Question

I have a Backbone view with a model.

Additionally I have a global model holding some application specific stuff.

Now I’m binding the change event of this model to my view’s render method but this doesn’t seem to work.

model: new Preferences.Item(),

render: function() {

    $(that.el).html(template(that.model.toJSON()));                 
},

initialize : function() {
        this.render = _.bind(this.render, this);
        // global account model holder
            App.Storage.account.bind("change", this.render);
},

Must I do some specific binding to attach to the events of an external model?

Answer 1

Found the solution … you must call:

App.Storage.account.on("change", this.render)