[SOLVED] What's the use of <template> within a <template> in VueJS 2?

What's the use of <template> within a <template> in VueJS 2?

I'm trying to understand the use case of <template> and it's functions. Having referenced the docs, I'm still left fairly confused.

Considering the following code in any.vue file:

<template>
   <div class="top-right links">

      <!-- Why use <template> here instead of a div, for example? -->
      <template v-if="authenticated">
         <router-link :to="{ name: 'home' }">
            {{ $t('home') }}
         </router-link>
      </template>

      <template v-else>
         <router-link :to="{ name: 'login' }">
            {{ $t('login') }}
         </router-link>
      </template>

   </div>
</template>

Why would we use <template> instead of just a simple <div>, and how is using <template> different than say, using a <custom-component>?

Solution

You are right, in your case you should simply use this :

<template>
   <div class="top-right links">
     <router-link v-if="authenticated" :to="{ name: 'home' }">
        {{ $t('home') }}
     </router-link>
     <router-link v-else :to="{ name: 'login' }">
        {{ $t('login') }}
     </router-link>
   </div>
</template>

But let's say you need conditional multiple tags without using a parent tag :

<template v-if="ok">
  <h1>Title</h1>
  <p>Paragraph 1</p>
</template>