Nuxt/examples/custom-loading

Custom loading with Nuxt.js

Nuxt.js uses it's own component to show a progress bar between the routes. You can customize it, disable it or create your own component.

Disable Nuxt.js progress bar

If you don't want to display the progress bar between the routes, just add loading: false in your nuxt.config.js file:

// nuxt.config.js
module.exports = {
  loading: false
}

Customize Nuxt.js progress bar

Here are the properties you can customize for Nuxt.js progress bar.

Key	Type	Default	Description
color	String	'black'	CSS color of the progress bar
failedColor	String	'red'	CSS color of the progress bar when an error appended during rendering the route (if data or fetch sent back an error for example).
height	String	'2px'	Height of the progress bar (used in the style property of the progress bar)
duration	Number	5000	In ms, the maximum duration of the progress bar, Nuxt.js assumes that the route will be rendered before 5 seconds.

Example:

// nuxt.config.js
module.exports = {
  loading: {
    color: 'blue',
    height: '5px'
  }
}

Create a custom loading component

You can create your own component that Nuxt.js will call instead of its default component. To do so, you need to give a path to your component in the loading option.

Your custom component will be called by Nuxt.js, so make sure your component exposes some of theses methods:

Method	Required	Description
start()	Required	Called when a route changes, this is here where you should show your component.
finish()	Required	Called when a route is loaded (and data fetched), this is here where you should hide your component.
fail()	Optional	Called when a route could not be loaded (failed to fetch data for example).
increase(num)	Optional	Called during loading the route component, num is an Integer < 100.

Example:

// nuxt.config.js
module.exports = {
  loading: 'components/loading.vue'
}

And then, in components/loading.vue:

<template lang="html">
  <div class="loading-page" v-if="loading">
    <p>Loading...</p>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  data: () => ({
    loading: false
  }),
  methods: {
    start () {
      this.loading = true
    },
    finish () {
      this.loading = false
    }
  }
}
</script>

<style scoped>
.loading-page {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: 200px;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
</style>

Demo

npm install
npm start

Go to http://localhost:3000 and navigate trough the app.