Vue Router Cheat Sheet
Covers Vue Router 4 setup, declarative and programmatic navigation, dynamic and nested routes, navigation guards, and Composition API hooks.
2 PagesIntermediateFeb 28, 2026
Basic Setup
Create and register the router (Vue 3 / Vue Router 4).
javascript
// router/index.jsimport { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router';import Home from '../views/Home.vue';import About from '../views/About.vue';const routes = [ { path: '/', name: 'home', component: Home }, { path: '/about', name: 'about', component: About }, // Lazy-loaded route, code-split into its own chunk { path: '/settings', component: () => import('../views/Settings.vue') },];const router = createRouter({ history: createWebHistory(), routes,});export default router;// main.jsimport { createApp } from 'vue';import App from './App.vue';import router from './router';createApp(App).use(router).mount('#app');
Dynamic & Nested Routes
Route params and layouts with child routes.
javascript
const routes = [ { path: '/user/:id', component: User, props: true, // pass route.params as component props }, { path: '/users', component: UsersLayout, children: [ { path: '', component: UserList }, // /users { path: ':id', component: UserDetail }, // /users/123 ], },];
Composition API Hooks
Router access from inside setup().
- useRouter()- Returns the router instance for programmatic navigation (push, replace, back)
- useRoute()- Returns the current reactive route object (params, query, path, meta)
- onBeforeRouteLeave()- Guard called when the current component's route is about to be left
- onBeforeRouteUpdate()- Guard called when the route changes but the same component instance is reused
- router.isReady()- Returns a Promise that resolves once the router finishes its initial navigation
Pro Tip
Prefer route.meta over hardcoding auth checks in every component — attach meta: { requiresAuth: true } to routes and enforce it once in a global router.beforeEach guard, so new protected routes are secure by default.
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