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Why should not use if and for directives together on the same element?

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It is recommended not to use v-if on the same element as v-for. Because v-for directive has a higher priority than v-if. There are two cases where developers try to use this combination,

if you try to filter the list using v-if tag,

<ul>
  <li
    v-for="user in users"
    v-if="user.isActive"
    :key="user.id"
  >
    {{ user.name }}
  <li>
</ul>

This can be avoided by preparing the filtered list using computed property on the initial list

computed: {
  activeUsers: function () {
    return this.users.filter(function (user) {
      return user.isActive
    })
  }
}
...... //
...... //
<ul>
  <li
    v-for="user in activeUsers"
    :key="user.id">
    {{ user.name }}
  <li>
</ul>
  1. To avoid rendering a list if it should be hidden For example, if you try to conditionally check if the user is to be shown or hidden
<ul>
  <li
    v-for="user in users"
    v-if="shouldShowUsers"
    :key="user.id"
  >
    {{ user.name }}
  <li>
</ul>

This can be solved by moving the condition to a parent by avoiding this check for each user

<ul v-if="shouldShowUsers">
  <li
    v-for="user in users"
    :key="user.id"
  >
    {{ user.name }}
  <li>
</ul>

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