Nuxt/examples/with-sockets/pages/index.vue

<template>
  <div>
    <ul class="pages">
      <li class="chat page">
        <div class="chatArea">
          <ul ref="messages" class="messages">
            <li v-for="(message, index) in messages" :key="index" class="message">
              <i :title="message.date">{{ message.date.split('T')[1].slice(0, -2) }}</i>: {{ message.text }}
            </li>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <input v-model="message" class="inputMessage" type="text" placeholder="Type here..." @keyup.enter="sendMessage" >
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import socket from '~/plugins/socket.io.js'

export default {
  asyncData(context, callback) {
    socket.emit('last-messages', function (messages) {
      callback(null, {
        messages,
        message: ''
      })
    })
  },
  watch: {
    'messages': 'scrollToBottom'
  },
  beforeMount() {
    socket.on('new-message', (message) => {
      this.messages.push(message)
    })
  },
  mounted() {
    this.scrollToBottom()
  },
  methods: {
    sendMessage() {
      if (!this.message.trim()) return
      let message = {
        date: new Date().toJSON(),
        text: this.message.trim()
      }
      this.messages.push(message)
      this.message = ''
      socket.emit('send-message', message)
    },
    scrollToBottom() {
      this.$nextTick(() => {
        this.$refs.messages.scrollTop = this.$refs.messages.scrollHeight
      })
    }
  },
  head: {
    title: 'Nuxt.js with Socket.io'
  }
}
</script>

<style>
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html {
  font-weight: 300;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

html, input {
  font-family:
    "HelveticaNeue-Light",
    "Helvetica Neue Light",
    "Helvetica Neue",
    Helvetica,
    Arial,
    "Lucida Grande",
    sans-serif;
}

html, body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

/* Pages */

.pages {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.page {
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
}

/* Font */

.messages {
  font-size: 150%;
}

.inputMessage {
  font-size: 100%;
}

.log {
  color: gray;
  font-size: 70%;
  margin: 5px;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Messages */

.chatArea {
  height: 100%;
  padding-bottom: 60px;
}

.messages {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;
}

/* Input */

.inputMessage {
  border: 10px solid #3B8070;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 60px;
  left: 0;
  outline: none;
  padding-left: 10px;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  width: 100%;
}
</style>