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This is a basic part of the new gui structure for awa. It extends the View class and should be used as a control/menu bar for contents views

Methods

bindToModel

(
  • [model]
)
Undefined
Binds the view to a Model. will explain more later.

Parameters:

  • [model] awa.mvc.Model | Backbone.Model optional
    Model to bind to

Returns:

Undefined:

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

onRendered

(
  • callback
  • context
)
Undefined
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:

  • callback Function
    Callback
  • context Object
    Defines 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

(
  • callback
)
Undefined
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:

  • callback Function
    function 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

(
  • callback
)
Undefined
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:

  • callback Function
    function 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

(
  • element
  • [delegate]
)
Undefined
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:

  • element Jquery.Selector
    Jquery selector
  • [delegate] ? optional
    ?

Returns:

Undefined:

triggerRendered

(
  • args
)
Undefined
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:

  • args Object
    parameter 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