How to get current name of route in Vue?

71
votes

I want to get the name of the current route of vue-router, i have a component menu with navigation to another componentes, so i want to dispaly the name of the current route. I have this:

created(){
    this.currentRoute;
    //this.nombreRuta = this.$route.name;
},
computed:{
    currentRoute:{
        get(){
            this.nombreRuta = this.$route.name;
        }
    }
}

But the label of the name of the route does not change, the label only show the name of the first loaded route. Thank You

EDIT:

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6
vue.jsvue-router
Did you try to manually entering the url of your route in the browser address bar? - bgsuello
@bgsuello everything works, only i want to show a label in the template of the name of the current route in the title of my navigation menu component - Isaías Orozco Toledo
Your getter should return this.$route.name. - Husam Ibrahim
computed may not be the place to do this, try running a method that sets this.$route.name in the mounted() hook - Dan Oswalt
OR try doing it in the beforeEach hook in the routes file, see this: stackoverflow.com/questions/49685780/… - Dan Oswalt

6 Answers

145
votes

You are using computed incorrectly. You should return the property in the function. See the docs for more information.

Here is your adapted example:

computed: {
    currentRouteName() {
        return this.$route.name;
    }
}

You can then use it like this:

<div>{{ currentRouteName }}</div>

You can also use it directly in the template without using a computed property, like this:

<div>{{ $route.name }}</div>
11
votes

Vue 3 + Vue Router 4

Update 5/03/2021

If you are using Vue 3 and Vue Router 4, here is two simplest ways to get current name of route in setup hook:

Solution 1: Use useRoute

import { useRoute } from 'vue-router';
export default {
  setup () {
    const currentRoute = computed(() => {
      return useRoute().name
    })
    return { currentRoute }
  }
}

Solution 2: Use useRouter

import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
export default {
  setup () {
    const currentRoute = computed(() => {
      return useRouter().currentRoute.value.name;
    })
    return {currentRoute}
  }
}
9
votes

I use this...

this.$router.history.current.path
1
votes

In Composition API, this works

import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'

const router = useRouter()

let currentPathObject = router.currentRoute.value; 
 
console.log("Route Object", currentPathObject)

// Pick the values you need from the object
0
votes

This is how you can access AND watch current route's name using @vue/composition-api package with Vue 2 in TypeScript.

<script lang="ts">
import { defineComponent, watch } from '@vue/composition-api';

export default defineComponent({
  name: 'MyCoolComponent',
  setup(_, { root }) {
    console.debug('current route name', root.$route.name);

    watch(() => root.$route.name, () => {
      console.debug(`MyCoolComponent- watch root.$route.name changed to ${root.$route.name}`);
    });
  },
});
</script>

I will update this answer once Vue 3.0 and Router 4.0 gets released!

-2
votes

I use this...

this.$route.name