Vue.js - Emit event from directive

Question

Is it possible to emit a custom event from the directive in the component to which this directive is attached.

I was expecting it to work as described

Answer 1

So the solution I am using in Vue 2+ (considering there were no answers so far):

In directive add method:

var emit = (vnode, name, data) => {
  var handlers = (vnode.data && vnode.data.on) ||
    (vnode.componentOptions && vnode.componentOptions.listeners);

  if (handlers && handlers[name]) {
    handlers[name].fns(data);
  }
}

And call it this way:

bind(el, binding, vnode) {
  emit(vnode, 'bar' , {some: 'event', data: 'here'});
}

The benefits of an approach:

1 Keep the same code-style in your project, meaning that every handler can be declared as
v-on:handler_name and be handled in meaningful (for developer) way. Other solutions, like sending callback as parameter, are sometimes confusing and not obvious without digging into documentation/code.

2 Using built-in events system also allows to gracefully handle event objects. For example, this code will work perfectly fine:

{{label}}
...
methods: {
  bar(one, event, two) { console.log(one, event, two); }
} 

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EDIT:

In v2.1+ you can use this inside directive binding:

vnode.context.$emit(eventname)