Can I use a definition Backbone.View.eventsto listen to custom preview events?
Baby definition
All events clickare cached and trigger my function clicked:
var Child = Backbone.View.extend({
events : {
'click' : 'clicked'
},
clicked: function() {
alert('View was clicked');
this.trigger("customEvent");
},
render: function() {
this.$el.html("<span>Click me</span>");
}
});
Parent Definition
Why customEventdidn't events call my function action?
var Parent = Backbone.View.extend({
events : {
'customEvent' : 'action'
},
action : function() {
alert('My sub view triggered a custom event');
},
render : function() {
var child = new Child();
this.$el.append(child.el);
child.render();
}
});
Create and display parent
var parent = new Parent();
parent.$el.appendTo(document.body);
parent.render();
Jsfiddle example
I know that it can be used instead listenTo, but using event definition seems cleaner.
My intention is to create an additional view (for example, a set of colors) that fires an event after its completion.
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