The documentation for the ExtReact product diverges somewhat from the
documentation of other Sencha products. The sections below describe
documentation for all products except where indicated as unique to
ExtReact
.
Many classes have shortcut names used when creating (instantiating) a class with a
configuration object. The shortcut name is referred to as an alias
(or xtype
if the
class extends Ext.Component). The alias/xtype is listed next to the class name of
applicable classes for quick reference.
ExtReact component classes list the configurable name prominently at the top of the API class doc followed by the fully-qualified class name.
Framework classes or their members may be specified as private
or protected
. Else,
the class / member is public
. Public
, protected
, and private
are access
descriptors used to convey how and when the class or class member should be used.
Public classes and class members are available for use by any other class or application code and may be relied upon as a stable and persistent within major product versions. Public classes and members may safely be extended via a subclass.
Protected class members are stable public
members intended to be used by the
owning class or its subclasses. Protected members may safely be extended via a subclass.
Private classes and class members are used internally by the framework and are not intended to be used by application developers. Private classes and members may change or be omitted from the framework at any time without notice and should not be relied upon in application logic.
ExtReact component classes display
configuration options as props
ExtReact component classes do not list
properties as a dedicated member type, but rather as
read only
props
static
label next to the
method name. *See Static below.Below is an example class member that we can disect to show the syntax of a class member (the lookupComponent method as viewed from the Ext.button.Button class in this case).
Let's look at each part of the member row:
lookupComponent
in this example)( item )
in this example)Ext.Component
in this case). This may be omitted for methods that do not
return anything other than undefined
or may display as multiple possible values
separated by a forward slash /
signifying that what is returned may depend on the
results of the method call (i.e. a method may return a Component if a get method calls is
successful or false
if unsuccessful which would be displayed as
Ext.Component/Boolean
).PROTECTED
in
this example - see the Flags section below)Ext.container.Container
in this example). The source
class will be displayed as a blue link if the member originates from the current class
and gray if it is inherited from an ancestor or mixed-in class.view source
in the example)item : Object
in the example).undefined
a "Returns" section
will note the type of class or object returned and a description (Ext.Component
in the
example)Available since 3.4.0
- not pictured in
the example) just after the member descriptionDefaults to: false
)The API documentation uses a number of flags to further commnicate the class member's function and intent. The label may be represented by a text label, an abbreviation, or an icon.
All ExtReact props are bindable
unless decorated as immutable
Immutable ExtReact props may not be use as a configurable prop when instantiating a component
classInstance.method1().method2().etc();
false
is returned from
an event handler- Indicates a framework class
- A singleton framework class. *See the singleton flag for more information
- A component-type framework class (any class within the Ext JS framework that extends Ext.Component)
- Indicates that the class, member, or guide is new in the currently viewed version
- Indicates a class member of type config
Or in the case of an ExtReact component class this
indicates a member of type prop
- Indicates a class member of type property
- Indicates a class member of type
method
- Indicates a class member of type event
- Indicates a class member of type
theme variable
- Indicates a class member of type
theme mixin
- Indicates that the class, member, or guide is new in the currently viewed version
Just below the class name on an API doc page is a row of buttons corresponding to the types of members owned by the current class. Each button shows a count of members by type (this count is updated as filters are applied). Clicking the button will navigate you to that member section. Hovering over the member-type button will reveal a popup menu of all members of that type for quick navigation.
Getting and setter methods that correlate to a class config option will show up in the methods section as well as in the configs section of both the API doc and the member-type menus just beneath the config they work with. The getter and setter method documentation will be found in the config row for easy reference.
ExtReact component classes do not hoist the getter /
setter methods into the prop. All methods will be described in the
Methods
section
Your page history is kept in localstorage and displayed (using the available real estate) just below the top title bar. By default, the only search results shown are the pages matching the product / version you're currently viewing. You can expand what is displayed by clicking on the button on the right-hand side of the history bar and choosing the "All" radio option. This will show all recent pages in the history bar for all products / versions.
Within the history config menu you will also see a listing of your recent page visits. The results are filtered by the "Current Product / Version" and "All" radio options. Clicking on the button will clear the history bar as well as the history kept in local storage.
If "All" is selected in the history config menu the checkbox option for "Show product details in the history bar" will be enabled. When checked, the product/version for each historic page will show alongside the page name in the history bar. Hovering the cursor over the page names in the history bar will also show the product/version as a tooltip.
Both API docs and guides can be searched for using the search field at the top of the page.
On API doc pages there is also a filter input field that filters the member rows using the filter string. In addition to filtering by string you can filter the class members by access level, inheritance, and read only. This is done using the checkboxes at the top of the page.
The checkbox at the bottom of the API class navigation tree filters the class list to include or exclude private classes.
Clicking on an empty search field will show your last 10 searches for quick navigation.
Each API doc page (with the exception of Javascript primitives pages) has a menu view of metadata relating to that class. This metadata view will have one or more of the following:
Ext.button.Button
class has an alternate class name of Ext.Button
). Alternate class
names are commonly maintained for backward compatibility.Runnable examples (Fiddles) are expanded on a page by default. You can collapse and expand example code blocks individually using the arrow on the top-left of the code block. You can also toggle the collapse state of all examples using the toggle button on the top-right of the page. The toggle-all state will be remembered between page loads.
Class members are collapsed on a page by default. You can expand and collapse members using the arrow icon on the left of the member row or globally using the expand / collapse all toggle button top-right.
Viewing the docs on narrower screens or browsers will result in a view optimized for a smaller form factor. The primary differences between the desktop and "mobile" view are:
The class source can be viewed by clicking on the class name at the top of an API doc page. The source for class members can be viewed by clicking on the "view source" link on the right-hand side of the member row.
The JSON Reader is used by a Proxy to read a server response that is sent back in JSON format. This usually happens as a result of loading a Store - for example we might create something like this:
Ext.define('User', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
fields: ['id', 'name', 'email']
});
let store = new Ext.data.Store({
model: 'User',
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
url : 'users.json',
reader: {
type: 'json'
}
}
});
The example above creates a 'User' model. Models are explained in the Ext.data.Model docs if you're not already familiar with them.
We created the simplest type of JSON Reader possible by simply telling our Ext.data.Store's Ext.data.proxy.Proxy that we want a JSON Reader. The Store automatically passes the configured model to the Store, so it is as if we passed this instead:
reader: {
type : 'json',
model: 'User'
}
The reader we set up is ready to read data from our server - at the moment it will accept a response like this:
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Ed Spencer",
"email": "[email protected]"
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Abe Elias",
"email": "[email protected]"
}
]
If you already have your JSON format defined and it doesn't look quite like what we have above, you can usually pass JsonReader a couple of configuration options to make it parse your format. For example, we can use the cfg-rootProperty configuration to parse data that comes back like this:
{
"users": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Ed Spencer",
"email": "[email protected]"
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "Abe Elias",
"email": "[email protected]"
}
]
}
To parse this we just pass in a rootProperty configuration that matches the 'users' above:
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'users'
}
Sometimes the JSON structure is even more complicated. Document databases like CouchDB often provide metadata around each record inside a nested structure like this:
{
"total": 122,
"offset": 0,
"users": [
{
"id": "ed-spencer-1",
"value": 1,
"user": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Ed Spencer",
"email": "[email protected]"
}
}
]
}
In the case above the record data is nested an additional level inside the "users" array as each "user" item has additional metadata surrounding it ('id' and 'value' in this case). To parse data out of each "user" item in the JSON above we need to specify the record configuration like this:
reader: {
type : 'json',
rootProperty : 'users',
record: 'user'
}
The server can return metadata in its response, in addition to the record data, that describe attributes
of the data set itself or are used to reconfigure the Reader. To pass metadata in the response you simply
add a metaData
attribute to the root of the response data. The metaData attribute can contain anything,
but supports a specific set of properties that are handled by the Reader if they are present:
An initial Reader configuration containing all of these properties might look like this ("fields" would be included in the Model definition, not shown):
reader: {
type : 'json',
rootProperty : 'root',
totalProperty : 'total',
successProperty: 'success',
messageProperty: 'message'
}
If you were to pass a response object containing attributes different from those initially defined above, you could
use the metaData
attribute to reconfigure the Reader on the fly. For example:
{
"count": 1,
"ok": true,
"msg": "Users found",
"users": [{
"userId": 123,
"name": "Ed Spencer",
"email": "[email protected]"
}],
"metaData": {
"rootProperty": "users",
"totalProperty": 'count',
"successProperty": 'ok',
"messageProperty": 'msg'
}
}
You can also place any other arbitrary data you need into the metaData
attribute which will be ignored by the Reader,
but will be accessible via the Reader's metaData property (which is also passed to listeners via the Proxy's
metachange event (also relayed by the store). Application code can then
process the passed metadata in any way it chooses.
A simple example for how this can be used would be customizing the fields for a Model that is bound to a grid. By passing
the fields
property the Model will be automatically updated by the Reader internally, but that change will not be
reflected automatically in the grid unless you also update the column configuration. You could do this manually, or you
could simply pass a standard grid column config object as part of the metaData
attribute
and then pass that along to the grid. Here's a very simple example for how that could be accomplished:
// response format:
{
...
"metaData": {
"fields": [
{ "name": "userId", "type": "int" },
{ "name": "name", "type": "string" },
{ "name": "birthday", "type": "date", "dateFormat": "Y-j-m" },
],
"columns": [
{ "text": "User ID", "dataIndex": "userId", "width": 40 },
{ "text": "User Name", "dataIndex": "name", "flex": 1 },
{ "text": "Birthday", "dataIndex": "birthday", "flex": 1, "format": 'Y-j-m', "xtype": "datecolumn" }
]
}
}
The Reader will automatically read the meta fields config and rebuild the Model based on the new fields, but to handle the new column configuration you would need to handle the metadata within the application code. This is done simply enough by handling the metachange event on either the store or the proxy, e.g.:
let store = new Ext.data.Store({
...
listeners: {
'metachange': function(store, meta) {
myGrid.reconfigure(store, meta.columns);
}
}
});
Name of the property from which to retrieve remote grouping summary information. There should be an item for each group.
The remote summary data should be parseable as a model used by this reader.
Defaults to:
""
True to automatically parse models nested within other models in a response object. See the Ext.data.reader.Reader intro docs for full explanation.
Defaults to:
true
Sets the value of implicitIncludes
implicitIncludes : Boolean
Determines if the Reader will keep raw data received from the server in the rawData property.
While this might seem useful to do additional data processing, keeping raw data
might cause adverse effects such as memory leaks. It is recommended to set
keepRawData
to false
if you do not need the raw data.
If you need to process data packet to extract additional data such as row summaries, it is recommended to use transform function for that purpose.
Note that starting with Ext JS 6.0 the default behavior has been changed to not keep the raw data because of the high potential for memory leaks.
Available since: 5.1.1
A config object containing one or more event handlers to be added to this object during initialization. This should be a valid listeners config object as specified in the addListener example for attaching multiple handlers at once.
DOM events from Ext JS Ext.Component
While some Ext JS Component classes export selected DOM events (e.g. "click", "mouseover" etc), this is usually
only done when extra value can be added. For example the DataView's itemclick
event passing the node clicked on. To access DOM events directly from a
child element of a Component, we need to specify the element
option to identify the Component property to add a
DOM listener to:
new Ext.panel.Panel({
width: 400,
height: 200,
dockedItems: [{
xtype: 'toolbar'
}],
listeners: {
click: {
element: 'el', //bind to the underlying el property on the panel
fn: function(){ console.log('click el'); }
},
dblclick: {
element: 'body', //bind to the underlying body property on the panel
fn: function(){ console.log('dblclick body'); }
}
}
});
An alias for addListener. In versions prior to 5.1, listeners had a generated setter which could be called to add listeners. In 5.1 the listeners config is not processed using the config system and has no generated setter, so this method is provided for backward compatibility. The preferred way of adding listeners is to use the on method.
listeners : Object
The listeners
The name of the property which contains a response message for exception handling. If you want to return a false success response from the server, maybe due to some server-side validation, the messageProperty can hold the error message. For example:
{
"success": false,
"error": "There was an error with your request"
}
You can retrieve this error message in a callback when loading a Ext.data.Store or Ext.data.Model like:
var store = new Ext.data.Store({
fields : ['foo'],
proxy : {
type : 'ajax',
url : 'data.json',
reader : {
type : 'json',
rootProperty : 'data',
messageProperty : 'error'
}
}
});
store.load({
callback: function(records, operation, success) {
if (success) {
// ...
} else {
var error = operation.getError();
Ext.Msg.alert('Error', error);
}
}
});
In this example, the callback will execute with success
being false
and will therefore show the Ext.Msg.alert with
the error string returned in the response.
Defaults to:
""
Name of the property from which to retrieve the metaData
attribute. See metaData.
Defaults to:
"metaData"
The model to use for this reader. This config is only required if the reader is being used without a proxy, otherwise the proxy will automatically set the model.
The reader will keep a copy of the most recent request in the rawData property. For performance reasons,
the data object for each record is used directly as the model data. This means that these objects may be modified and
thus modify the raw data. To ensure the objects are copied, set this option to true
. NB: This only applies to items
that are read as part of the data array, any other metadata will not be modified:
{
"someOtherData": 1, // Won't be modified
"root": [{}, {}, {}] // The objects here will be modified
}
Defaults to:
false
Sets the value of preserveRawData
preserveRawData : Boolean
True to extract the records from a data packet even if the successProperty returns false.
Defaults to:
true
Sets the value of readRecordsOnFailure
readRecordsOnFailure : Boolean
The optional location within the JSON response that the record data itself can be found at. See the JsonReader intro docs for more details. This is not often needed.
Defaults to:
null
The property that contains data items corresponding to the
Model(s) of the configured Reader. rootProperty
varies by Reader type.
rootProperty
is a property name. It may also be a dot-separated
list of property names if the root is nested. The root JSON array will be
used by default.
// rootPropety config
rootProperty: 'embedded.myresults'
// server response
{
embedded: {
myresults: [{
name: 'Scott',
age: 22
}, {
name: 'Ramona',
age: 24
}]
},
success: true
}
rootProperty
is a CSS selector. The root XML element will be used
by default.
// rootProperty config (plus record config)
rootProperty: 'myresults',
record: 'user'
// server response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<embedded>
<myresults>
<user>
<name>Scott</name>
<age>22</age>
</user>
<user>
<name>Ramona</name>
<age>24</age>
</user>
</myresults>
</embedded>
rootProperty
is not typically applicable since the data is assumed to be a
single-level array of arrays. However, if the array of records is returned
within a JSON response a rootProperty
config may be used:
// rootProperty config
rootProperty: 'embedded.myresults'
// server response
{
embedded: {
myresults: [['Scott', 22], ['Ramona', 24]]
},
success: true
}
The rootProperty
may also be a function that returns the root node from
the dataset. For example:
var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.TreeStore', {
proxy: {
type: 'memory',
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: function(data){
// Extract child nodes from the items or children property in the dataset
return data.items || data.children;
}
}
},
data: {
items: [{
text: 'item 1',
children: [{
text: 'child A',
leaf: true
}]
}]
}
});
Ext.create('Ext.tree.Panel', {
title: 'rootProperty as a function',
width: 200,
height:150,
store: store,
rootVisible: false,
renderTo: Ext.getBody()
});
Name of the property from which to retrieve the success
attribute, the value of which indicates
whether a given request succeeded or failed (typically a boolean or 'true'|'false'). See
Ext.data.proxy.Server.exception for additional information.
Defaults to:
"success"
Sets the value of successProperty
successProperty : String
Name of the property from which to retrieve remote summary information.
The remote summary data should be parseable as a model used by this reader.
Defaults to:
""
Name of the property from which to retrieve the total number of records in the dataset. This is only needed if the whole dataset is not passed in one go, but is being paged from the remote server.
Defaults to:
"total"
If a transform function is set, it will be invoked just before readRecords executes. It is passed the raw (deserialized) data object. The transform function returns a data object, which can be a modified version of the original data object, or a completely new data object. The transform can be a function, or a method name on the Reader instance, or an object with a 'fn' key and an optional 'scope' key.
Example usage:
new Ext.data.Store({
model: 'User',
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
url : 'users.json',
reader: {
type: 'json',
transform: {
fn: function(data) {
// do some manipulation of the raw data object
return data;
},
scope: this
}
}
},
});
The name of the property in a node raw data block which indicates the type of the model to be created from that raw data. Useful for heterogeneous trees.
For example, hierarchical geographical data may look like this:
{
nodeType: 'Territory',
name: 'EMEA',
children: [{
nodeType: 'Country',
name: 'United Kingdon',
children: [{
nodeType: 'City',
name: 'London'
}]
}]
}
You would configure the typeProperty in this case to be "nodeType"
which would cause the models named "Territory", "Country" and "City" to
be used.
True to ensure that field names/mappings are treated as literals when reading values.
For example, by default, using the mapping "foo.bar.baz" will try and read a property foo from the root, then a property bar from foo, then a property baz from bar. Setting the simple accessors to true will read the property with the name "foo.bar.baz" direct from the root object.
Defaults to:
false
Sets the value of useSimpleAccessors
useSimpleAccessors : Boolean
If this property is specified by the target class of this mixin its properties are
used to configure the created Ext.Factory
.
true
in this class to identify an object as an instantiated Observable, or subclass thereof.
Defaults to:
true
true
in this class to identify an object as an instantiated Reader, or subclass thereof.
Defaults to:
true
The raw data object that was last passed to readRecords. rawData is populated based on the results of Ext.data.proxy.Server#processResponse. rawData will maintain a cached copy of the last successfully returned records. In other words, if processResponse is unsuccessful, the records from the last successful response will remain cached in rawData.
Since Ext JS 5.1.1 you can use the keepRawData config option to control this behavior.
The on method is shorthand for addListener.
Appends an event handler to this object. For example:
myGridPanel.on("itemclick", this.onItemClick, this);
The method also allows for a single argument to be passed which is a config object containing properties which specify multiple events. For example:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: this.onCellClick,
select: this.onSelect,
viewready: this.onViewReady,
scope: this // Important. Ensure "this" is correct during handler execution
});
One can also specify options for each event handler separately:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: {fn: this.onCellClick, scope: this, single: true},
viewready: {fn: panel.onViewReady, scope: panel}
});
Names of methods in a specified scope may also be used:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: {fn: 'onCellClick', scope: this, single: true},
viewready: {fn: 'onViewReady', scope: panel}
});
eventName : String/Object
The name of the event to listen for. May also be an object who's property names are event names.
fn : Function/String (optional)
The method the event invokes or the name of
the method within the specified scope
. Will be called with arguments
given to Ext.util.Observable#fireEvent plus the options
parameter described
below.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope (this
reference) in which the handler function is
executed. If omitted, defaults to the object which fired the event.
options : Object (optional)
An object containing handler configuration.
Note: The options object will also be passed as the last argument to every event handler.
This object may contain any of the following properties:
scope : Object
The scope (this
reference) in which the handler function is executed. If omitted,
defaults to the object which fired the event.
delay : Number
The number of milliseconds to delay the invocation of the handler after the event fires.
single : Boolean
True to add a handler to handle just the next firing of the event, and then remove itself.
buffer : Number
Causes the handler to be scheduled to run in an Ext.util.DelayedTask delayed by the specified number of milliseconds. If the event fires again within that time, the original handler is not invoked, but the new handler is scheduled in its place.
onFrame : Number
Causes the handler to be scheduled to run at the next animation frame event. If the event fires again before that time, the handler is not rescheduled - the handler will only be called once when the next animation frame is fired, with the last set of arguments passed.
target : Ext.util.Observable
Only call the handler if the event was fired on the target Observable, not if the event was bubbled up from a child Observable.
element : String
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.Component. The name of a Component property which references an Ext.dom.Element to add a listener to.
This option is useful during Component construction to add DOM event listeners to elements of Ext.Component which will exist only after the Component is rendered.
For example, to add a click listener to a Panel's body:
var panel = new Ext.panel.Panel({
title: 'The title',
listeners: {
click: this.handlePanelClick,
element: 'body'
}
});
In order to remove listeners attached using the element, you'll need to reference the element itself as seen below.
panel.body.un(...)
delegate : String (optional)
A simple selector to filter the event target or look for a descendant of the target.
The "delegate" option is only available on Ext.dom.Element instances (or when attaching a listener to a Ext.dom.Element via a Component using the element option).
See the delegate example below.
capture : Boolean (optional)
When set to true
, the listener is fired in the capture phase of the event propagation
sequence, instead of the default bubble phase.
The capture
option is only available on Ext.dom.Element instances (or
when attaching a listener to a Ext.dom.Element via a Component using the
element option).
stopPropagation : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call stopPropagation on the event object
before firing the handler.
preventDefault : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call preventDefault on the event object
before firing the handler.
stopEvent : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call stopEvent on the event object
before firing the handler.
args : Array (optional)
Optional arguments to pass to the handler function. Any additional arguments passed to fireEvent will be appended to these arguments.
destroyable : Boolean (optional)
When specified as true
, the function returns a destroyable
object. An object
which implements the destroy
method which removes all listeners added in this call.
This syntax can be a helpful shortcut to using un; particularly when
removing multiple listeners. NOTE - not compatible when using the element
option. See un for the proper syntax for removing listeners added using the
element config.
Defaults to:
false
priority : Number (optional)
An optional numeric priority that determines the order in which event handlers are run. Event handlers with no priority will be run as if they had a priority of 0. Handlers with a higher priority will be prioritized to run sooner than those with a lower priority. Negative numbers can be used to set a priority lower than the default. Internally, the framework uses a range of 1000 or greater, and -1000 or lesser for handlers that are intended to run before or after all others, so it is recommended to stay within the range of -999 to 999 when setting the priority of event handlers in application-level code. A priority must be an integer to be valid. Fractional values are reserved for internal framework use.
order : String (optional)
A legacy option that is provided for backward compatibility.
It is recommended to use the priority
option instead. Available options are:
'before'
: equal to a priority of 100
'current'
: equal to a priority of 0
or default priority'after'
: equal to a priority of -100
Defaults to:
'current'
order : String (optional)
A shortcut for the order
event option. Provided for backward compatibility.
Please use the priority
event option instead.
Combining Options
Using the options argument, it is possible to combine different types of listeners:
A delayed, one-time listener.
myPanel.on('hide', this.handleClick, this, {
single: true,
delay: 100
});
Attaching multiple handlers in 1 call
The method also allows for a single argument to be passed which is a config object containing properties which specify multiple handlers and handler configs.
grid.on({
itemclick: 'onItemClick',
itemcontextmenu: grid.onItemContextmenu,
destroy: {
fn: function () {
// function called within the 'altCmp' scope instead of grid
},
scope: altCmp // unique scope for the destroy handler
},
scope: grid // default scope - provided for example clarity
});
Delegate
This is a configuration option that you can pass along when registering a handler for an event to assist with event delegation. By setting this configuration option to a simple selector, the target element will be filtered to look for a descendant of the target. For example:
var panel = Ext.create({
xtype: 'panel',
renderTo: document.body,
title: 'Delegate Handler Example',
frame: true,
height: 220,
width: 220,
html: '<h1 class="myTitle">BODY TITLE</h1>Body content'
});
// The click handler will only be called when the click occurs on the
// delegate: h1.myTitle ("h1" tag with class "myTitle")
panel.on({
click: function (e) {
console.log(e.getTarget().innerHTML);
},
element: 'body',
delegate: 'h1.myTitle'
});
Defaults to: 'current'
Only when the destroyable
option is specified.
A Destroyable
object. An object which implements the destroy
method which removes
all listeners added in this call. For example:
this.btnListeners = = myButton.on({
destroyable: true
mouseover: function() { console.log('mouseover'); },
mouseout: function() { console.log('mouseout'); },
click: function() { console.log('click'); }
});
And when those listeners need to be removed:
Ext.destroy(this.btnListeners);
or
this.btnListeners.destroy();
The addManagedListener method is used when some object (call it "A") is listening to an event on another observable object ("B") and you want to remove that listener from "B" when "A" is destroyed. This is not an issue when "B" is destroyed because all of its listeners will be removed at that time.
Example:
Ext.define('Foo', {
extend: 'Ext.Component',
initComponent: function () {
this.addManagedListener(MyApp.SomeGlobalSharedMenu, 'show', this.doSomething);
this.callParent();
}
});
As you can see, when an instance of Foo is destroyed, it ensures that the 'show'
listener on the menu (MyApp.SomeGlobalSharedMenu
) is also removed.
As of version 5.1 it is no longer necessary to use this method in most cases because
listeners are automatically managed if the scope object provided to
addListener is an Observable instance.
However, if the observable instance and scope are not the same object you
still need to use mon
or addManagedListener
if you want the listener to be
managed.
item : Ext.util.Observable/Ext.dom.Element
The item to which to add a listener/listeners.
ename : Object/String
The event name, or an object containing event name properties.
fn : Function/String (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event
name, this is the handler function or the name of a method on the specified
scope
.
scope : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the scope (this
reference)
in which the handler function is executed.
options : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the
addListener options.
Only when the destroyable
option is specified.
A Destroyable
object. An object which implements the destroy
method which removes all listeners added in this call. For example:
this.btnListeners = myButton.mon({
destroyable: true
mouseover: function() { console.log('mouseover'); },
mouseout: function() { console.log('mouseout'); },
click: function() { console.log('click'); }
});
And when those listeners need to be removed:
Ext.destroy(this.btnListeners);
or
this.btnListeners.destroy();
Enables events fired by this Observable to bubble up an owner hierarchy by calling this.getBubbleTarget()
if
present. There is no implementation in the Observable base class.
This is commonly used by Ext.Components to bubble events to owner Containers. See Ext.Component#getBubbleTarget. The default implementation in Ext.Component returns the Component's immediate owner. But if a known target is required, this can be overridden to access the required target more quickly.
Example:
Ext.define('Ext.overrides.form.field.Base', {
override: 'Ext.form.field.Base',
// Add functionality to Field's initComponent to enable the change event to bubble
initComponent: function () {
this.callParent();
this.enableBubble('change');
}
});
var myForm = Ext.create('Ext.form.Panel', {
title: 'User Details',
items: [{
...
}],
listeners: {
change: function() {
// Title goes red if form has been modified.
myForm.header.setStyle('color', 'red');
}
}
});
eventNames : String/String[]
The event name to bubble, or an Array of event names.
Fires the specified event with the passed parameters (minus the event name, plus the options
object passed
to addListener).
An event may be set to bubble up an Observable parent hierarchy (See Ext.Component#getBubbleTarget) by calling enableBubble.
eventName : String
The name of the event to fire.
args : Object...
Variable number of parameters are passed to handlers.
returns false if any of the handlers return false otherwise it returns true.
Fires the specified event with the passed parameter list.
An event may be set to bubble up an Observable parent hierarchy (See Ext.Component#getBubbleTarget) by calling enableBubble.
eventName : String
The name of the event to fire.
args : Object[]
An array of parameters which are passed to handlers.
returns false if any of the handlers return false otherwise it returns true.
Fires the specified event with the passed parameters and executes a function (action). Evented Actions will automatically dispatch a 'before' event passing. This event will be given a special controller that allows for pausing/resuming of the event flow.
By pausing the controller the updater and events will not run until resumed. Pausing, however, will not stop the processing of any other before events.
eventName : String
The name of the event to fire.
args : Array
Arguments to pass to handlers and to the action function.
fn : Function/String
The action function.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope (this
reference) in which the handler function is
executed. If omitted, defaults to the object which fired the event.
fnArgs : Array/Boolean (optional)
Optional arguments for the action fn
. If not
given, the normal args
will be used to call fn
. If false
is passed, the
args
are used but if the first argument is this instance it will be removed
from the args passed to the action function.
Retrieves the id of this component. Will autogenerate an id if one has not already been set.
id
Takes a raw response object (as passed to the read method) and returns the useful data segment from it. This must be implemented by each subclass.
response : Object
The response object
The extracted data from the response. For example, a JSON object or an XML document.
Checks to see if this object has any listeners for a specified event, or whether the event bubbles. The answer indicates whether the event needs firing or not.
eventName : String
The name of the event to check for
true
if the event is being listened for or bubbles, else false
Checks if all events, or a specific event, is suspended.
event : String (optional)
The name of the specific event to check
true
if events are suspended
Shorthand for addManagedListener. The addManagedListener method is used when some object (call it "A") is listening to an event on another observable object ("B") and you want to remove that listener from "B" when "A" is destroyed. This is not an issue when "B" is destroyed because all of its listeners will be removed at that time.
Example:
Ext.define('Foo', {
extend: 'Ext.Component',
initComponent: function () {
this.addManagedListener(MyApp.SomeGlobalSharedMenu, 'show', this.doSomething);
this.callParent();
}
});
As you can see, when an instance of Foo is destroyed, it ensures that the 'show'
listener on the menu (MyApp.SomeGlobalSharedMenu
) is also removed.
As of version 5.1 it is no longer necessary to use this method in most cases because
listeners are automatically managed if the scope object provided to
addListener is an Observable instance.
However, if the observable instance and scope are not the same object you
still need to use mon
or addManagedListener
if you want the listener to be
managed.
item : Ext.util.Observable/Ext.dom.Element
The item to which to add a listener/listeners.
ename : Object/String
The event name, or an object containing event name properties.
fn : Function/String (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event
name, this is the handler function or the name of a method on the specified
scope
.
scope : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the scope (this
reference)
in which the handler function is executed.
options : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the
addListener options.
Only when the destroyable
option is specified.
A Destroyable
object. An object which implements the destroy
method which removes all listeners added in this call. For example:
this.btnListeners = myButton.mon({
destroyable: true
mouseover: function() { console.log('mouseover'); },
mouseout: function() { console.log('mouseout'); },
click: function() { console.log('click'); }
});
And when those listeners need to be removed:
Ext.destroy(this.btnListeners);
or
this.btnListeners.destroy();
Shorthand for removeManagedListener. Removes listeners that were added by the mon method.
item : Ext.util.Observable/Ext.dom.Element
The item from which to remove a listener/listeners.
ename : Object/String
The event name, or an object containing event name properties.
fn : Function (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the handler function.
scope : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the scope (this
reference)
in which the handler function is executed.
The on method is shorthand for addListener.
Appends an event handler to this object. For example:
myGridPanel.on("itemclick", this.onItemClick, this);
The method also allows for a single argument to be passed which is a config object containing properties which specify multiple events. For example:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: this.onCellClick,
select: this.onSelect,
viewready: this.onViewReady,
scope: this // Important. Ensure "this" is correct during handler execution
});
One can also specify options for each event handler separately:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: {fn: this.onCellClick, scope: this, single: true},
viewready: {fn: panel.onViewReady, scope: panel}
});
Names of methods in a specified scope may also be used:
myGridPanel.on({
cellclick: {fn: 'onCellClick', scope: this, single: true},
viewready: {fn: 'onViewReady', scope: panel}
});
eventName : String/Object
The name of the event to listen for. May also be an object who's property names are event names.
fn : Function/String (optional)
The method the event invokes or the name of
the method within the specified scope
. Will be called with arguments
given to Ext.util.Observable#fireEvent plus the options
parameter described
below.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope (this
reference) in which the handler function is
executed. If omitted, defaults to the object which fired the event.
options : Object (optional)
An object containing handler configuration.
Note: The options object will also be passed as the last argument to every event handler.
This object may contain any of the following properties:
scope : Object
The scope (this
reference) in which the handler function is executed. If omitted,
defaults to the object which fired the event.
delay : Number
The number of milliseconds to delay the invocation of the handler after the event fires.
single : Boolean
True to add a handler to handle just the next firing of the event, and then remove itself.
buffer : Number
Causes the handler to be scheduled to run in an Ext.util.DelayedTask delayed by the specified number of milliseconds. If the event fires again within that time, the original handler is not invoked, but the new handler is scheduled in its place.
onFrame : Number
Causes the handler to be scheduled to run at the next animation frame event. If the event fires again before that time, the handler is not rescheduled - the handler will only be called once when the next animation frame is fired, with the last set of arguments passed.
target : Ext.util.Observable
Only call the handler if the event was fired on the target Observable, not if the event was bubbled up from a child Observable.
element : String
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.Component. The name of a Component property which references an Ext.dom.Element to add a listener to.
This option is useful during Component construction to add DOM event listeners to elements of Ext.Component which will exist only after the Component is rendered.
For example, to add a click listener to a Panel's body:
var panel = new Ext.panel.Panel({
title: 'The title',
listeners: {
click: this.handlePanelClick,
element: 'body'
}
});
In order to remove listeners attached using the element, you'll need to reference the element itself as seen below.
panel.body.un(...)
delegate : String (optional)
A simple selector to filter the event target or look for a descendant of the target.
The "delegate" option is only available on Ext.dom.Element instances (or when attaching a listener to a Ext.dom.Element via a Component using the element option).
See the delegate example below.
capture : Boolean (optional)
When set to true
, the listener is fired in the capture phase of the event propagation
sequence, instead of the default bubble phase.
The capture
option is only available on Ext.dom.Element instances (or
when attaching a listener to a Ext.dom.Element via a Component using the
element option).
stopPropagation : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call stopPropagation on the event object
before firing the handler.
preventDefault : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call preventDefault on the event object
before firing the handler.
stopEvent : Boolean (optional)
This option is only valid for listeners bound to Ext.dom.Element.
true
to call stopEvent on the event object
before firing the handler.
args : Array (optional)
Optional arguments to pass to the handler function. Any additional arguments passed to fireEvent will be appended to these arguments.
destroyable : Boolean (optional)
When specified as true
, the function returns a destroyable
object. An object
which implements the destroy
method which removes all listeners added in this call.
This syntax can be a helpful shortcut to using un; particularly when
removing multiple listeners. NOTE - not compatible when using the element
option. See un for the proper syntax for removing listeners added using the
element config.
Defaults to:
false
priority : Number (optional)
An optional numeric priority that determines the order in which event handlers are run. Event handlers with no priority will be run as if they had a priority of 0. Handlers with a higher priority will be prioritized to run sooner than those with a lower priority. Negative numbers can be used to set a priority lower than the default. Internally, the framework uses a range of 1000 or greater, and -1000 or lesser for handlers that are intended to run before or after all others, so it is recommended to stay within the range of -999 to 999 when setting the priority of event handlers in application-level code. A priority must be an integer to be valid. Fractional values are reserved for internal framework use.
order : String (optional)
A legacy option that is provided for backward compatibility.
It is recommended to use the priority
option instead. Available options are:
'before'
: equal to a priority of 100
'current'
: equal to a priority of 0
or default priority'after'
: equal to a priority of -100
Defaults to:
'current'
order : String (optional)
A shortcut for the order
event option. Provided for backward compatibility.
Please use the priority
event option instead.
Combining Options
Using the options argument, it is possible to combine different types of listeners:
A delayed, one-time listener.
myPanel.on('hide', this.handleClick, this, {
single: true,
delay: 100
});
Attaching multiple handlers in 1 call
The method also allows for a single argument to be passed which is a config object containing properties which specify multiple handlers and handler configs.
grid.on({
itemclick: 'onItemClick',
itemcontextmenu: grid.onItemContextmenu,
destroy: {
fn: function () {
// function called within the 'altCmp' scope instead of grid
},
scope: altCmp // unique scope for the destroy handler
},
scope: grid // default scope - provided for example clarity
});
Delegate
This is a configuration option that you can pass along when registering a handler for an event to assist with event delegation. By setting this configuration option to a simple selector, the target element will be filtered to look for a descendant of the target. For example:
var panel = Ext.create({
xtype: 'panel',
renderTo: document.body,
title: 'Delegate Handler Example',
frame: true,
height: 220,
width: 220,
html: '<h1 class="myTitle">BODY TITLE</h1>Body content'
});
// The click handler will only be called when the click occurs on the
// delegate: h1.myTitle ("h1" tag with class "myTitle")
panel.on({
click: function (e) {
console.log(e.getTarget().innerHTML);
},
element: 'body',
delegate: 'h1.myTitle'
});
Defaults to: 'current'
Only when the destroyable
option is specified.
A Destroyable
object. An object which implements the destroy
method which removes
all listeners added in this call. For example:
this.btnListeners = = myButton.on({
destroyable: true
mouseover: function() { console.log('mouseover'); },
mouseout: function() { console.log('mouseout'); },
click: function() { console.log('click'); }
});
And when those listeners need to be removed:
Ext.destroy(this.btnListeners);
or
this.btnListeners.destroy();
Appends an after-event handler.
Same as addListener with order
set
to 'after'
.
eventName : String/String[]/Object
The name of the event to listen for.
fn : Function/String
The method the event invokes.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope for fn
.
options : Object (optional)
An object containing handler configuration.
Appends a before-event handler. Returning false
from the handler will stop the event.
Same as addListener with order
set
to 'before'
.
eventName : String/String[]/Object
The name of the event to listen for.
fn : Function/String
The method the event invokes.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope for fn
.
options : Object (optional)
An object containing handler configuration.
Reads the given response object. This method normalizes the different types of response object that may be passed to it. If it's an XMLHttpRequest object, hand off to the subclass' getResponseData method. Else, hand off the reading of records to the readRecords method.
response : Object
The response object. This may be either an XMLHttpRequest object or a plain JS object
readOptions : Object (optional)
Various options that instruct the reader on how to read the data
recordCreator : Function (optional)
A function to construct the model based on the processed data. By default, this just calls the model constructor and passes the raw data.
The parsed or default ResultSet object
Reads a JSON object and returns a ResultSet. Uses the internal getTotal and getSuccess extractors to retrieve meta data from the response, and extractData to turn the JSON data into model instances.
data : Object
The raw JSON data
readOptions : Object (optional)
See read for details.
A ResultSet containing model instances and meta data about the results
Relays selected events from the specified Observable as if the events were fired by this
.
For example if you are extending Grid, you might decide to forward some events from store. So you can do this inside your initComponent:
this.relayEvents(this.getStore(), ['load']);
The grid instance will then have an observable 'load' event which will be passed the parameters of the store's load event and any function fired with the grid's load event would have access to the grid using the this keyword (unless the event is handled by a controller's control/listen event listener in which case 'this' will be the controller rather than the grid).
origin : Object
The Observable whose events this object is to relay.
events : String[]/Object
Array of event names to relay or an Object with key/value pairs translating to ActualEventName/NewEventName respectively. For example: this.relayEvents(this, {add:'push', remove:'pop'});
Would now redispatch the add event of this as a push event and the remove event as a pop event.
prefix : String (optional)
A common prefix to prepend to the event names. For example:
this.relayEvents(this.getStore(), ['load', 'clear'], 'store');
Now the grid will forward 'load' and 'clear' events of store as 'storeload' and 'storeclear'.
A Destroyable
object. An object which implements the destroy
method which, when destroyed, removes all relayers. For example:
this.storeRelayers = this.relayEvents(this.getStore(), ['load', 'clear'], 'store');
Can be undone by calling
Ext.destroy(this.storeRelayers);
or this.store.relayers.destroy();
Removes an event handler.
eventName : String
The type of event the handler was associated with.
fn : Function
The handler to remove. This must be a reference to the function passed into the addListener call.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope originally specified for the handler. It must be the same as the scope argument specified in the original call to Ext.util.Observable#addListener or the listener will not be removed.
Convenience Syntax
You can use the addListener
destroyable: true
config option in place of calling un(). For example:
var listeners = cmp.on({
scope: cmp,
afterrender: cmp.onAfterrender,
beforehide: cmp.onBeforeHide,
destroyable: true
});
// Remove listeners
listeners.destroy();
// or
cmp.un(
scope: cmp,
afterrender: cmp.onAfterrender,
beforehide: cmp.onBeforeHide
);
Exception - DOM event handlers using the element config option
You must go directly through the element to detach an event handler attached using the addListener element option.
panel.on({
element: 'body',
click: 'onBodyCLick'
});
panel.body.un({
click: 'onBodyCLick'
});
Removes listeners that were added by the mon method.
item : Ext.util.Observable/Ext.dom.Element
The item from which to remove a listener/listeners.
ename : Object/String
The event name, or an object containing event name properties.
fn : Function (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the handler function.
scope : Object (optional)
If the ename
parameter was an event name, this is the scope (this
reference)
in which the handler function is executed.
Resumes firing of the named event(s).
After calling this method to resume events, the events will fire when requested to fire.
Note that if the suspendEvent method is called multiple times for a certain event, this converse method will have to be called the same number of times for it to resume firing.
eventName : String...
Multiple event names to resume.
Resumes firing events (see suspendEvents).
If events were suspended using the queueSuspended
parameter, then all events fired
during event suspension will be sent to any listeners now.
discardQueue : Boolean (optional)
true
to prevent any previously queued events from firing
while we were suspended. See suspendEvents.
Suspends firing of the named event(s).
After calling this method to suspend events, the events will no longer fire when requested to fire.
Note that if this is called multiple times for a certain event, the converse method resumeEvent will have to be called the same number of times for it to resume firing.
eventName : String...
Multiple event names to suspend.
Suspends the firing of all events. (see resumeEvents)
queueSuspended : Boolean
true
to queue up suspended events to be fired
after the resumeEvents call instead of discarding all suspended events.
Shorthand for removeListener. Removes an event handler.
eventName : String
The type of event the handler was associated with.
fn : Function
The handler to remove. This must be a reference to the function passed into the addListener call.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope originally specified for the handler. It must be the same as the scope argument specified in the original call to Ext.util.Observable#addListener or the listener will not be removed.
Convenience Syntax
You can use the addListener
destroyable: true
config option in place of calling un(). For example:
var listeners = cmp.on({
scope: cmp,
afterrender: cmp.onAfterrender,
beforehide: cmp.onBeforeHide,
destroyable: true
});
// Remove listeners
listeners.destroy();
// or
cmp.un(
scope: cmp,
afterrender: cmp.onAfterrender,
beforehide: cmp.onBeforeHide
);
Exception - DOM event handlers using the element config option
You must go directly through the element to detach an event handler attached using the addListener element option.
panel.on({
element: 'body',
click: 'onBodyCLick'
});
panel.body.un({
click: 'onBodyCLick'
});
Removes a before-event handler.
Same as removeListener with order
set to 'after'
.
eventName : String/String[]/Object
The name of the event the handler was associated with.
fn : Function/String
The handler to remove.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope originally specified for fn
.
options : Object (optional)
Extra options object.
Removes a before-event handler.
Same as removeListener with order
set to 'before'
.
eventName : String/String[]/Object
The name of the event the handler was associated with.
fn : Function/String
The handler to remove.
scope : Object (optional)
The scope originally specified for fn
.
options : Object (optional)
Extra options object.
Override members of this class. Overridden methods can be invoked via Ext.Base#callParent.
Ext.define('My.Cat', {
constructor: function() {
alert("I'm a cat!");
}
});
My.Cat.override({
constructor: function() {
alert("I'm going to be a cat!");
this.callParent(arguments);
alert("Meeeeoooowwww");
}
});
var kitty = new My.Cat(); // alerts "I'm going to be a cat!"
// alerts "I'm a cat!"
// alerts "Meeeeoooowwww"
Direct use of this method should be rare. Use Ext.define instead:
Ext.define('My.CatOverride', {
override: 'My.Cat',
constructor: function() {
alert("I'm going to be a cat!");
this.callParent(arguments);
alert("Meeeeoooowwww");
}
});
The above accomplishes the same result but can be managed by the Ext.Loader which can properly order the override and its target class and the build process can determine whether the override is needed based on the required state of the target class (My.Cat).
members : Object
The properties to add to this class. This should be specified as an object literal containing one or more properties.
this class
Fires when the reader receives improperly encoded data from the server
reader : Ext.data.reader.Reader
A reference to this reader
response : XMLHttpRequest
The XMLHttpRequest response object
error : Ext.data.ResultSet
The error object
eOpts : Object
The options object passed to Ext.util.Observable.addListener.