Vuex - Computed property "name" was assigned to but it has no setter

Question

I have a component with some form validation. It is a multi step checkout form. The code below is for the first step. I'd like to validate that the user entered some text, store their name in the global state and then send then to the next step. I am using vee-validate and vuex

<template>
<div>
    <div class='field'>
        <label class='label' for='name'>Name</label>
        <div class="control has-icons-right">

            <input name="name" v-model="name" v-validate="'required|alpha'" :class="{'input': true, 'is-danger': errors.has('name') }" type="text" placeholder="First and Last">
            <span class="icon is-small is-right" v-if="errors.has('name')">
                <i class="fa fa-warning"></i>
            </span>
        </div>
        <p class="help is-danger" v-show="errors.has('name')">{{ errors.first('name') }}</p>

    </div>
    <div class="field pull-right">
        <button class="button is-medium is-primary" type="submit" @click.prevent="nextStep">Next Step</button>
    </div>
</div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
    methods: {
        nextStep(){
            var self = this;

            // from baianat/vee-validate
            this.$validator.validateAll().then((result) => {
                if (result) {
                    this.$store.dispatch('addContactInfoForOrder', self);
                    this.$store.dispatch('goToNextStep');
                    return;
                }
            });
        }
    },
    computed: {
        name: function(){
            return this.$store.state.name;
        }
    }
}
</script>

I have a store for handling order state and recording the name. Ultimately I would like to send all of the info from multi step form to the server.

export default {
  state: {
    name: '',
  },

  mutations: {
    UPDATE_ORDER_CONTACT(state, payload){
      state.name = payload.name;

    }
  },

  actions: {
    addContactInfoForOrder({commit}, payload) {
      commit('UPDATE_ORDER_CONTACT', payload);
    }
  }
}

When I run this code I get an error that Computed property "name" was assigned to but it has no setter.

How do I bind the value from the name field to the global state? I would like this to be persistent so that even if a user goes back a step (after clicking "Next Step") they will see the name they entered on this step

Answer 1

If you're going to v-model a computed, it needs a setter. Whatever you want it to do with the updated value (probably write it to the $store, considering that's what your getter pulls it from) you do in the setter.

If writing it back to the store happens via form submission, you don't want to v-model, you just want to set :value.

If you want to have an intermediate state, where it's saved somewhere but doesn't overwrite the source in the $store until form submission, you'll need to create such a data item.