I would like to disable watcher, so it doesn't trigger certain watcher when created or mounted finish and enable it after these done. What is the proper way to achieve this?

I would like to disable watcher, so it doesn't trigger certain watcher when created or mounted finish and enable it after these done. What is the proper way to achieve this?

• javascript
• vue.js

1 Answer 1

Without seeing what you are doing, it's quite difficult to know exactly what you are trying to achieve. Generally, you should not be handling watchers yourself, so it's worth taking a look at your code to see if there is a better solution. With that said, it is possible to apply a watcher at runtime, you can do it inside the mounted hook, after you have initialised everything else:

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  created() {
    // this won't fire the watcher as it hasn't been applied yet
    this.foo = 'foo'
  },
  mounted() {
    // Apply watcher after all other initialization is done
    this.applyFooWatcher()
  },
  methods: {
    applyFooWatcher() {
      this.$watch('foo', function(newVal, oldVal) {
        console.log('Foo changed from ' + oldVal + ' to ' + newVal);
      });
    }
  },
  data: {
    foo: ''
  }
})

Here's the JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle/fo0vmxf6/