vue-drawio

Vue 3 component for integrating the Diagrams (draw.io) embed iframe.

This is an unofficial best-effort package based on the embedding documentation that can be found at https://www.drawio.com/doc/faq/embed-mode.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Examples
• API documentation

Installation

Install this library:

pnpm add vue-drawio
# or
yarn add vue-drawio
# or
npm i vue-drawio

Examples

Simple rendering

<template>
  <DrawIoEmbed />
</template>

<script setup>
import { DrawIoEmbed } from 'vue-drawio';
</script>

Start with a few settings enabled

<template>
  <DrawIoEmbed :url-parameters="urlParams" />
</template>

<script setup>
import { DrawIoEmbed } from 'vue-drawio';

const urlParams = {
  ui: 'kennedy',
  spin: true,
  libraries: true,
  saveAndExit: true
};
</script>

Start with existing diagram

<template>
  <DrawIoEmbed :xml="xmlData" />
</template>

<script setup>
import { DrawIoEmbed } from 'vue-drawio';

const xmlData = '<mxfile>...</mxfile>';
</script>

Export diagram programmatically

<template>
  <div>
    <button @click="exportDiagram">Export</button>

    <DrawIoEmbed 
      ref="drawioRef"
      @export="handleExport"
    />
    
    <img v-if="imgData" :src="imgData" />
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { ref } from 'vue';
import { DrawIoEmbed, DrawIoEmbedRef } from 'vue-drawio';

const imgData = ref<string | null>(null);
const drawioRef = ref<DrawIoEmbedRef>(null);

const exportDiagram = () => {
  if (drawioRef.value) {
    drawioRef.value.exportDiagram({
      format: 'xmlsvg'
    });
  }
};

const handleExport = (data) => {
  imgData.value = data.data;
};
</script>

API Documentation

All options are based on the documentation at draw.io/doc/faq/embed-mode. If something is off, please let me know by creating an issue.

props

• autosave (boolean, default: false)
  When enabled, it will call onAutoSave for all changes made

• urlParameters (UrlParameters, default: undefined)
  Parameters documented at https://www.drawio.com/doc/faq/embed-mode

• xml (string, default: undefined)
  XML structure for prefilling the editor

• csv (string, default: undefined)
  CSV structure for prefilling the editor

• configuration (Object, default: undefined)
  For configuration options, see https://www.drawio.com/doc/faq/configure-diagram-editor

• exportFormat ('html' | 'html2' | 'svg' | 'xmlsvg' | 'png' | 'xmlpng', default: xmlsvg)
  Set export format

• baseUrl (string, default: https://embed.diagrams.net)
  For self hosted instances of draw.io, insert your URL here

• @load ((data: EventLoad) => void, optional)

• @autosave ((data: EventAutoSave) => void, optional)
  This will only trigger when the autosave property is true

• @save ((data: EventSave) => void, optional)

• @close ((data: EventExit) => void, optional)

• @configure ((data: EventConfigure) => void, optional)

• @merge ((data: EventMerge) => void, optional)

• @prompt ((data: EventPrompt) => void, optional)

• @template ((data: EventTemplate) => void, optional)

• @draft ((data: EventDraft) => void, optional)

• @export ((data: EventExport) => void, optional)

Actions

It is possible to send actions to the Diagrams iframe. These actions are available as functions bound to the ref of the component, see examples.

• load ((obj: ActionLoad) => void)
  Load the contents of a diagram
• configure ((obj: ActionConfigure) => void)
  Send configuration option to the iframe. Read more about it at https://www.drawio.com/doc/faq/configure-diagram-editor
• merge ((obj: ActionMerge) => void)
  Merge the contents of the given XML into the current file
• dialog ((obj: ActionDialog) => void)
  Display a dialog in the editor window
• prompt ((obj: ActionPrompt) => void)
  Display a prompt in the editor window
• template ((obj: ActionTemplate) => void)
  Show the template dialog
• layout ((obj: ActionLayout) => void)
  Runs an array of layouts using the same format as Arrange > Layout > Apply.
• draft ((obj: ActionDraft) => void)
  Show a draft dialog
• status ((obj: ActionStatus) => void)
  Display a message in the status bar
• spinner ((obj: ActionSpinner) => void)
  Display a spinner with a message or hide the current spinner if show is set to false
• exportDiagram ((obj: ActionExport) => void)