Unable to auto close Vue-strap after specified duration

Question

I am using Vue-strap alert component with Vue.js. The alert box works fine, however, I am unable to auto close the alert box after specified duration. Here is the component code I am using.

 <alert :show.sync="showAlert" placement="top" duration="3000" type="success" width="400px" dismissable>
      <span class="icon-info-circled alert-icon-float-left"></span>
      <strong>Success</strong>
      <p>{{alertMessage}}</p> 
    </alert>

The alert box remains open and close on clicking the close (x) button. Here is a code pen that uses the alert component.
https://codepen.io/Taxali/pen/dKJpKY

Any suggestion, how to auto close the alert box after 3 seconds? Thanks.

Answer 1

According to source code, setTimeout(_, duration) is only set if show props is change. So there is a workaround, you can toggle show from false to true in mounted methods, or you can use a button to toggle the alert.

Another way to setTimeout yourself in Vue component.

 var vm = new Vue({
    components: {
        alert:VueStrap.alert,
    },
    el: "#app",
    data: {
        alertMessage:"Activity Saved Successfully.",
        showAlert:false
    },
    mounted() {
      this.showAlert = true
    }
})

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/vue.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue-strap/1.1.40/vue-strap.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-WskhaSGFgHYWDcbwN70/dfYBj47jz9qbsMId/iRN3ewGhXQFZCSftd1LZCfmhktB" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div id="app">
  
  <alert :show.sync="showAlert" placement="top" :duration="3000" type="success" width="400px" dismissable >
	  <span class="icon-info-circled alert-icon-float-left"></span>
	  <strong>Success</strong>
	  <p>{{alertMessage}}</p> 
	</alert>
  
</div>