Custom Events

We can test at least two things in Custom Events:

  • Asserting that after an action, an event gets triggered
  • Checking what an event listener calls when it gets triggered

In the case of the MessageList.vue and Message.vue components example, that gets translated to:

  • Asserting that Message components trigger a message-clicked when a message gets clicked
  • Checking that when a message-clicked occurs, a handleMessageClick function is called in MessageList

Step 1:

First, go to Message.vue and use $emit to trigger that custom event:

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