Javascript API
interfaces
View

Interface: View

View is a base class for all other visual components. All View-derived components have the following properties, methods, and events in addition to their own.

Hierarchy

Properties

BackdropBlur

Optional BackdropBlur: BackdropBlurEffect


BlendMode

Optional BlendMode: BlendModeEffect


Blur

Optional Blur: BlurEffect


Brightness

Optional Brightness: BrightnessEffect


Contrast

Optional Contrast: ContrastEffect


Draggable

Optional Draggable: DraggableEffect


Follow

Optional Follow: FollowEffect


Glow

Optional Glow: GlowEffect


Grayscale

Optional Grayscale: GrayscaleEffect


HueRotate

Optional HueRotate: HueRotateEffect


Invert

Optional Invert: InvertEffect


LetterSpacing

Optional LetterSpacing: LetterSpacingEffect


LookAt

Optional LookAt: LookAtEffect


Oscillate

Optional Oscillate: OscillateEffect


Physics

Optional Physics: PhysicsEffect


Saturation

Optional Saturation: SaturationEffect


Sepia

Optional Sepia: SepiaEffect


Shadow

Optional Shadow: ShadowEffect


Spin

Optional Spin: SpinEffect


TextOutline

Optional TextOutline: TextOutlineEffect


Transform

Optional Transform: TransformEffect


backgroundColor

backgroundColor: undefined | string

The background color of the component.

Can be any valid CSS color value (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value (opens in a new tab)). An undefined background color is transparent.

Example

// Set the background color of the view to a translucent red.
view.backgroundColor = 'rgba(255, 0, 0, 50%)'

color

color: undefined | string

The foreground or text color of the component.

Can be any valid CSS color value (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value (opens in a new tab)). An undefined foreground color is inherited from one of the component's ancestors.

Example

// Set the foreground color of the view to red.
view.color = 'red';

componentType

Readonly componentType: string

The component's type. E.g. "View", "Text", "Button", "Page", etc.

Inherited from

Component.componentType


height

height: number

The height of the component.


id

Readonly id: number

Every Component is assigned a unique numerical id that cannot be changed. Components can be looked up by id using the get function.

Inherited from

Component.id


link

link: undefined | string

The address of the link. Can be a URL to a web page, a 'tel:' phone number, a 'mailto:' email address, or a 'sms:' phone number. Also can be a relative link to a page, "@previous" for the previous page, or "@next" for the next page. If undefined the component is not treated as a link.

Default

undefined

linkRel

linkRel: LinkRelType

See

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/rel (opens in a new tab)


linkTarget

linkTarget: "_blank" | "_self" | "_parent" | "_top"

The target of the link. Can be '_blank' (open in new window or tab), '_self' (replace current page), '_parent' (replace parent if in an iframe), or '_top' (replace top if in an iframe).

Default

'_self'

See

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a#target (opens in a new tab)


linkTitle

linkTitle: string

The title of the link displayed on hover. If '' nothing is displayed.

Default

''

name

name: undefined | string

Every Component can have a user-assigned name. It can be anything and is not guaranteed to be unique. Components can be looked up by name using the get function.

Inherited from

Component.name


opacity

opacity: number

The component's opacity, or level of transparency.

1 is fully opaque (not transparent at all), 0.5 is 50% see-through, and 0 is completely transparent.


page

Readonly page: undefined | Page

The Page that this component is a child of, if any.


parent

Readonly parent: undefined | View

When added to a Container (or a Page, which is a Container), the Container is assigned to the parent property.


rotation

rotation: number

The component's rotation, in degrees.


scale

scale: number

The component's scale multiplier.


style

style: Partial (opens in a new tab)<CSSStyleDeclaration (opens in a new tab)>

Low-level access to the component's CSS property.


tabIndex

tabIndex: undefined | number

Control if or how the component is focused when the tab key is pressed.

0 - The component should be focusable in sequential keyboard navigation, after any positive tabIndex values. a positive value - Should be focusable in sequential keyboard navigation, with the order defined by the value. -1 - Should not be focusable in sequential keyboard navigation, but could be focused programmatically. undefined - the browser decides whether the component is focusable.

Default

undefined

See

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/tabindex (opens in a new tab)


visible

visible: boolean

The component's visibility.

true is visible, false is invisible


width

width: number

The width of the component.


x

x: number

The component's x coordinate.


y

y: number

The component's y coordinate.

Methods

addEffect

addEffect(effect): void

Add an effect to the component.

Parameters

NameType
effectstring

Returns

void


clone

clone(): View

Create an exact duplicate of a component.

The clone must be added to a container with appendChild to be visible.

Returns

View

Example

const clone = view.clone();
clone.x = 100;
clone.y = 100;
view.page.appendChild(clone);

Overrides

Component.clone


dispatchEvent

dispatchEvent(event): Promise (opens in a new tab)<void>

Triggers the event listeners for the specified event.

Parameters

NameType
eventEvent (opens in a new tab)

Returns

Promise (opens in a new tab)<void>

Inherited from

Component.dispatchEvent


focus

focus(options?): void

Parameters

NameType
options?FocusOptions

Returns

void


hasPointerCapture

hasPointerCapture(pointerId): boolean

Parameters

NameType
pointerIdnumber

Returns

boolean


localPointFromClient

localPointFromClient(x, y): Object

Convert a client viewport position to a position suitable for a View. Useful for converting mouse or touch positions.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
xnumberThe x position in the client viewport.
ynumberThe y position in the client viewport.

Returns

Object

an object with x and y properties.

NameType
xnumber
ynumber

Example

let dragging = false;
let pointerOffset;
this.on("pointerdown", (event) => {
  this.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
  // note: objects are positioned within their parent's coordinate system
  const point = this.parent.localPointFromClient(event.clientX, event.clientY)
  pointerOffset = { x: point.x - this.x, y: point.y - this.y };
  dragging = true;
});
 
this.on("pointermove", (ev) => {
if (!dragging)
    return;
  // note: objects are positioned within their parent's coordinate system
  const point = this.parent.localPointFromClient(ev.clientX, ev.clientY);
  this.x = point.x - pointerOffset.x;
  this.y = point.y - pointerOffset.y;
});
 
this.on("pointerup", (event) => {
  this.releasePointerCapture(event.pointerId);
  dragging = false;
});

on

on<K>(type, listener, options?): () => void

Add an event listener to the component.

Type parameters

NameType
Kextends keyof EventHandlersEventMap

Parameters

NameType
typeK
listener(event: EventHandlersEventMap[K]) => any
options?EventListenerOptions

Returns

fn

Returns a function that removes the event listener.

▸ (): void

Add an event listener to the component.

Returns

void

Returns a function that removes the event listener.

Inherited from

Component.on


releasePointerCapture

releasePointerCapture(pointerId): void

Parameters

NameType
pointerIdnumber

Returns

void


remove

remove(): void

Remove the component from its parent.

Returns

void

Example

view.remove();

removeEffect

removeEffect(effect): void

Remove an effect to the component.

Parameters

NameType
effectstring

Returns

void


setPointerCapture

setPointerCapture(pointerId): void

Parameters

NameType
pointerIdnumber

Returns

void