BootstrapVue conditional column in b-table

Question

I\'d like to only show one of my columns if the current user is an admin. I\'m not sure how to do this with bootstrapVue. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Here's a snippet based on Troy's comment.

I've added a custom property to the field object called requiresAdmin. This is not part of standard Bootstrap-Vue.

You can use this to filter out all the fields that require's the user to be an admin in a computed property. Based on whether the user is an admin or not. This makes it easy to add and remove fields that require's the user to be an admin.

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  computed: {
    computedFields() {
      // If the user isn't an admin, filter out fields that require auth.
      if(!this.isUserAdmin)
        return this.fields.filter(field => !field.requiresAdmin);
        
      // If the user IS an admin, return all fields.
      else
        return this.fields;
    }
  },
  data() {
      return {
        isUserAdmin: false,
        fields: [
          { key: 'first', label: 'First Name' },
          { key: 'last', label: 'Last Name' },
          { key: 'age', label: 'Age' },
          { key: 'sex', label: 'Sex' },
          { key: 'secretActions', label: 'Secret Actions', requiresAdmin: true },
        ],
        items: [
          { first: 'John', last: 'Doe', sex: 'Male', age: 42 },
          { first: 'Jane', last: 'Doe', sex: 'Female', age: 36 },
          { first: 'Rubin', last: 'Kincade', sex: 'Male', age: 73 },
          { first: 'Shirley', last: 'Partridge', sex: 'Female', age: 62 }
        ]
      }
    }
})

<link href="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap@4.4.1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap-vue@2.3.0/dist/bootstrap-vue.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.6.10/vue.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap-vue@2.3.0/dist/bootstrap-vue.js"></script>

<div id="app" class="p-3">
  <b-btn @click="isUserAdmin = !isUserAdmin">
    Toggle admin user ({{ isUserAdmin }})
  </b-btn>
  <br /><br />
  <b-table :fields="computedFields" :items="items">
    <template v-slot:cell(secretActions)>
      <b-btn>Edit User</b-btn>
      <b-btn>Delete User</b-btn>
    </template>
  </b-table>
</div>