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 Connection class encapsulates a connection to the page's originating domain, allowing requests to be made either to a configured URL, or to a URL specified at request time.
Requests made by this class are asynchronous, and will return immediately. No data from the server will be available to the statement immediately following the request call. To process returned data, use a success callback in the request options object, or an event listener.
File uploads are not performed using normal "Ajax" techniques, that is they are not performed using XMLHttpRequests. Instead the form is submitted in the standard manner with the DOM <form> element temporarily modified to have its target set to refer to a dynamically generated, hidden <iframe> which is inserted into the document but removed after the return data has been gathered.
The server response is parsed by the browser to create the document for the IFRAME. If the server is using JSON to send the return object, then the Content-Type header must be set to "text/html" in order to tell the browser to insert the text unchanged into the document body.
Characters which are significant to an HTML parser must be sent as HTML entities, so encode <
as <
, &
as
&
etc.
The response text is retrieved from the document, and a fake XMLHttpRequest object is created containing a responseText property in order to conform to the requirements of event handlers and callbacks.
Be aware that file upload packets are sent with the content type multipart/form and some server technologies (notably JEE) may require some custom processing in order to retrieve parameter names and parameter values from the packet content.
Also note that it's not possible to check the response code of the hidden iframe, so the success handler will ALWAYS fire.
The class supports posting binary data to the server by using native browser capabilities, or a flash polyfill plugin in browsers that do not support native binary posting (e.g. Internet Explorer version 9 or less). A number of limitations exist when the polyfill is used:
true
if this request should run asynchronously. Setting this to false
should generally
be avoided, since it will cause the UI to be blocked, the user won't be able to interact
with the browser until the request completes.
Defaults to:
true
True if the response should be treated as binary data. If true, the binary data will be accessible as a "responseBytes" property on the response object.
Defaults to:
false
True to enable CORS support on the XHR object. Currently the only effect of this option is to use the XDomainRequest object instead of XMLHttpRequest if the browser is IE8 or above.
Defaults to:
false
An object containing request headers which are added to each request made by this object.
Sets the value of defaultHeaders
defaultHeaders : Object
The default header to be sent out with any post request.
Defaults to:
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"
Sets the value of defaultPostHeader
defaultPostHeader : String
The header to send with Ajax requests. Also see useDefaultXhrHeader.
Defaults to:
"XMLHttpRequest"
Sets the value of defaultXhrHeader
defaultXhrHeader : String
True to add a unique cache-buster param to GET requests.
Defaults to:
true
Sets the value of disableCaching
disableCaching : Boolean
Change the parameter which is sent went disabling caching through a cache buster.
Defaults to:
"_dc"
Sets the value of disableCachingParam
disableCachingParam : String
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 default HTTP method to be used for requests.
If not set, but request params are present, POST will be used; otherwise, GET will be used.
The timeout in milliseconds to be used for requests. Defaults to 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).
When a request fails due to timeout the XMLHttpRequest response object will contain:
timedout: true
Defaults to:
30000
true
to send the defaultXhrHeader along with any request.
Defaults to:
true
Sets the value of useDefaultXhrHeader
useDefaultXhrHeader : Boolean
True to set withCredentials = true
on the XHR object
Defaults to:
false
Sets the value of withCredentials
withCredentials : Boolean
Matches options property names within a listeners specification object - property names which are never used as event names.
Defaults to:
{ scope: 1, delay: 1, buffer: 1, onFrame: 1, single: 1, args: 1, destroyable: 1, priority: 1, order: 1 }
We don't want the base destructor to clear the prototype because our destroyObservable handler must be called the very last. It will take care of the prototype after completing Observable destruction sequence.
Defaults to:
true
true
indicates an id
was auto-generated rather than provided by configuration.
Defaults to:
false
Available since: 6.7.0
Initial suspended call count. Incremented when suspendEvents is called, decremented when resumeEvents is called.
Defaults to:
0
This object holds a key for any event that has a listener. The listener may be set directly on the instance, or on its class or a super class (via observe) or on the MVC EventBus. The values of this object are truthy (a non-zero number) and falsy (0 or undefined). They do not represent an exact count of listeners. The value for an event is truthy if the event must be fired and is falsy if there is no need to fire the event.
The intended use of this property is to avoid the expense of fireEvent calls when there are no listeners. This can be particularly helpful when one would otherwise have to call fireEvent hundreds or thousands of times. It is used like this:
if (this.hasListeners.foo) {
this.fireEvent('foo', this, arg1);
}
true
in this class to identify an object as an instantiated Observable, or subclass
thereof.
Defaults to:
true
Adds declarative listeners as nested arrays of listener objects.
listeners : Array
true
if any listeners were added
Aborts an active request.
request : Ext.ajax.Request (optional)
Defaults to the last request
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 set of arguments to pass to the handler function before the actual
fired event arguments. For example, if args
is set to ['foo', 42]
,
the event handler function will be called with an arguments list like this:
handler('foo', 42, <actual event 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.
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.SomeSharedMenu, '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();
Creates an event handling function which re-fires the event from this object as the passed event name.
newName : String
The name under which to re-fire the passed parameters.
beginEnd : Array (optional)
The caller can specify on which indices to slice.
Continue to fire event.
eventName : String
args : Array
bubbles : Boolean
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 and executes a function (action).
By default, the action function will be executed after any "before" event handlers
(as specified using the order
option of
addListener
), but before any other
handlers are fired. This gives the "before" handlers an opportunity to
cancel the event by returning false
, and prevent the action function from
being called.
The action can also be configured to run after normal handlers, but before any "after"
handlers (as specified using the order
event option) by passing 'after'
as the order
parameter. This configuration gives any event handlers except
for "after" handlers the opportunity to cancel the event and prevent the action
function from being called.
eventName : String
The name of the event to fire.
args : Array
Arguments to pass to handlers and to the action function.
fn : Function
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.
options : Object (optional)
Event options for the action function. Accepts any
of the options of addListener
order : String (optional)
The order to call the action function relative
too the event handlers ('before'
or 'after'
). Note that this option is
simply used to sort the action function relative to the event handlers by "priority".
An order of 'before'
is equivalent to a priority of 99.5
, while an order of
'after'
is equivalent to a priority of -99.5
. See the priority
option
of addListener
for more details.
Defaults to: 'before'
Deprecated since version 5.5
Use fireEventedAction instead.
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.
Gets the bubbling parent for an Observable
The bubble parent. null is returned if no bubble target exists
Retrieves the id
. This method Will auto-generate an id if one has not already
been configured.
id
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
Determines whether this object has a request outstanding.
request : Object (optional)
Defaults to the last transaction
True if there is an outstanding request.
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.
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.
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.
Remove a single managed listener item
isClear : Boolean
True if this is being called during a clear
managedListener : Object
The managed listener item
item : Object
ename : String
fn : Function
scope : Object
See removeManagedListener for other args
Sends an HTTP (Ajax) request to a remote server.
Important: Ajax server requests are asynchronous, and this call will return before the response has been received.
Instead, process any returned data using a promise:
Ext.Ajax.request({
url: 'ajax_demo/sample.json'
}).then(function(response, opts) {
var obj = Ext.decode(response.responseText);
console.dir(obj);
},
function(response, opts) {
console.log('server-side failure with status code ' + response.status);
});
Or in callback functions:
Ext.Ajax.request({
url: 'ajax_demo/sample.json',
success: function(response, opts) {
var obj = Ext.decode(response.responseText);
console.dir(obj);
},
failure: function(response, opts) {
console.log('server-side failure with status code ' + response.status);
}
});
To execute a callback function in the correct scope, use the scope
option.
options : Object
An object which may contain the following properties:
(The options object may also contain any other property which might be needed to perform postprocessing in a callback because it is passed to callback functions.)
The URL to which to send the request, or a function
to call which returns a URL string. The scope of the function is specified by the scope
option.
Defaults to the configured url
.
async : Boolean
true
if this request should run asynchronously.
Setting this to false
should generally be avoided, since it will cause the UI to be
blocked, the user won't be able to interact with the browser until the request completes.
Defaults to true
.
params : Object / String / Function
An object containing properties which are
used as parameters to the request, a url encoded string or a function to call to get either. The scope
of the function is specified by the scope
option.
method : String
The HTTP method to use for the request. Defaults to the configured method, or if no method was configured, "GET" if no parameters are being sent, and "POST" if parameters are being sent. Note that the method name is case-sensitive and should be all caps.
callback : Function
The function to be called upon receipt of the HTTP response. The callback is called regardless of success or failure and is passed the following parameters:
options : Object
The parameter to the request call.
success : Boolean
True if the request succeeded.
response : Object
The XMLHttpRequest object containing the response data. See www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/ for details about accessing elements of the response.
success : Function
The function to be called upon success of the request. The callback is passed the following parameters:
response : Object
The XMLHttpRequest object containing the response data.
options : Object
The parameter to the request call.
failure : Function
The function to be called upon failure of the request. The callback is passed the following parameters:
response : Object
The XMLHttpRequest object containing the response data.
options : Object
The parameter to the request call.
scope : Object
The scope in which to execute the callbacks: The "this" object for
the callback function. If the url
, or params
options were specified as functions from which to
draw values, then this also serves as the scope for those function calls. Defaults to the browser
window.
timeout : Number
The timeout in milliseconds to be used for this request. Defaults to 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).
When a request fails due to timeout the XMLHttpRequest response object will contain:
timedout: true
form : Ext.dom.Element / HTMLElement / String
The <form>
Element or the id of the <form>
to pull parameters from.
isUpload : Boolean
Only meaningful when used with the form
option.
True if the form object is a file upload (will be set automatically if the form was configured
with enctype
"multipart/form-data"
).
File uploads are not performed using normal "Ajax" techniques, that is they are not
performed using XMLHttpRequests. Instead the form is submitted in the standard manner with the
DOM <form>
element temporarily modified to have its
target
set to refer to a dynamically generated, hidden <iframe>
which is inserted
into the document but removed after the return data has been gathered.
The server response is parsed by the browser to create the document for the IFRAME. If the server is using JSON to send the return object, then the Content-Type header must be set to "text/html" in order to tell the browser to insert the text unchanged into the document body.
The response text is retrieved from the document, and a fake XMLHttpRequest object is created
containing a responseText
property in order to conform to the requirements of event handlers
and callbacks.
Be aware that file upload packets are sent with the content type multipart/form and some server technologies (notably JEE) may require some custom processing in order to retrieve parameter names and parameter values from the packet content.
headers : Object
Request headers to set for the request.
The XHR will attempt to set an appropriate Content-Type based on the params/data passed
to the request. To prevent this, setting the Content-Type header to null
or undefined
will not attempt to set any Content-Type and it will be left to the browser.
xmlData : Object
XML document to use for the post. Note: This will be used instead of params for the post data. Any params will be appended to the URL.
JSON data to use as the post. Note: This will be used instead of params for the post data. Any params will be appended to the URL.
rawData : String
A raw string to use as the post. Note: This will be used instead of params for the post data. Any params will be appended to the URL.
binaryData : Array
An array of bytes to submit in binary form. Any params will be appended to the URL. If binaryData is present, you must set binary to true and options.method to POST.
disableCaching : Boolean
True to add a unique cache-buster param to GET requests.
withCredentials : Boolean
True to add the withCredentials property to the XHR object
username : String
The username to pass when using withCredentials
.
password : String
The password to pass when using withCredentials
.
binary : Boolean
True if the response should be treated as binary data. If true, the binary data will be accessible as a "responseBytes" property on the response object.
The request object. This may be used to abort the request.
Gets the default scope for firing late bound events (string names with no scope attached) at runtime.
defaultScope : Object (optional)
The default scope to return if none is found.
Defaults to: this
The default event scope
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.
Sets various options such as the url, params for the request
options : Object
The initial options
scope : Object
The scope to execute in
The params for the request
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 before a network request is made to retrieve a data object.
conn : Ext.data.Connection
This Connection object.
options : Object
The options config object passed to the request method.
eOpts : Object
The options object passed to Ext.util.Observable.addListener.
This action following this event is preventable. When any of the listeners returns false, the action is cancelled.
Fires if the request was successfully completed.
conn : Ext.data.Connection
This Connection object.
response : Object
The XHR object containing the response data. See The XMLHttpRequest Object for details.
options : Object
The options config object passed to the request method.
eOpts : Object
The options object passed to Ext.util.Observable.addListener.
Fires if an error HTTP status was returned from the server. This event may also be listened to in the event that a request has timed out or has been aborted. See HTTP Status Code Definitions for details of HTTP status codes.
conn : Ext.data.Connection
This Connection object.
response : Object
The XHR object containing the response data. See The XMLHttpRequest Object for details.
options : Object
The options config object passed to the request method.
eOpts : Object
The options object passed to Ext.util.Observable.addListener.