vuejs3 - Using Bootstrap 5 with Vue 3

Question

I want to use Bootstrap 5 with Vue 3. As Bootstrap 5 uses vanilla JS (no JQuery), can I use Bootstrap 5 directly in a Vue 3 project (without using Bootstrap-Vue)? Can someone guide me how to use Bootstrap 5 with Vue 3?

Answer 1

Bootstrap 5 no longer needs jQuery so it's easier to use with Vue, and no longer requires a library like bootstrap-vue.

Install bootstrap as you would any other JS module in the Vue project using npm install or by adding it to the package.json.

npm install --save bootstrap

Next, add the Bootstrap CSS and JS components to the Vue project entrypoint (ie: src/main.js)...

import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
import "bootstrap"

Then, the simplest way to use Bootstrap components is via the data-bs- attributes. For example here's the Bootstrap Collapse component...

        <button class="btn btn-primary" 
            data-bs-target="#collapseTarget" 
            data-bs-toggle="collapse">
            Bootstrap collapse
        </button>
        <div class="collapse py-2" id="collapseTarget">
            This is the toggle-able content!
        </div>

Or, you can import any Bootstrap components and "wrap" them as Vue components. For example here's the Popover component...

import { Popover } from bootstrap;

const popover = Vue.component('bsPopover', {
    template: `
        <slot/>
    `,
    props: {
        content: {
            required: false,
            default: '',
        },
        title: {
            default: 'My Popover',
        },
        trigger: {
            default: 'click',
        },
        delay: {
            default: 0,
        },
        html: {
            default: false,
        },
    },
    mounted() {
        // pass bootstrap popover options from props
        var options = this.$props
        var ele = this.$slots.default[0].elm
        new Popover(ele,options)
    },
})

   <bs-popover
        title="Hello Popover"
        content="This is my content for the popover!"
        trigger="hover">
        <button class="btn btn-danger">
           Hover for popover
        </button>
   </bs-popover>

Demo