How can I manually update the Vuetify tab slider when navigating via menu items?

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I'm integrating tabs and menu items for navigation in a Vuetify header using Vue Router.

When I click on the tabs, the tab slider (the white line under the selected tab) updates correctly. However, when I select a menu item, the slider doesn't move. I'm looking for a way to manually trigger an update to the slider after a route change.

This example is based on the "Overflow to menu" example from the official Vuetify documentation.

Minimal reproducible example

Below is the relevant code:

src/App.vue:

VUE
<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-tabs>
      <v-tab to="/1">Tab 1</v-tab>
      <v-tab to="/2">Tab 2</v-tab>
      <v-menu>
        <template v-slot:activator="{ props }">
          <v-btn v-bind="props">Tab 3</v-btn>
        </template>
        <v-list>
          <v-list-item to="/3?item=1">Item 1</v-list-item>
          <v-list-item to="/3?item=2">Item 2</v-list-item>
        </v-list>
      </v-menu>
    </v-tabs>
    <v-main>
      <router-view />
    </v-main>
  </v-app>
</template>

src/pages/1.vue:

VUE
<template>
  /1
</template>

src/pages/2.vue:

VUE
<template>
  /2
</template>

src/pages/3.vue:

VUE
<template>
  /3 (item {{ route.query.item }})
</template>

<script lang="ts" setup>
  import { useRoute } from 'vue-router';
  const route = useRoute();
</script>

Screenshot: When Item 1 (from Tab 3) is selected, the slider remains under Tab 2.

How can I force the slider to update its position when navigating via menu items?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

Below is one common solution:

Give your a ref (for example, ref="tabs").
Watch for route changes (using either a watch on $route or a router hook) and, once the new route is active, call the v-tabs component’s updateSlider() method. This forces the slider to recalculate its position.

For example, using the Composition API with Vue Router:

VUE
<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-tabs ref="tabs">
      <v-tab to="/1">Tab 1</v-tab>
      <v-tab to="/2">Tab 2</v-tab>
      <v-menu>
        <template v-slot:activator="{ props }">
          <v-btn v-bind="props">Tab 3</v-btn>
        </template>
        <v-list>
          <v-list-item to="/3?item=1">Item 1</v-list-item>
          <v-list-item to="/3?item=2">Item 2</v-list-item>
        </v-list>
      </v-menu>
    </v-tabs>

    <v-main>
      <router-view />
    </v-main>
  </v-app>
</template>

<script setup>
import { ref, watch, nextTick } from 'vue'
import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'

const tabs = ref(null)
const route = useRoute()

watch(
  () => route.fullPath,
  () => {
    // Wait for DOM update before calling updateSlider
    nextTick(() => {
      if (tabs.value && typeof tabs.value.updateSlider === 'function') {
        tabs.value.updateSlider()
      }
    })
  }
)
</script>

Explanation:

The <v-tabs> component is assigned a template ref (tabs).
A watcher is set on the current route’s path. When it changes (either due to clicking a tab or a menu item), nextTick waits for the DOM to update.
Then we check that the tabs ref is valid and call its updateSlider() method to force the slider to reposition.

This approach manually triggers the slider update so that when you click a menu item and navigate the route, the slider moves accordingly.

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