BootstrapVue Show Form in Modal

Create Form Component with Validation (using vuelidate)

Edit components/PlaceForm.vue

<template>  <div>    <b-form ref="form" @submit.prevent="submit">      <b-form-group        label="Name"        label-for="input-name"        invalid-feedback="Name is required"      >        <b-form-input          :state="validateState($v.item.name)"          id="input-name"          v-model="$v.item.name.$model"        ></b-form-input>      </b-form-group>      <b-button type="submit" variant="primary">Submit</b-button>    </b-form>  </div></template><script>import { validationMixin } from "vuelidate"import { required, minLength } from "vuelidate/lib/validators"export default {  mixins: [validationMixin],  props: ['item'],  /*  data() {    item: {      name: 'Desmond'    },  },   */  validations: {    item: {      name: {        required      },    }  },  methods: {    validateState(item) {      const { $dirty, $error } = item      return $dirty ? !$error : null    },    submit() {      this.$v.item.$touch()      if (this.$v.item.$anyError)        return false      return this.item    }  }}</script>

Usage: a table of items, each row have an edit button to show edit form as modal

<template>  <div>    <b-table striped hover :items="items" :fields="fields">      <template v-slot:cell(action)="data">        <b-button size="sm" variant="outline-primary" @click="showEditPlaceModel(data.index, data.item)">Edit</b-button>>      </template>    </b-table>    <b-modal ref="editPlaceModal" title="Edit Place" @ok.prevent="submitEditPlace">      <place-form ref="editPlaceForm" :item="editPlace" />    </b-modal>  </div></template><script>import Vue from 'vue'import PlaceForm from '~/components/PlaceForm.vue'export default {  data() {    return {      fields: ['name', 'action'],      items: [        { name: 'New York' },        { name: 'Tokyo' },        { name: 'Kuala Lumpur' }      ],      editPlace: null,      editIndex: null    }  },  methods: {    showEditPlaceModel(index, data) {      // deep clone      editPlace = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data))      // shallow clone      // this.editPlace = Object.assign({}, data)      this.editIndex = index      this.$refs.editPlaceModal.show()    },    submitEditPlace() {      const data = this.$refs.editPlaceForm.submit()      if (data) {        // do something: save data?        // reactive caveats        // this.items[this.editIndex] = newData        Vue.set(this.items, this.editIndex, data)        this.$nextTick(() => {          this.$refs.editPlaceModal.hide()        })      }    }  },  components: { PlaceForm }}</script>

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