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.
This class provides a common API to LocalStorage with backwards compatibility for IE.
The primary aspects of this API match the HTML5 standard API except that this class
provides a scoping mechanism to isolate property values by instance. This scope is
determined from the id
property. Further, this class does not expose the number of
keys in the store as a length
property as this cannot be maintained reliably without
undue cost. Instead there is a getKeys
method that returns the cached array of keys
which is lazily populated on first call.
For example:
var store = new Ext.util.LocalStorage({
id: 'foo'
});
store.setItem('bar', 'stuff');
// Equivalent to:
window.localStorage.setItem('foo-bar', 'stuff');
In all cases, the id
property is only used by the underlying storage and should not
be needed in item access calls or appear when enumerating keys.
To continue with the previous example:
var keys = store.getKeys();
console.log(keys.length); // logs 1
console.log(store.key(0)); // logs "bar"
The management of the underlying storage can be broken if multiple instances of this
class are created with the same id
simultaneously. To avoid creating multiple instances
with the same id
, use the get
method and it will lazily create and share a single
instance. When you are done with the shared instance, call release
.
var storage = Ext.util.LocalStorage.get('id');
...
storage.release(); // do not call destroy as others may be using this object
IMPORTANT: Do not mix direction instantiation and get
with the same id
.
Older IE browsers (specifically IE7 and below) do not support localStorage
so this
class provides equivalent support using the IE proprietary persistence mechanism: the
userData
behavior.aspx). In
this mode, the id
serves as name passed to the load
and save
methods and as the
suffix on the DOM element added to the head
.
In this mode, writes to the underlying storage are buffered and delayed for performance
reasons. This can be managed using the flushDelay
config or by directly calling the
save
method.
The number of milliseconds to delay writing changes to the underlying store. This applies only to legacy IE mode and helps batch multiple writes into one flush to storage.
Defaults to:
1
The unique identifier for this store. This config is required to scope this storage distinctly from others. Ultimately, this is used to set a prefix on all keys.
Determines if the keys collection is continuously maintained by this object. By
default the keys array is lazily fetched from the underlying store and when keys
are removed, the array is discarded. This heuristic tends to be safer than doing
the linear removal and array rippling to remove keys from the array on each call
to removeItem
. If the cost of scanning localStorage
for keys is high enough
and if the keys are frequently needed, then this flag can be set to false
to
instruct this class to maintain the keys array once it has been determined.
Defaults to:
true
The prefix to apply to all localStorage
keys manages by this instance. This does
not apply to the legacy IE mechanism but only to the HTML5 localStorage
keys. If
not provided, the id
property initializes this value with "id-"
.
Defaults to:
""
Removes all of the keys of this storage. NOTE: This method conforms to the standard HTML5 Storage interface.
Destroys this instance and for legacy IE, ensures data is flushed to persistent
storage. This method should not be called directly on instances returned by the
get
method. Call release
instead for such instances.
NOTE: For non-legacy IE browsers, there is no harm in failing to call this method. In legacy IE, however, failing to call this method can result in memory leaks.
Returns a shared instance of the desired local store given its id
. When you
are finished with the returned object call the release
method:
var store = Ext.util.LocalStorage.get('foo');
// .. use store
store.release();
NOTE: Do not mix this call with direct instantiation of the same id
.
id : String/Object
The desired instance, created if needed.
Returns the value associated with the given key
.
NOTE: This method conforms to the standard HTML5 Storage interface.
key : String
The key.
The value associated with the given key
.
Returns the keys for this storage.
The keys for this storage. This array should be considered as readonly.
Returns the specified key given its index
. These keys have the scoping prefix
removed so they match what was passed to setItem
.
NOTE: This method conforms to the standard HTML5 Storage interface.
index : Number
The index of the desired key.
The key.
Call this method when finished with an instance returned by get
instead of calling
destroy
. When the last shared use of this instance calls release
, the destroy
method is called automatically.
NOTE: Failing to call this method will result in memory leaks.
Removes the value associated with the given key
.
NOTE: This method conforms to the standard HTML5 Storage interface.
key : String
The key.
This method ensures the content of the store is saved to the underlying storage. This applies only to legacy IE. This is not normally called by user code but can be called to ensure storage is saved.
delay : Number (optional)
Defaults to: 0