awa.mvc.ContentsListView Class
Extends awa.mvc.View
Defined in:
Module: awa.mvc
/var/www/azaleahealth.com/branches/docs/source_repo/awa/resources/apps/js/awa/mvc/ContentsListView.js:9
The ContentsListView is a more focused Contents view intended for grids and collections. Majority of options that work with {awa.ui.CollectionGrid} will also work here.
Constructor
awa.mvc.ContentsListView
(
-
options.collection
Parameters:
-
options.collectionawa.mvc.CollectionCollection to use with grid
Item Index
Methods
Methods
bindToModel
(
Undefined
-
[model]
Binds the view to a Model. will explain more later.
Parameters:
-
[model]awa.mvc.Model | Backbone.Model optionalModel to bind to
Returns:
Undefined:
createPageControlsView
()
awa.mvc.View
calls createPageControlsView on the grid and returns the results
Returns:
awa.mvc.View:
controls view for contents list
destroy
()
awa.mvc.View
clears out all widgets, grids, and events. Also removes and destroys children
Returns:
awa.mvc.View:
this
doChildrenLayouts
()
Undefined
Needed for height fixing and other positioning changes
Returns:
Undefined:
doLayout
()
Undefined
Needed for height fixing and other positioning changes
Returns:
Undefined:
getWidget
()
Array
get the view controlling a widget by it's selector
Returns:
Array:
widgets
onExport
()
Undefined
Standard event. Calls requestExport on the collection provided to the view. Handles download of file. may also allow for format selection in the future. Note that you must provide a way for the user to call this (i.e. controls view args, data-events, etc).
Returns:
Undefined:
onExport
(
Undefined
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event
Standard event for filter widgets. This method will attempt to pull data from the widget and set as a collection filter Note that you must provide a way for the user to call this (i.e. controls view args, data-events, etc).
Parameters:
-
eventHTMLEventHTML Event object
Returns:
Undefined:
onRendered
(
Undefined
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callback -
context
This is called only once in the lifetime of a view, if you bind to it before the view is rendered, the function
will be called after triggerRendered is called.
Parameters:
-
callbackFunctionCallback -
contextObjectDefines scope of callback
Returns:
Undefined:
refresh
()
awa.mvc.View
There is a habit of re-rendering entire views when it may not be necessary.
Parent views can check the rendered flag and call refresh instead if the child view has already been rendered.
Returns:
awa.mvc.View:
this
render
()
Undefined
overrides backbone.view's render method.
Sets the rendered property to rendered and renders any provided templates.
This also binds any buttons in the view to it's action *IF* it has an actions attribute.
The action attribute value should match the name of the function in the view class.
Returns:
Undefined:
requestChange
(
Undefined
-
callback
Parent views should check this before changing/swapping a view.
Useful for views that are in edit mode that you want to do confirmation before leaving.
Parameters:
-
callbackFunctionfunction to call when you have determined if the view can close or not. If it can close, return an object with property 'success' set to 1.
Returns:
Undefined:
requestClose
(
Undefined
-
callback
Parent views should check this before closing a view.
Useful for views that are in edit mode that you want to do confirmation before closing.
Parameters:
-
callbackFunctionfunction to call when you have determined if the view can close or not. If it can close, return an object with property 'success' set to 1.
Returns:
Undefined:
setElement
(
Undefined
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element -
[delegate]
Overidden setElement method applies the className to the new element the view is applied to.
Also, if multiple views are passed in (what is returned from a jquery selector) it will be the top of the list.
Parameters:
-
elementJquery.SelectorJquery selector -
[delegate]? optional?
Returns:
Undefined:
title
()
String
Generate title from ModelClass if provided
Returns:
String:
title for view
triggerRendered
(
Undefined
-
args
The view should only call this once its completely rendered. This does not include refreshing views
(i.e. grids changing pages). This also sets the view's rendered property to true.
Parameters:
-
argsObjectparameter to emit
Returns:
Undefined:
viewOptions
()
Array
the constructor uses this function to determine which properties to pull out of the passed in options to directly attach to the view.
All other options can be referenced from the view's options property
Returns:
Array:
Acceptable view options
Properties
__parent__
View
Parent view object
Default: undefined
className
Boolean | Function
when this view is rendered, it will create a new element with this class added.
If the setElement method is used, this will append itself to the class attribute
Default: "awa-mvc-View"
closeOnReplace
Boolean
Mostly for views that contain multiple views.
This allows a parent view to know that the view should be closed and destroyed when another view is swapped in.
Default: false
globalKeys
Object
used for the keymaster plugin. These will be scoped to the entire app.
Default: undefined
keys
Object
used for the keymaster plugin. These will be scoped to this view in the future.
Default: undefined
refreshOnReplace
Boolean
Mostly for views that contain multiple views.
This allows a parent view to know that the view should be refreshed when this view is swapped back in.
Default: true
rendered
Boolean
Lets you know if this view object has been rendered or not.
If you override the render method without doing a supercall, be sure to set it to true when you are done rendering.
Default: false
title
Strin
Can be used by parent views to put on tabs, control bars, popup headers, etc.
Use accessor methods.
Default: "View"
tpl
Function
default template to use with this view, the render method will use this and inject the resulting html into it's $el.
Default: undefined
tplArgs
Object
arguments that are passed to the template
Default: undefined