (in this case the computed property testClass depends on the reactive property testvalue.

The idiomatic Vue code in your case would be the following. Note that computed properties are not invoked like functions since they are internally implemented using accessor methods / using a JS Proxy (:class="testClass" and NOT :class="testClass()"). I believe this difference between the way methods and computed properties are used is the cause of your confusion.

<div id="test" :class="testClass">
    <h1>Test stuff</h1>
    <h2>{{ testvalue }}</h2>
</div>
<script type="module">
    import { createApp } from "https://unpkg.com/vue@3.2.19/dist/vue.esm-browser.js";

    createApp({
        data() {
            return {
                testvalue: true,
            };
        },
        computed: {
            testClass() {
                console.log("Recomputed testClass");
                return this.testvalue ? "testcolor" : "";
            },
        },
    }).mount("#test");
</script>
👤Prashanth Puranik

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