This is a function, but what's important is the returned value. 'tabCreated', 'tabDisplayed', 'tabDestroyed', 'destroyed', 'rendered'

Binds the view to a Model. will explain more later.

Adds a new tab and view area to the tabbed container view

clears out all widgets, grids, and events. Also removes and destroys children

Needed for height fixing and other positioning changes

Needed for height fixing and other positioning changes

get the view controlling a widget by it's selector

wrapper for old views that use the old methods

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sets current tab with args object. tabIdentifier is required to find the correct tab. The entire args object is passed through to the view in the tab.

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.

Stub function to allow child views to handle what to do when a selected tab is closed.

Returning true prevents the default action.

The onTabCreated method binds to the tabcreated event. when calling this method, all existing tabs that have been created are passed to the function. This prevents you from having to check what tabs already exist. There is a onceTabCreated and an offTabCreated.

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.

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.

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.

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.

use an args object to set the current tab. args are based down to the structured view's setSection method. If args.tabIdentifier is not set and args.id is, the routeRoot is used in conjuction with the id to generate a tabIdentifier

quick function to set the model list view tab as the current tab

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.

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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.

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