A Vue component for showing loader during image loading

vue-load-image

vue-load-image is 3KB minimalist Vue component that display loader during image loading, as well as by display alternate content when the image fails to load.

Getting started

npm install vue-load-image --save

Usage

img

<template>
  <div>
    <vue-load-image>
      <img slot="image" src="./image.png"/>
      <img slot="preloader" src="./image-loader.gif"/>
      <div slot="error">error message</div>
    </vue-load-image>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
// es6
import VueLoadImage from 'vue-load-image'
// es5
var VueLoadImage = require('vue-load-image').default

export default {
  components: {
    'vue-load-image': VueLoadImage
  }
}
</script>

background-image

<template>
  <div>
    <vue-load-image>
      <div slot="image" style="background-image: url(./image.png)" data-src='./image.png' />
      <img slot="preloader" src="./image-loader.gif" />
      <div slot="error">error message</div>
    </vue-load-image>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
// es6
import VueLoadImage from 'vue-load-image'
// es5
var VueLoadImage = require('vue-load-image').default

export default {
  components: {
    'vue-load-image': VueLoadImage
  }
}
</script>
Notice

set data-src to be the same as background-image url

Events

Name Description
onError onError gets triggered when image fails to load.
onLoad onLoad gets triggered when image is loaded.

Slots

"image" slot will be rendered when the image is successfully loaded

"preloader" slot will be rendered when the image is in the process of loading

"error" slot will be rendered when the image load fails.

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