Question

I am trying to learn Extjs and I am immediately coming up with an issue. My Html has ext-base.js and ext-all.js correctly included. I then have the following in my js file:

Ext.BLANK_IMAGE_URL = '<%= Url.Content("~/Content/ext/images/default/s.gif") %>';
Ext.ns('MyNamespace');

Ext.onReady(function() {
    alert("onReady() fired");
});

So far everything is working, no errors and the alert is thrown correctly. I then add the following code after onReady:

MyNamespace.BaseLayout = Ext.Extend(Ext.Viewport({
    layout: 'border',
    items: [
        new Ext.BoxComponent({
            region: 'north',
            height: 32,
            autoEl: {
                tag: 'div',
                html: '<p>North</p>'
            }
        })
    ]
}));

This causes the following javascript error in chrome:

Uncaught TypeError: Object #<an Object> has no method 'addEvents'       ext-all.js:7
Ext.Component       ext-all.js:7
Ext.apply.extend.K       ext-base.js:7
Ext.apply.extend.K       ext-base.js:7
Ext.apply.extend.K       ext-base.js:7
(anonymous function)       MyApp.js:13 (pointing to the Ext.Extend line)

If I take the Viewport code and put it directly into the OnReady function it (like the following)

Ext.onReady(function () {
    var bl = new Ext.Viewport({
        layout: 'border',
        items: [
        new Ext.BoxComponent({
            region: 'north',
            height: 32,
            autoEl: {
                tag: 'div',
                html: '<p>North</p>'
            }
        })
    ]
    });
});

It works. Can anyone clue me in to what I am doing wrong with the Extend method?

Answer 1

Here’s a bit more complicated example of what you’re trying to accomplish. I’d strongly suggest taking a look at Saki’s 3 part series in building large apps with ExtJS, it’ll help you understand how it use extend properly to create re-usable components.

Ext.ns('MyNamespace');

MyNamespace.BaseLayout = Ext.extend(Ext.Viewport, {
    initComponent:function() {
        var config = {
            layout: 'border',
            items: [
                new Ext.BoxComponent({
                    region: 'north',
                    height: 32,
                    autoEl: {
                        tag: 'div',
                        html: '<p>North</p>'
                    }
                })
            ]
        };
        Ext.apply(this, Ext.apply(this.initialConfig, config));

        MyNamespace.BaseLayout.superclass.initComponent.apply(this,arguments);
    }//end initComponent

});

//this will give you an xtype to call this component by.
Ext.reg('baselayout',MyNamespace.BaseLayout);

Ext.onReady(function() {
    new MyNamespace.BaseLayout({});
});