How to inherit props from parent route with vue-router

I have the following router configuration and would like that the id of the main.parent route is converted to an integer and then passed into the child components (given props: true) for all child components.

{
  path: '/',
  component: GrandparentComponent,
  name: 'main',
  children: [{
    path: ':id',
    component: ParentComponent,
    name: 'main.parent',
    props: route => {
      return {
        // parse URL id to int
        id: parseInt(route.params.id, 10)
      };
    },

    children: [{
      path: 'details',
      name: 'main.parent.child',
      component: ChildComponent,
      props: true,
      children: [{
        ...
      }]
    }]
  }]
}

However, it seems as if the route function is only really called once (when evaluating /:id) and not when /:id/details is evaluated. The relevant code in vue-router seems to confirm this.

            const route = routeToDisplay.value;
            const matchedRoute = matchedRouteRef.value;
            const ViewComponent = matchedRoute && matchedRoute.components[props.name];
            // we need the value at the time we render because when we unmount, we
            // navigated to a different location so the value is different
            const currentName = props.name;
            if (!ViewComponent) {
                return normalizeSlot(slots.default, { Component: ViewComponent, route });
            }
            // props from route configuration
            const routePropsOption = matchedRoute.props[props.name];
            const routeProps = routePropsOption
                ? routePropsOption === true
                    ? route.params
                    : typeof routePropsOption === 'function'
                        ? routePropsOption(route)
                        : routePropsOption
                : null;
            ...
            const component = h(ViewComponent, assign({}, routeProps, attrs, {
                onVnodeUnmounted,
                ref: viewRef,
            }));
            ...

I wonder if anyone tried to solve the same problem and what they came up with a solution. Ideally, I’d like to avoid duplicating the props function for every child route.

Answer

There’s no such feature in Vue Router for passing props to child routes that way.

Instead, you could use provide/inject to effectively do this. The parent would provide the id property, and any descendant could inject it:

1. In ParentComponent.vue, use toRefs() on props to get a reactive ref to the id prop.
2. Use provide() to provide that id to any children (including child routes).
3. Apply a key on <router-view> to ensure the view is re-rendered based on the unique id.
4. In ChildComponent.vue, use the inject prop to inject the id from step 2.

// ParentComponent.vue
<script>
/* Composition API */
import { provide, toRefs } from 'vue'

export default {
  props: ['id'],
  setup(props) {
    const { id } = toRefs(props)
    provide('id', id)
  },
}

/* Options API */
import { toRefs } from 'vue'

export default {
  props: ['id'],
  provide() {
    const { id } = toRefs(this.$props)
    return { id }
  },
}
</script>

<template>
  <router-view :key="id" />
</template>

// ChildComponent.vue
<script>
export default {
  inject: ['id'],
}
</script>

<template>
  <h2>Detail {{ id }}</h2>
</template>

Composition API demo

Options API demo