AbstractButton source

Specializes AbstractControl

Fires:
  • AbstractButton#event:action
  • AbstractButton#event:longAction

Properties

active :boolean source

This property is true when the button is being interacted with, either through mouse click or touch event, otherwise false.

Default Value:
  • false

application :Application source

Convenience to access the application object.

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childComponents :Array.<Component> <readonly> source

The child components of the component. This property is readonly and should never be changed.

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classList :Set source

The classList of the component's element, the purpose is to mimic the element's API but to also respects the draw cycle.

It can also be bound to by binding each class as a property. example to toggle the complete class:

"classList.has('complete')" : { "<-" : "@owner.isComplete"}
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Default Value:
  • null

delegate :Object source

A delegate is an object that has helper methods specific to particular components. For example, a TextField may consult its deletate's shouldBeginEditing() method, or inform its delegate that it didBeginEditing(). Look for details on the documentation of individual components' delegate properties.

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Default Value:
  • null

detail :Dict source

The data property of the action event.

Example to toggle the complete class: "detail.get('selectedItem')" : { "<-" : "@repetition:iteration.object"}

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Default Value:
  • null

element :DOMElement source

The element of the component as defined in the template.

{
                             "component": {
                             "properties": {
                             "element": {"#": "dataMontageId"}
                             }
                             }
                             }

DOM arguments can be passed to the component as direct children of the element. By default the entire content of the element is considered the single DOM argument of the component. Multiple arguments can be given by assigning a data-arg attribute to each element that represents an argument.

<div data-montage-id="component">
                             <h1 data-arg="title"></h1>
                             <div data-arg="content">
                             <span data-montage-id="text"></span>
                             <div>
                             </div>

If the component has a template then this element is replaced by the element that is referenced in its template just before the component enters the document.

{
                             "owner": {
                             "properties": {
                             "element": {"#": "dataMontageId"}
                             }
                             }
                             }

The component element has a component property that points back to the component. This property is specially useful to extrapolate the component tree from the DOM tree. It can also be used for debugging purposes, on the webkit inspector when an element is selected it's possible to find its component by using the $0.component command on the console.

The element of a component can only be assigned once, it's not possible to change it.

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Default Value:
  • null

enabled :boolean source

Enables or disables the Button from user input. When this property is set to false, the "montage--disabled" CSS style is applied to the button's DOM element during the next draw cycle. When set to true the "montage--disabled" CSS class is removed from the element's class list.

eventManager :EventManager source

Convenience to access the defaultEventManager object.

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getTemplateArgumentElement source

TemplateArgumentProvider implementation

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hasTemplate :boolean source

Specifies whether the component has an HTML template file associated with it.

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Default Value:
  • true

holdThreshold :number source

The amount of time in milliseconds the user must press and hold the button a longAction event is dispatched. The default is 1 second.

Default Value:
  • 1000

label :string source

The displayed text on the button. In an <input> element this is taken from the element's value attribute. On any other element (including <button>) this is the first child node which is a text node. If one isn't found then it will be created. If the button has a non-null converter property, the converter object's convert() method is called on the value before being assigned to the button instance.

Default Value:
  • undefined

localizer :Localizer source

The localizer for this component

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Default Value:
  • null

needsDraw :boolean source

The purpose of this property is to trigger the adding of the component to the draw list. The draw list consists of all the components that will be drawn on the next draw cycle.

The draw cycle itself is triggered by the requestAnimationFrame API where available, otherwise a shim implemented with setTimeout is used.

When it happens, the draw cycle will call, in succession, and when they exist, the methods: willDraw, draw, and didDraw.

At the end of the draw cycle this property is set back to false.

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Default Value:
  • false

nextTarget :Target source

The next Target to consider in the event target chain

Currently, components themselves do not allow this chain to be broken; setting a component's nextTarget to a falsy value will cause nextTarget to resolve as the parentComponent.

To interrupt the propagation path a Target that accepts a falsy nextTarget needs to be set at a component's nextTarget.

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ownerComponent :Component source

The owner component is the owner of the template form which this component was instantiated.

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Default Value:
  • null

parentComponent :Component source

The parent component is the component that is found by walking up the DOM tree, starting at the component's element. Each component element has a component property that points back to the component object, this way it's possible to know which component an element represents.

This value is null for the RootComponent.

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rootComponent :RootComponent source

Convenience to access the rootComponent object.

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template :Template source

The template object of the component.

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Default Value:
  • null

templateObjects :Object source

This property is populated by the template. It is a map of all the instances present in the template's serialization keyed by their label.

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Default Value:
  • null

waitForLocalizerMessages :boolean source

Whether to wait for the localizer to load messages before drawing. Make sure to set the localizer before setting to true.

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Default Value:
  • false
Example
// require localizer
                                   var defaultLocalizer = localizer.defaultLocalizer,
                                   _ = defaultLocalizer.localizeSync.bind(defaultLocalizer);

                                   exports.Main = Component.specialize( {

                                   constructor: {
                                   value: function() {
                                   this.localizer = defaultLocalizer;
                                   this.waitForLocalizerMessages = true;
                                   }
                                   },

                                   // ...

                                   // no draw happens until the localizer's messages have been loaded
                                   enterDocument: {
                                   value: function(firstTime) {
                                   if (firstTime) {
                                   this._greeting = _("hello", "Hello {name}!");
                                   }
                                   }
                                   },
                                   draw: {
                                   value: function() {
                                   // this is for illustration only. This example is simple enough that
                                   // you should use a localizations binding
                                   this._element.textContent = this._greeting({name: this.name});
                                   }
                                   }
                                   }

Methods

addBeforeOwnPropertyChangeListener(name, handler) → {function} source

Adds a listener that will be notified before a property changes. See addOwnPropertyChangeListener for details.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
handler object | function
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Returns: function

cancel

addBeforePathChangeListener(path, handlerMethodName) source

Establishes an observer such that the handler will receive a notification when the value of an FRB expression is about to change. See addPathChangeListener for details.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string
object | function
handlerMethodName string
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addComposer(composer) source

Adds the passed in composer to the component's composer list.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
composer Composer
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addComposerForElement(composer, element) source

Adds the passed in composer to the component's composer list and sets the element of the composer to the passed in element.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
composer Composer
element Element
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addOwnPropertyChangeListener(name, handler, beforeChange) → {function} source

Adds a change listener for the named property of this instance. The handler may be a function or an object with a handler method. When the property changes on this object, the handler will be notified on the stack.

The dispatcher will try to dispatch to only the most specific handler method available, from handle + PropertyName (bactrian camel case) + Change, to handlePropertyChange, or if the beforeChange flag is set, handle + PropertyName + WillChange then handlePropertyWillChange. The arguments to the handler are value, name, and this.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string

The name of the property to observe.
handler object | function

On which to dispatch change notifications.
beforeChange boolean

Whether to observer changes before they occur. To avoid the boolean trap, try to use addBeforeOwnPropertyChangeListener instead, unless beforeChange is truly variable.
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Returns: function

cancel, useful for removing the change listener without having to retain and reconstruct all of the arguments.

addPathChangeListener(path, handler, handlerMethodName, beforeChange) source

Creates an observer for the value of an FRB expression. The observer will immediately dispatch a notification to the handler of the initial value of the expression, before returning.

If the expression's value is an array, this will be the final notification and all subsequent changes will be reflected by the content of the array. Use addRangeAtPathChangeListener if you want discrete notifications for changes to the content of an expression that evaluates to an array.

Use removePathChangeListener to cancel all involved change listeners.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string

an FRB expression.
handler object | function

an object with a handler method, or a function. The handler will be called with value, path, and this as arguments.
handlerMethodName string

the method name on the handler on which to dispatch change notifications, if the handler is not a function.
beforeChange boolean

instructs the path change listener to dispatch before the change has occurred. Avoid using this boolean trap by making use of the named method addBeforePathChangeListener. Using this flag remains desireable only if beforeChange is indeed variable.
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addRangeAtPathChangeListener(path, handler, methodName) → {function} source

Observes changes to the content of the value for an FRB expression. The handler will receive “ranged content change” messages. When a change listener is added, the handler will be immediately invoked with the initial content added at index 0 for the expression.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
path string

an FRB expression that produces content changes
handler

a function that accepts plus, minus, and index arguments, or a handler object with a designated method by that signature. plus and minus are arrays of values that were added or removed. index is the offset at which the minus was removed, then the plus was added.

methodName string <nullable>

the name of the method on the handler object that should receive change messages.
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Returns: function

cancel function for removing the range at path change listener. Until removeRangeAtPathChangeListener is implemented, this is the only way to disable this kind of observer.

callDelegateMethod(name) source

This method calls the method named with the identifier prefix if it exists. Example: If the name parameter is "shouldDoSomething" and the caller's identifier is "bob", then this method will try and call "bobShouldDoSomething"

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
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cancelBinding(targetPath) source

Cancels a binding and removes its descriptor from the object's binding descriptor index. This will in turn cause any change listeners needed on far reaching objects for the binding to be canceled. A component should call this if the binding reaches into objects it does not itself own to ensure that they are available for garbage collection.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
targetPath string

The target path used to establish the binding.
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cancelBindings() source

Cancels all registered bindings on this object.

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clearAllComposers() source

A convenience method for removing all composers from a component. This method is responsible for calling unload on each composer before removing it.

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defineBinding(targetPath, descriptor) source

Establishes a binding between two FRB expressions. See the FRB documentation for information about FRB paths/expressions. There can only be one binding per target path on an object.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
targetPath string
descriptor object

A descriptor has at least an arrow property, "<-", "<->". The corresponding string is the sourcePath for the binding and the type of arrow determines whether the binding is one way (from source to target) or if data flows both directions. The descriptor may contain a converter or reverter object, or directly provide convert and revert functions. Converters and reverters have convert and revert methods. The convert function or method transforms data from the source to the target. The revert function or method transforms data from the target to the source and is necessary if there is a converter on a two-way binding. A reverter is the same as a converter, but the polarity is reversed. This is useful for reusing converters that were designed for data flowing the “wrong” way. The descriptor may also provide a trace flag for console debugging.
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defineBindings(descriptors, commonDescriptor) source

Establishes multiple bindings.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
descriptors object

an object for which every property is a source path and every value is a binding descriptor as described by defineBinding.
commonDescriptor object <nullable>

a partial binding descriptor with properties intended to be shared by all of the established bindings.
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didDraw() source

This method is part of the draw cycle and it provides the component an opportunity to query the DOM for any necessary calculations after drawing. If the execution of this method sets needsDraw to true on other components, those components will be added to the current draw cycle.

Components should not change the DOM during this phase of the draw cycle as it could force an unwanted reflow from the browser.

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dispatchBeforeOwnPropertyChange(name, value) source

Manually dispatches a notification that a property is about to change. See dispatchOwnPropertyChange.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
value
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dispatchOwnPropertyChange(name, value, beforeChange) source

Manually dispatches a property change notification on this object. This can be useful if the property is a getter or setter and its value changes as a side effect of some other operation, like cache invalidation. It is unnecessary to dispatch a change notification in the setter of a property if it modifies its own value, but if changing celicius has a side effect on fahrenheit, they can manually dispatch changes to the other. Be sure to dispatch both the change and before the change.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
value
beforeChange boolean

Avoid the boolean trap and use dispatchBeforeOwnPropertyChange. You are not likely to encounter a case where beforeChange is a named variable.
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equals(anObject) → {boolean} source

Returns true if two objects are equal, otherwise returns false.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
anObject Object

The object to compare for equality.
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Returns: boolean

Returns true if the calling object and anObject are identical and their uuid properties are also equal. Otherwise, returns false.

exitDocument() source

Lifecycle method called when this component is removed from the document's DOM tree.

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extractDomArgument(name) source

This function extracts a DOM argument that was in the element assigned to the component. The star (*) argument refers to the entire content of the element when no data-arg was given.

When a DOM argument is extracted from a Component it is no longer available

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string

The name of the argument, or "*" for the entire content.
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Returns:

the element

getBinding(targetPath) → {object} source

Gets the binding descriptor for a target path.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
targetPath string
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Returns: object

the descriptor for the binding. See defineBinding for information on the descriptor type.

getBindings() → {object} source

Gets the binding descriptors for all target paths.

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See:
Returns: object

an object that maps traget paths to binding descriptors. See defineBinding for information on the descriptor type.

getOwnPropertyChangeDescriptor(name) source

Produces the descriptor for a property change listener. The descriptor is an object that will contain two arrays, willChangeListeners and changeListeners. Each listener will be the handler given to establish the change listener on addOwnPropertyChangeListener or addBeforeOwnPropertyChangeListener.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
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Returns:

the property change descriptor for this name, created if necessary.

getPath(path) source

Evaluates an FRB expression from this object and returns the value. The evaluator does not establish any change listeners.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string

an FRB expression
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Returns:

the current value of the expression

getPathChangeDescriptor(path, handler, beforeChange) source

Gets the path change descriptor object for an observer established previously by addPathChangeListener or addBeforePathChangeListener.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string

an FRB expression
handler

a function that will receive a value change notification, or an object with a method that will receive the change notifications
beforeChange boolean
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Returns:

a path change descriptor. Such objects have path, handler, beforeChange, and cancel properties. The cancel method is for internal use only. It cancels the observer, but does not perform any book keeping on the index of path change descriptors.

getPathChangeDescriptors() source

Returns an internal index of all of the path change descriptors associated with this instance.

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Returns:

an object that maps property names to an object with two Maps, changeListeners and willChangeListeners. Each of these maps handler objects to path change descriptors. See getPathChangeDescriptor for a description of that type.

hasOwnPropertyChangeDescriptor(name) source

Determines whether a property has ever been observed. Removing all property change listeners does not destroy this record.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
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makePropertyObservable(name) source

An overridable method for ensuring that changes to the named property dispatch notifications. The default behavior is to wrap the property with a getter and setter.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
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observePath(path, emit) → {function} source

Observes changes to the value of an FRB expression. The content of the emitted value may react to changes, particularly if it is an array.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string

an FRB expression
emit function

a function that receives new values in response to changes. The emitter may return a cancel function if it manages event listeners that must be collected when the value changes.

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Returns: function

a canceler function that will remove all involved change listeners, prevent new values from being observed, and prevent previously emitted values from reacting to any further changes.

removeBeforeOwnPropertyChangeListener(name, handler) source

Removes a change listener established by addBeforeOwnPropertyChangeListener or addOwnPropertyChangeListener with the beforeChange flag. Call with the same arguments used to set up the observer.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
handler object | function
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removeBeforePathChangeListener(path, handlerMethodName, beforeChange) source

Removes a path change listener previously established by a call to addBeforePathChangeListener. The given arguments must match the original. See addPathChangeListener for descriptions of their meaning.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string
object | function
handlerMethodName string
beforeChange boolean
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removeComposer(composer) source

Removes the passed in composer from this component's composer list. It takes care of calling the composers unload method before removing it from the list.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
composer Composer
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removeOwnPropertyChangeListener(name, handler, beforeChange) source

Cancels a change listener established with the same given parameters. For the meanings of the parameters, see addOwnPropertyChangeListener.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
name string
handler object | function
beforeChange boolean
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removePathChangeListener(path, handlerMethodName, beforeChange) source

Removes a path change listener previously established by a call to addPathChangeListener. The given arguments must match the original. See addPathChangeListener for descriptions of their meaning.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string
object | function
handlerMethodName string
beforeChange boolean
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scheduleComposer(composer) source

Adds the passed in composer to the list of composers which will have their frame method called during the next draw cycle. It causes a draw cycle to be scheduled iff one has not already been scheduled.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
composer Composer
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setPath(path, value) source

Assigns a value to the FRB expression from this object. Not all expressions can be assigned to. Property chains will work, but will silently fail if the target object does not exist.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
path string

an FRB expression designating the value to replace
value

the new value
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surrenderPointer(pointer, demandingComponent) → {boolean} source

Ask this component to surrender the specified pointer to the demandingComponent.

The component can decide whether or not it should do this given the pointer and demandingComponent involved.

Some components may decide not to surrender control ever, while others may do so in certain situations.

Returns true if the pointer was surrendered, false otherwise.

The demandingComponent is responsible for claiming the surrendered pointer if it desires.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pointer string

The pointerIdentifier that the demanding component is asking this component to surrender

demandingComponent Object

The component that is asking this component to surrender the specified pointer
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Returns: boolean

true

willDraw() source

This method is part of the draw cycle and it provides the component an opportunity to query the DOM for any necessary calculations before drawing. If the execution of this method sets needsDraw to true on other components, those components will be added to the current draw cycle.

Components should not change the DOM during this phase of the draw cycle as it could force an unwanted reflow from the browser.

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Events

action

Dispatched when the button is activated through a mouse click, finger tap, or when focused and the spacebar is pressed.

Properties:
Name Type Description
detail Dict

The detail object as defined in AbstractControl#detail

longAction

Dispatched when the button is pressed for a period of time, set by AbstractButton#holdThreshold.

Properties:
Name Type Description
detail Dict

The detail object as defined in AbstractControl#detail

longpress

Specifies whether the button should receive focus or not.

Type:
  • boolean
Default Value:
  • false

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