Ext.event.Event

Alternate names

Ext.EventObject

Hierarchy

Ext.Base
Ext.event.Event

Mixins

Files

Just as Ext.dom.Element wraps around a native DOM node, Ext.event.Event wraps the browser's native event-object normalizing cross-browser differences such as mechanisms to stop event-propagation along with a method to prevent default actions from taking place.

Here is a simple example of how you use it:

Ext.Viewport.add({
    layout: 'fit',
    items: [
        {
            docked: 'top',
            xtype: 'toolbar',
            title: 'Ext.event.Event example!'
        },
        {
            id: 'logger',
            styleHtmlContent: true,
            html: 'Tap somewhere!',
            padding: 5
        }
    ]
});

Ext.Viewport.element.on({
    tap: function(e, node) {
        var string = '';

        string += 'You tapped at: <strong>{ x: ' + e.pageX + ', y: ' + e.pageY + ' }</strong> <i>(e.pageX & e.pageY)</i>';
        string += '<hr />';
        string += 'The HTMLElement you tapped has the className of: <strong>' + e.target.className + '</strong> <i>(e.target)</i>';
        string += '<hr />';
        string += 'The HTMLElement which has the listener has a className of: <strong>' + e.getTarget().className + '</strong> <i>(e.getTarget())</i>';

        Ext.getCmp('logger').setHtml(string);
    }
});

Recognizers

Sencha Touch includes a bunch of default event recognizers to know when a user taps, swipes, etc.

For a full list of default recognizers, and more information, please view the Ext.event.recognizer.Recognizer documentation.

Properties

Defined By

Instance properties

Ext.event.Event
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: Number
The angle of the rotation. ...

The angle of the rotation.

This is only available when the event type is rotate

Ext.event.Event
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: Number
The direction of the swipe. ...

The direction of the swipe. Available options are:

  • up
  • down
  • left
  • right

Note: In order to recognize swiping up and down, you must enable the vertical swipe recognizer.

This is only available when the event type is swipe

The distance of the event. ...

The distance of the event.

This is only available when the event type is swipe and pinch.

Ext.event.Event
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: Number
The duration of the swipe. ...

The duration of the swipe.

This is only available when the event type is swipe

Ext.event.Event
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: Booleanprivate
...

Defaults to: false

The browsers x coordinate of the event.

The browsers x coordinate of the event.

The browsers y coordinate of the event.

The browsers y coordinate of the event.

Ext.event.Event
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: Number
A amount of rotation, since the start of the event. ...

A amount of rotation, since the start of the event.

This is only available when the event type is rotate

Ext.event.Event
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: Number
The scape of a pinch event. ...

The scape of a pinch event.

This is only available when the event type is pinch

Get the reference to the current class from which this object was instantiated. ...

Get the reference to the current class from which this object was instantiated. Unlike statics, this.self is scope-dependent and it's meant to be used for dynamic inheritance. See statics for a detailed comparison

Ext.define('My.Cat', {
    statics: {
        speciesName: 'Cat' // My.Cat.speciesName = 'Cat'
    },

    constructor: function() {
        alert(this.self.speciesName); // dependent on 'this'
    },

    clone: function() {
        return new this.self();
    }
});


Ext.define('My.SnowLeopard', {
    extend: 'My.Cat',
    statics: {
        speciesName: 'Snow Leopard'         // My.SnowLeopard.speciesName = 'Snow Leopard'
    }
});

var cat = new My.Cat();                     // alerts 'Cat'
var snowLeopard = new My.SnowLeopard();     // alerts 'Snow Leopard'

var clone = snowLeopard.clone();
alert(Ext.getClassName(clone));             // alerts 'My.SnowLeopard'
The target HTMLElement for this event. ...

The target HTMLElement for this event. For example; if you are listening to a tap event and you tap on a <div> element, this will return that <div> element.

Defined By

Static properties

...

Defaults to: []

Methods

Defined By

Instance methods

...

Parameters

Returns

Fires

    Overrides: Ext.event.Dom.constructor

    Call the original method that was previously overridden with override, This method is deprecated as callParent does ...

    Call the original method that was previously overridden with override,

    This method is deprecated as callParent does the same thing.

    Ext.define('My.Cat', {
        constructor: function() {
            alert("I'm a cat!");
        }
    });
    
    My.Cat.override({
        constructor: function() {
            alert("I'm going to be a cat!");
    
            var instance = this.callOverridden();
    
            alert("Meeeeoooowwww");
    
            return instance;
        }
    });
    
    var kitty = new My.Cat(); // alerts "I'm going to be a cat!"
                              // alerts "I'm a cat!"
                              // alerts "Meeeeoooowwww"
    

    Parameters

    • args : Array/Arguments

      The arguments, either an array or the arguments object from the current method, for example: this.callOverridden(arguments)

    Returns

    • Object

      Returns the result of calling the overridden method

    Call the "parent" method of the current method. ...

    Call the "parent" method of the current method. That is the method previously overridden by derivation or by an override (see Ext.define).

     Ext.define('My.Base', {
         constructor: function (x) {
             this.x = x;
         },
    
         statics: {
             method: function (x) {
                 return x;
             }
         }
     });
    
     Ext.define('My.Derived', {
         extend: 'My.Base',
    
         constructor: function () {
             this.callParent([21]);
         }
     });
    
     var obj = new My.Derived();
    
     alert(obj.x);  // alerts 21
    

    This can be used with an override as follows:

     Ext.define('My.DerivedOverride', {
         override: 'My.Derived',
    
         constructor: function (x) {
             this.callParent([x*2]); // calls original My.Derived constructor
         }
     });
    
     var obj = new My.Derived();
    
     alert(obj.x);  // now alerts 42
    

    This also works with static methods.

     Ext.define('My.Derived2', {
         extend: 'My.Base',
    
         statics: {
             method: function (x) {
                 return this.callParent([x*2]); // calls My.Base.method
             }
         }
     });
    
     alert(My.Base.method(10));     // alerts 10
     alert(My.Derived2.method(10)); // alerts 20
    

    Lastly, it also works with overridden static methods.

     Ext.define('My.Derived2Override', {
         override: 'My.Derived2',
    
         statics: {
             method: function (x) {
                 return this.callParent([x*2]); // calls My.Derived2.method
             }
         }
     });
    
     alert(My.Derived2.method(10)); // now alerts 40
    

    To override a method and replace it and also call the superclass method, use callSuper. This is often done to patch a method to fix a bug.

    Parameters

    • args : Array/Arguments

      The arguments, either an array or the arguments object from the current method, for example: this.callParent(arguments)

    Returns

    • Object

      Returns the result of calling the parent method

    This method is used by an override to call the superclass method but bypass any overridden method. ...

    This method is used by an override to call the superclass method but bypass any overridden method. This is often done to "patch" a method that contains a bug but for whatever reason cannot be fixed directly.

    Consider:

     Ext.define('Ext.some.Class', {
         method: function () {
             console.log('Good');
         }
     });
    
     Ext.define('Ext.some.DerivedClass', {
         method: function () {
             console.log('Bad');
    
             // ... logic but with a bug ...
    
             this.callParent();
         }
     });
    

    To patch the bug in DerivedClass.method, the typical solution is to create an override:

     Ext.define('App.paches.DerivedClass', {
         override: 'Ext.some.DerivedClass',
    
         method: function () {
             console.log('Fixed');
    
             // ... logic but with bug fixed ...
    
             this.callSuper();
         }
     });
    

    The patch method cannot use callParent to call the superclass method since that would call the overridden method containing the bug. In other words, the above patch would only produce "Fixed" then "Good" in the console log, whereas, using callParent would produce "Fixed" then "Bad" then "Good".

    Parameters

    • args : Array/Arguments

      The arguments, either an array or the arguments object from the current method, for example: this.callSuper(arguments)

    Returns

    • Object

      Returns the result of calling the superclass method

    ...

    Parameters

    ...

    Parameters

    Returns the initial configuration passed to constructor. ...

    Returns the initial configuration passed to constructor.

    Parameters

    • name : String (optional)

      When supplied, value for particular configuration option is returned, otherwise the full config object is returned.

    Returns

    Gets the x coordinate of the event. ...

    Gets the x coordinate of the event.

    This method has been deprecated since 2.0

    Please use pageX property directly.

    Returns

    Gets the y coordinate of the event. ...

    Gets the y coordinate of the event.

    This method has been deprecated since 2.0

    Please use pageX property directly.

    Returns

    ( [selector], [maxDepth], [returnEl] ) : HTMLElement
    Gets the target for the event. ...

    Gets the target for the event. Unlike target, this returns the main element for your event. So if you are listening to a tap event on Ext.Viewport.element, and you tap on an inner element of Ext.Viewport.element, this will return Ext.Viewport.element.

    If you want the element you tapped on, then use target.

    Parameters

    • selector : String (optional)

      A simple selector to filter the target or look for an ancestor of the target

    • maxDepth : Number/Mixed (optional)

      The max depth to search as a number or element (defaults to 10 || document.body)

      Defaults to: 10||document.body

    • returnEl : Boolean (optional)

      true to return a Ext.Element object instead of DOM node.

    Returns

    • HTMLElement
    Returns the time of the event. ...

    Returns the time of the event.

    Returns

    Gets the X and Y coordinates of the event. ...

    Gets the X and Y coordinates of the event.

    This method has been deprecated since 2.0

    Please use the pageX and pageY properties directly.

    Returns

    Fires

      ...

      Parameters

      ( instanceConfig ) : Objectchainableprotected
      Initialize configuration for this class. ...

      Initialize configuration for this class. a typical example:

      Ext.define('My.awesome.Class', {
          // The default config
          config: {
              name: 'Awesome',
              isAwesome: true
          },
      
          constructor: function(config) {
              this.initConfig(config);
          }
      });
      
      var awesome = new My.awesome.Class({
          name: 'Super Awesome'
      });
      
      alert(awesome.getName()); // 'Super Awesome'
      

      Parameters

      Returns

      • Object

        mixins The mixin prototypes as key - value pairs

      Fires

        ( names, callback, scope )private
        ...

        Parameters

        Prevents the browsers default handling of the event. ...

        Prevents the browsers default handling of the event.

        Ext.event.Event
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        ( name, value )private
        ...

        Parameters

        ( config, applyIfNotSet ) : Ext.Basechainableprivate
        ...

        Parameters

        Returns

        ...

        Parameters

        Get the reference to the class from which this object was instantiated. ...

        Get the reference to the class from which this object was instantiated. Note that unlike self, this.statics() is scope-independent and it always returns the class from which it was called, regardless of what this points to during run-time

        Ext.define('My.Cat', {
            statics: {
                totalCreated: 0,
                speciesName: 'Cat' // My.Cat.speciesName = 'Cat'
            },
        
            constructor: function() {
                var statics = this.statics();
        
                alert(statics.speciesName);     // always equals to 'Cat' no matter what 'this' refers to
                                                // equivalent to: My.Cat.speciesName
        
                alert(this.self.speciesName);   // dependent on 'this'
        
                statics.totalCreated++;
            },
        
            clone: function() {
                var cloned = new this.self();                    // dependent on 'this'
        
                cloned.groupName = this.statics().speciesName;   // equivalent to: My.Cat.speciesName
        
                return cloned;
            }
        });
        
        
        Ext.define('My.SnowLeopard', {
            extend: 'My.Cat',
        
            statics: {
                speciesName: 'Snow Leopard'     // My.SnowLeopard.speciesName = 'Snow Leopard'
            },
        
            constructor: function() {
                this.callParent();
            }
        });
        
        var cat = new My.Cat();                 // alerts 'Cat', then alerts 'Cat'
        
        var snowLeopard = new My.SnowLeopard(); // alerts 'Cat', then alerts 'Snow Leopard'
        
        var clone = snowLeopard.clone();
        alert(Ext.getClassName(clone));         // alerts 'My.SnowLeopard'
        alert(clone.groupName);                 // alerts 'Cat'
        
        alert(My.Cat.totalCreated);             // alerts 3
        

        Returns

        Ext.event.Event
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        ( ) : Ext.event.Eventchainable
        Stop the event (preventDefault and stopPropagation). ...

        Stop the event (preventDefault and stopPropagation).

        Returns

        Fires

          Ext.event.Event
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          ( ) : Ext.event.Eventchainable
          Cancels bubbling of the event. ...

          Cancels bubbling of the event.

          Returns

          Defined By

          Static methods

          ( config, fullMerge )privatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          ( members )chainableprivatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          ( name, member )chainableprivatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          ( members )chainablestatic
          Add methods / properties to the prototype of this class. ...

          Add methods / properties to the prototype of this class.

          Ext.define('My.awesome.Cat', {
              constructor: function() {
                  // ...
              }
          });
          
           My.awesome.Cat.addMembers({
               meow: function() {
                  alert('Meowww...');
               }
           });
          
           var kitty = new My.awesome.Cat();
           kitty.meow();
          

          Parameters

          ( members ) : Ext.Basechainablestatic
          Add / override static properties of this class. ...

          Add / override static properties of this class.

          Ext.define('My.cool.Class', {
              // this.se
          });
          
          My.cool.Class.addStatics({
              someProperty: 'someValue',      // My.cool.Class.someProperty = 'someValue'
              method1: function() {  },    // My.cool.Class.method1 = function() { ... };
              method2: function() {  }     // My.cool.Class.method2 = function() { ... };
          });
          

          Parameters

          Returns

          ( xtype )chainableprivatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          ( fromClass, members ) : Ext.Basechainableprivatestatic
          Borrow another class' members to the prototype of this class. ...

          Borrow another class' members to the prototype of this class.

          Ext.define('Bank', {
              money: '$$$',
              printMoney: function() {
                  alert('$$$$$$$');
              }
          });
          
          Ext.define('Thief', {
              // ...
          });
          
          Thief.borrow(Bank, ['money', 'printMoney']);
          
          var steve = new Thief();
          
          alert(steve.money); // alerts '$$$'
          steve.printMoney(); // alerts '$$$$$$$'
          

          Parameters

          • fromClass : Ext.Base

            The class to borrow members from

          • members : Array/String

            The names of the members to borrow

          Returns

          ( args )protectedstatic
          ...

          Parameters

          Create a new instance of this Class. ...

          Create a new instance of this Class.

          Ext.define('My.cool.Class', {
              // ...
          });
          
          My.cool.Class.create({
              someConfig: true
          });
          

          All parameters are passed to the constructor of the class.

          Returns

          ( alias, origin )static
          Create aliases for existing prototype methods. ...

          Create aliases for existing prototype methods. Example:

          Ext.define('My.cool.Class', {
              method1: function() {  },
              method2: function() {  }
          });
          
          var test = new My.cool.Class();
          
          My.cool.Class.createAlias({
              method3: 'method1',
              method4: 'method2'
          });
          
          test.method3(); // test.method1()
          
          My.cool.Class.createAlias('method5', 'method3');
          
          test.method5(); // test.method3() -> test.method1()
          

          Parameters

          ( parent )privatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          Get the current class' name in string format. ...

          Get the current class' name in string format.

          Ext.define('My.cool.Class', {
              constructor: function() {
                  alert(this.self.getName()); // alerts 'My.cool.Class'
              }
          });
          
          My.cool.Class.getName(); // 'My.cool.Class'
          

          Returns

          ...
          ( name, mixinClass )privatestatic
          Used internally by the mixins pre-processor ...

          Used internally by the mixins pre-processor

          Parameters

          ( fn, scope )chainableprivatestatic
          ...

          Parameters

          ( members ) : Ext.Basechainabledeprecatedstatic
          Override members of this class. ...

          Override members of this class. Overridden methods can be invoked via 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!");
          
                  var instance = this.callParent(arguments);
          
                  alert("Meeeeoooowwww");
          
                  return instance;
              }
          });
          
          var kitty = new My.Cat(); // alerts "I'm going to be a cat!"
                                    // alerts "I'm a cat!"
                                    // alerts "Meeeeoooowwww"
          

          As of 2.1, direct use of this method is deprecated. Use Ext.define instead:

          Ext.define('My.CatOverride', {
              override: 'My.Cat',
          
              constructor: function() {
                  alert("I'm going to be a cat!");
          
                  var instance = this.callParent(arguments);
          
                  alert("Meeeeoooowwww");
          
                  return instance;
              }
          });
          

          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).

          This method has been deprecated since 2.1.0

          Please use Ext.define instead

          Parameters

          • members : Object

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

          Returns