ExtReact Docs Help

Introduction

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.

Terms, Icons, and Labels

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.

Access Levels

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.

Member Types

Member Syntax

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).

lookupComponent ( item ) : Ext.Component
protected

Called when a raw config object is added to this container either during initialization of the items config, or when new items are added), or {@link #insert inserted.

This method converts the passed object into an instanced child component.

This may be overridden in subclasses when special processing needs to be applied to child creation.

Parameters

item :  Object

The config object being added.

Returns
Ext.Component

The component to be added.

Let's look at each part of the member row:

Member Flags

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.

Class Icons

- 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

Member Icons

- 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

Class Member Quick-Nav Menu

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.

Getter and Setter Methods

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

History Bar

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.

Search and Filters

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.

API Doc Class Metadata

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:

Expanding and Collapsing Examples and Class Members

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.

Desktop -vs- Mobile View

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:

Viewing the Class Source

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.

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NPM Package

@sencha/ext-react

Hierarchy

Ext.Base
Ext.Mixin
Ext.mixin.Inheritable

Mixed Into

<ExtWidget/>

NOTE: This is a private utility class for internal use by the framework. Don't rely on its existence.

Summary

A mixin that provides the functionality for inheritable configs. This allows linking components and containers via a prototype-chained object for accessing inherited values.

Getting Inherited Properties

A component's inherited state is used to keep track of aspects of a component's state that might be influenced by its ancestors like "collapsed" and "hidden". For example:

 var hidden = this.getInheritedConfig('hidden');

The above will produce true if this or any ancestor component has its hidden config set to true.

Chained Objects

Inheritable properties are implemented by chaining each component's inherited state object to its parent container's inherited state object via the prototype. The result is such that if a component's inheritedState does not have it's own property, it inherits the property from the nearest ancestor that does.

In the case of a Container, two state objects are created. The primary ("outer") object is used for reading inherited properties. It is also what a child will prototype chain to if that child is not part of the container's items collection. Anything in the items collection will chain to the inheritedStateInner object instead. This object is prototype chained to inheritedState but allows for Container's layout to set inherited properties that specifically apply only to children of the container. This inner object is unlikely to be needed by user code.

Publishing Inherited Properties

The first step to publishing inherited properties is to override initInheritedState and add properties that have inheritable values.

 initInheritedState: function (inheritedState) {
     this.callParent(arguments);

     if (this.getHidden()) {
         inheritedState.hidden = true;
     }
 }

The above is important because initInheritedState is called whenever the object needs to be repopulated. As you can see, only true values are added to inheritedState in this case because false would mask a hidden value of true from an ancestor.

If these values change dynamically, these properties must be maintained. For example:

 updateHidden: function (hidden) {
     var inherited = this.getInherited();

     if (hidden) {
         inherited.hidden = true;
     } else {
         // Unmask whatever may be inherited:
         delete inherited.hidden;
     }
 }

Proper Usage

ALWAYS access inherited state using getInherited or getInheritedConfig, not by accessing inheritedState directly.

The inheritedState property does not exist until the first call to getInherited. At that point getInherited walks up the component tree to establish the inheritedState prototype chain. Additionally the inheritedState property should NOT be relied upon even after the initial call to getInherited because it is possible for it to become invalid.

Invalidation typically happens when a component is moved to a new container. In such a case the inheritedState remains invalid until the next time getInherited is called on the component or one of its descendants.

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properties

methods

Instance Methods

getInherited ( [inner] ) : Object

This method returns an object containing the inherited properties for this instance.

Available since: 5.0.0

Parameters

inner :  Boolean (optional)

Pass true to return inheritedStateInner instead of the normal inheritedState object. This is only needed internally and should not be passed by user code.

Defaults to: false

Returns

:Object

The inheritedState object containing inherited properties.

getInheritedConfig ( property, [skipThis] ) : Mixed

This method returns the value of a config property that may be inherited from some ancestor.

In some cases, a config may be explicitly set on a component with the intent of only being presented to its children while that component should act upon the inherited value (see referenceHolder for example). In these cases the skipThis parameter should be specified as true.

Available since: 5.0.0

Parameters

property :  String

The name of the config property to return.

skipThis :  Boolean (optional)

Pass true if the property should be ignored if found on this instance. In other words, true means the property must be inherited and not explicitly set on this instance.

Defaults to: false

Returns

:Mixed

The value of the requested property.

isAncestor ( possibleDescendant )

Determines whether this Component is an ancestor of the passed Component. This will return true if the passed Component is anywhere within the subtree beneath this Component.

Parameters

possibleDescendant :  Ext.Component

The Component to test for presence within this Component's subtree.

isDescendantOf ( ancestor ) : Boolean

Determines whether this component is the descendant of a passed component.

Parameters

ancestor :  Ext.Component

A Component which may contain this Component.

Returns

:Boolean

true if the component is the descendant of the passed component, otherwise false.

Static Methods

override ( members ) : Ext.Base
static sta

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).

Parameters

members :  Object

The properties to add to this class. This should be specified as an object literal containing one or more properties.

Returns

:Ext.Base

this class

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