Sapper/Svelte possible to conditionally import components?

Question

In Sapper I am trying to import a component only if being rendered client side (using onMount). Is there something similar to React Suspense and React.lazy? Or is there another approach?

Answer 1

You can certainly do it that way, yes:

<script>
  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
    
  let Thing;
    
  onMount(async () => {
    Thing = (await import('./Thing.svelte')).default;
  });
</script>

<svelte:component this={Thing} answer={42}>
  <p>some slotted content</p>
</svelte:component>

Demo here.

Alternatively, you could wrap that into a component:

<!-- Loader.svelte -->
<script>
  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
    
  let loader;
  let Component;
    
  onMount(async () => {
    Component = (await loader()).default;
  });
    
  export { loader as this };
</script>

<svelte:component this={Component} {...$$restProps}>
  <slot></slot>
</svelte:component>

{#if !Component}
  <slot name="fallback"></slot>
{/if}

<Loader
  this={() => import('./Thing.svelte')}
  answer={42}
>
  <p>some slotted content</p>
  <p slot="fallback">loading...</p>
</Loader>

Demo here. A caveat with this approach is that slots other than default won't be 'forwarded' to the underlying component.