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How do you create a custom directive in Vue?

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Explain custom directives.

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Register a directive with lifecycle hooks (mounted, updated, etc.) that receive the element and binding value: app.directive('focus', { mounted: el => el.focus() }). Use it as v-focus. Custom directives are for low-level DOM behavior reuse.

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