fluent-vue

fluent-vue is Vue.js plugin that adds bindings for Project Fluent

• Instalation
• Features
  • $t method - simple way of adding translations
  • $ta method - gets all attributes for translation key
  • v-t directive - binds all whitelisted attributes
  • i18n component - allows using components inside translations

Instalation

Add fluent-vue and @fluent/bundle to your project:

For npm users:

npm install fluent-vue @fluent/bundle

For yarn users:

yarn add fluent-vue @fluent/bundle

Note:

If you are using vue version 2 you need to install @vue/composition-api too

yarn add @vue/composition-api

Install and configure plugin

import Vue from 'vue';
import { FluentBundle, FluentResource } from '@fluent/bundle';

import { createFluentVue } from 'fluent-vue'

// Create bundle
const bundle = new FluentBundle('en')

// Add resources to the bundle
bundle.addResource(new FluentResource('key = World'))
bundle.addResource(new FluentResource('another-key = Hello, {$name}'))

// Create fluent istance
const fluent = createFluentVue({
  locale: 'en',
  bundles: [bundle]
})

// Add Vue plugin
Vue.use(fluent)

Features

$t method - simple way of adding translations

Resources:

aria-key = Aria value
greeting = Hello, {$name}

Template:

<div :aria-label="$t('aria-key')">{{ $t('greeting', { name: 'World' }) }}</div>

Result:

<div aria-label="Aria value">Hello, ⁨World⁩</div>

$ta method - gets all attributes for translation key

Useful for binding translations to custom components

Resources:

greeting = Hello, {$name}
  .aria-label = Label value

Template:

<div v-bind="$ta('greeting')">{{ $t('greeting', { name: 'World' }) }}</div>

Result:

<div aria-label="Aria value">Hello, ⁨World⁩</div>

v-t directive - binds all whitelisted attributes

Resources:

greeting = Hello, {$name}
  .aria-label = Label value

Template:

<div v-t:greeting="{ name: 'World' }"></div>

Result:

<div aria-label="Label value">Hello, ⁨World⁩</div>

i18n component - allows using components inside translations

Resources:

greeting = Hello, {$name}

Template:

<i18n path="greeting" tag="div">
  <template #name>
    <b>World</b>
  </template>
</i18n>

Result:

<div>Hello, ⁨<b>World</b>⁩</div>