Ok, thanks Peter that is a nice start to me figuring this out. What you said was pretty much what I inferred.
Makes sense with the positioner and element as well. Mike On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Peter Ent <p...@adobe.com> wrote: > Hi, > > No stupidity here - FlexJS is complex. > > For the JavaScript side of FlexJS, createElement is the place where the > HTML element gets made that corresponds to the component being made. Most > of the time that is a <div> (see UIBase). Button uses it to make a > <button>. > > Each FlexJS UI component has a .element property which is the main HTML > element (e.g., a <div> or <input>). > > Each FlexJS UI component has a .positioner property which is the HTML > element used to size and position the FlexJS component. Most of the time > .element and .positioner are the same. In some cases, .element might be a > <input> as it is the element of concern, but the .positioner might be a > <div> in which the .element is placed. I believe this is true for complex > components like Radio and ComboBox (not 100% certain - aging memory - but > there is at least one component that uses them separately). This lets you > add things to the .element (via the FlexJS addElement() function) and have > the component¹s x, y, width, and height affect the .positioner so every > HTML thing within the positioner is sized and moved together. > > element.flexjs_wrapper allows the FlexJS JavaScript code to backwardly > reference the FlexJS class. Sometimes the JavaScript ³this² will be the > HTML element itself, so we can quickly get to the FlexJS class instance > using the .flexjs_wrapper. I can tell you it has come in handy sometimes. > > I hope this helps. > > Peter Ent > Adobe Systems > > On 5/19/15, 10:31 AM, "Michael Schmalle" <teotigraphix...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I feel stupid for asking this and it's probably my dyslexic head(yeah I > >have it). > > > >Can someone explain exactly what is going on in createElement() in js? > > > >What is the positioner? Where does it come from? > > > >What is this doing exactly? > > > >this.element.flexjs_wrapper = this; > > > >I haven't worked with HTML and the DOM for a while and I am really trying > >to get the js side or else I am going to be no help. > > > >Mike > >
