OK. I really don’t see how Image could be extensible — especially a raw <img> tag on the HTML side. The possible options that can be used for img are very limited.[1] Even advanced CSS does not have very good browser support.[2]
Now, I do see how an Image component could be extensible, but that would have to be more than a simple <img> tag. I mean something similar to a spark BitmapImage component. There’s a strong use case for things like image fitting, background color, blending, etc. However to do this, you need to use a div and assign all kinds of CSS. (and possibly add more structure within the div depending on how crazy you’re getting). This seems to me like a whole new component though. [1]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img [2]http://caniuse.com/#search=object-fit On Aug 9, 2016, at 9:30 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > Maybe check when it got added to the JS side. There might be a reason. > Peter may remember when he starts up in a few hours. > > On the SWF side, for things like Button, separate models and views are > part of the extensibility pattern. Going back to the expanded form, a > TextButton would be something like: > > <js:UIBase> > <js:beads> > <js:TextButtonModel text="Click me" /> > <js:TextButtonView /> > </js:beads> > </js:UIBase> > > To make an icon and text button, you would do: > > <js:UIBase> > <js:beads> > <js:TextAndIconButtonModel text="Click me" icon="foo.png"/> > <js:TextAndIconButtonView /> > </js:beads> > </js:UIBase> > > But all of that is how the SWF side builds up to emulating the HTML button > element. On the HTML side, we just use the element. > > If you can make the argument that Image is not extensible (won't ever need > new properties) then you can take out the model and view on the SWF side. > On the JS side, I think we can take it away since we can directly store > what is in the model in the element and the element does the view's work > of layout/presentation. But again, I might be missing something, so let's > see if Peter remembers. > > -Alex >
