Can I get computed data from child component to parent component?

Question

Is there any way to get computed data from child component to parent component? Because I'm sending the data from parent to child first and then I want to use the comuted property (data) in the parent component. I want to do that because I want to reuse that important component (child) in other components too.

I have a search input field for filtering my items, and when i wrote something down i wanna get back that list from the child component.

Parent component

<input class="form-control form-control-search m-input" autocomplete="off" type="text" v-on:input='testFunc()' v-model="search" placeholder="Search...">
<paginate-links v-if="items.length > 0" :models="items">
  <div class="m-list-timeline__item no-timeline" v-for="item in filterItems" v-bind:key="item.id">
    {{ item.title }}
  </div>
</paginate-links>

Child component

props: ['item']
computed: {
    filterItems () {
      return filter // here goes my code
    }
}

So can i get the filterItems in the parent component?

Possible duplicate of Update parent model from child component Vue — Daniel Beck
Can you clarify comuted property (data)? they're not the same. computed property is a reactive cached value that you can utilise a hook on, with data, you use watch to add hooks — Daniel
Sorry i meant just computed property. Because im getting something back with it right? Thats why I wrote data. — Reollyn

Daniel Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-18T14:32:08

There are a couple ways you can send data back to the parent, but probably the easiest way I'd say is using an emit within the computed.

in child:

computed:{
  myVal() {
    let temp = this.num + 1;
    this.$emit('onNumChange', temp);
    return temp;
  }
}

in parent template:

<my-child-component @onNumChange="changeHandler"/>

in parent script

methods: {
  changeHandler(value) {
    console.log('Value changed to: ', value);
  }
}

You could do a similar thing with watch, or pass a function from parent as a prop that notifies the parent, but my recommended way would be to use vuex

https://vuex.vuejs.org/en/

Can I get computed data from child component to parent component?

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