Vuetify Material Design Component Framework

Developers using Vuetify should be familiar with these recurring patterns:

• v-model: Standard two-way binding patterns for component state.
• Variants: Component style variations such as 'outlined' or 'plain'.
• Density and Sizing: Options for 'compact', 'comfortable', or 'default' densities to control component whitespace.
• Items: Specific prop patterns used across lists and select components for data mapping.
• Routing: Integration patterns for Vue Router.

Vuetify includes components for handling visual assets:

• v-img: Images with lazy loading
• v-icon: SVG or font-based icons
• v-avatar: User profile images
• v-responsive: Container to maintain aspect ratios
• v-parallax: Scroll-based parallax effects

Vuetify provides a comprehensive set of CSS utility classes for rapid styling:

• Layout & Positioning: Flexbox utilities (Flex), spacing for margins and padding (Spacing), and visibility controls (Display).
• Visual Effects: Box shadow utilities (Elevation), rounded corners (Border Radius), and border utilities (Borders).
• Typography: Text and typography utilities for consistent font styling.
• Animation: Built-in transitions for UI elements.
• Colors: A full Material Design color palette.

Vuetify provides several components for user feedback and status notifications:

• v-alert: Notification banners
• v-snackbar: Toast messages
• v-snackbar-queue: Stacked toast messages
• v-progress-circular: Circular spinner for loading states
• v-progress-linear: Linear loading bar
• v-skeleton-loader: Placeholders for loading content
• v-rating: Star rating system
• v-banner: Prominent messages
• v-badge: Notification dots
• v-timeline: Event display
• v-hover: State tracking for hover interactions
• v-empty-state: Placeholders for empty content states

Vuetify includes a wide array of built-in features to streamline application development:

• Application Layout: Scaffolding using v-app, v-main, and v-app-bar.
• Theming: Support for light/dark themes and custom color palettes.
• Customization: SASS variables for styling and Global Configuration for default props.
• Accessibility: Built-in A11y support and ARIA compliance.
• Internationalization: i18n and Right-to-Left (RTL) support.
• Performance: Automatic component imports via treeshaking.
• Utilities: Breakpoints and device detection (Display and Platform), programmatic scroll control, and keyboard shortcuts (Hotkey).

Vuetify Labs contains experimental components that may undergo changes. Available components include:

• v-color-input: Color input field
• v-date-input: Date input field
• v-file-upload: Dropzone for file uploads
• v-icon-btn: Compact icon buttons
• v-mask-input: Formatted input fields
• v-pie-chart: Data visualization pie charts
• v-pull-to-refresh: Mobile pull-to-refresh gesture
• v-vertical-stepper: Vertical step-by-step flow
• v-video: Video player component

Vuetify provides specialized pickers for data selection:

• v-date-picker: Calendar-based date selection
• v-time-picker: Clock-based time selection
• v-color-picker: Color selection tool

Vuetify provides custom Vue directives to handle common UI behaviors:

• v-ripple: Adds Material Design touch feedback
• v-click-outside: Triggers an event when clicking outside the element
• v-scroll: Listens to scroll events
• v-intersect: Detects when an element enters the viewport
• v-resize: Observes element size changes
• v-mutate: Observes DOM mutations
• v-touch: Handles gesture events
• v-tooltip: Provides a tooltip directive

Core components for structuring the application layout:

• v-app: The root component required for Vuetify applications
• v-container, v-row, v-col: A 12-column grid system for responsive layouts
• v-lazy: Viewport-based loading for elements
• v-no-ssr: Ensures a component is only rendered on the client side (disables Server-Side Rendering)

Providers allow you to override settings for a specific subtree of components:

• v-defaults-provider: Sets scoped default props for child components
• v-theme-provider: Applies a scoped theme to child components
• v-locale-provider: Applies scoped internationalization (i18n) settings