Forms
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.
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.
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.
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
- 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.
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.
Most apps that require user input make use of forms. In Sencha Touch forms are a wrapper around normal HTML5 forms, with additional options for validating and submitting data, and provide an easy way to lay out fields in an appealing visual style.
The Form panel presents a set of form fields and provides convenient ways to load and save data. Usually a form panel contains the set of fields that you want to display, ordered inside the items configuration, as shown in the following example:
In this example we created a simple form panel which could be used as a registration form to sign up to a service. We added a plain text for the user's Name, an email and finally a password. In each case we provided a name config on the field for identifying it when we load and save data on the form.
Using the form we created above, we can load data into it in a different ways, the easiest way being the setValues method:
form.setValues({
name: 'Seth',
email: '[email protected]',
password: 'secret'
});
You can also load model instances into a form - for example assuming that you have a User model and want to load a particular instance into the form:
Ext.define('MyApp.model.User', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
config: {
fields: ['name', 'email', 'password']
}
});
var ed = Ext.create('MyApp.model.User', {
name: 'Seth',
email: '[email protected]',
password: 'secret'
});
form.setRecord(ed);
Retrieving data from the form panel is usually done using the getValues method:
var values = form.getValues();
// values now looks like this:
{
name: 'Seth',
email: '[email protected]',
password: 'secret'
}
It is also possible to listen to change events on individual fields in order to get more timely notification of changes that the user is making. In the following example we expand on the previous code containing the User model, and update the model as soon as any of the fields change:
var form = Ext.create('Ext.form.Panel', {
listeners: {
'> field': {
change: function(field, newValue, oldValue) {
ed.set(field.getName(), newValue);
}
}
},
items: [
// as before
]
});
This example used a new capability of Sencha Touch, which enables you to specify listeners on child components of any container. In this case, we attached a listener to the change event of each form field that is a direct child of the form panel. The listener gets the name of the field that fired the change event, and updates the model instance with the new value. For example, changing the email field in the form will update the Model's email field.
Sencha Touch provides a number of ways to submit form data. In the previous example we have a Model instance that we have updated, which enables us to use the Model's save method to persist the changes to our server, without using a traditional form submission. Alternatively, we can send a normal browser form submit using the submit method:
form.submit({
url: 'url/to/submit/to',
method: 'POST',
success: function() {
alert('form submitted successfully!');
}
});
In this case we provided the url to submit the form to inside the submit function call - alternatively you can set the url configuration when you create the form. You can specify other parameters (see submit for a full list), including callback functions for success and failure, which are called depending on whether the form submission was successful or not. These functions are usually used to take some action in your app after the data has been saved to the server.
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