ContainerClass

Creates a container with specified layout and children. The added children gets a property "parent", which is the container itself.

Example

 var container = new nokia.mh5.ui.Container({
     layout: {
         type: nokia.mh5.ui.RowLayout
     },
     children: ["input", "submit"],
     input: {
         control: nokia.mh5.ui.TextInput
     },
     submit: {
         control: nokia.mh5.ui.Button
     }
 });      

Constructor Detail

Creates a container with specified properties.

new nokia.mh5.ui.Container(props, parentContainer);

Constructor Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	props	See below:
nokia.mh5.ui.Container	parentContainer	the mh5 component into which this element is embedded
Object	[props.layout]	layout properties of the container
nokia.mh5.ui.AutoLayout	[props.layout.type = nokia.mh5.ui.AutoLayout]	layout of type the container
String	[props.layout.align]	if align is set to "stretch", the children will share the whole height of the container
Array	[props.children]	array with names of the children, which are also present in the properties

Methods    Hide Inherited

	getRootOwnerByClass(Class)	Retrieves the instance that owns the root node of the specified Class. Used to retrieve creator of the component inside bound events.
	build()	Calls the build functions of all children (if available). In here children can already access the tree of UI controls, which isn't possible in the constructor.
	add(control, name)	Adds a control with the specified name to the container and adds the "parent" property set to the container to it.
	getContentRoot()	Returns the real DOM node of the control without scroll wrapper (if present).
	insertBefore(control, name, referenceControlName)	Inserts a control with a specified name to the container before the control with the specified name and adds the "parent" property set to the container to it.
	prepareBindings()	Calls prepareBindings on children controls (if available) and itself.
	prepareDidChangeNotifications()	Calls prepareDidChangeNotifications on children controls (if available) and itself.
	remove(name)	Removes a specified a control from the container, if it can be found.

Properties    Hide Inherited

	Array	children	Array with strings, which call the children of the container
	String	cssClass	The CSS class.
	Boolean	dontBind	makes sure, that the bindings in the container are initialized after the build function of all children is called.

Events

nokia.mh5.ui.Container has no events.

Callbacks

nokia.mh5.ui.Container has no callbacks.

Classes

nokia.mh5.ui.Container has no classes.

Constants

nokia.mh5.ui.Container has no constants.

Interfaces

nokia.mh5.ui.Container has no interfaces.