Question

I’m beginning development of an app in extjs. I’m using the MVC approach, as provided in the extjs documentation.

I have some dynamic data which needs to present the user with a set of accordion controls. I’ve got the data in a store, but I do not know how to dynamically create the accordion items (unlike grid panels, there doesn’t appear to be a store data method).

Here is my current accordion view code – with static items:

Ext.define('BP.view.induction.LeftPage', {
extend: 'Ext.Panel',
alias : 'widget.leftpage',

title: "Left Page", 
layout: {
    type: 'accordion',
    align: 'stretch'
},
layoutConfig: {
    // layout-specific configs go here
    titleCollapse: true,
    animate: true,
    activeOnTop: true
},
items: [{
    xtype: 'panel', // fake hidden panel, so all appear collapsed
    hidden: true,
    collapsed: false
},{
    xtype: 'panel',
    title: 'Panel 1',
    html: 'Panel content!'
},{
    xtype: 'panel',
    title: 'Panel 2',
    html: 'Panel content!'
},{
    xtype: 'panel',
    title: 'Panel 3',
    html: 'Panel content!'
}]
});

Any guidance on how to achieve the above would be appreciated, thank you.

[Edit] In response to sra’s request, here is my controller:

Ext.define('BP.controller.Induction', {
extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',

views: [
    'induction.Binder'
],

stores: [
    'Sections',
    'Categories',
    'Tasks'
],

init: function() {
    console.log('Initialized Induction!');
}
});

I should note here that this controller loads a parent view, which in turn loads the LeftPage view – I’m not sure if this creates any scoping issues. Furthermore, as you can see, more than one store is loaded.

Answer 1

You can do like this (untested example with some tweaks)

Ext.define('BP.view.induction.LeftPage', {
    extend: 'Ext.Panel',
    alias : 'widget.leftpage',

    title: "Left Page", 
    layout: null,
    layoutConfig: null,
    store: null,
    attentive: true,
    initComponent: function() {
        var me = this;
        // begin edit
        // only set the store if is is not already defined
        me.store = me.store ? me.store : Ext.StoreMgr.lookup('Sections');  // you may change this to any storename you want
        // end edit
        me.layout = { // don't set objects directly in class definitions
            type: 'accordion',
            align: 'stretch'
        };
        me.layoutConfig = { // dont set objects directly in class definitions
            titleCollapse: true,
            animate: true,
            activeOnTop: true
        };

        me.callParent(arguments);
        if (me.attentive) {
            me.store('load', me.onRebuildContent, me);
            if (me.store.count() == 0)
                me.store.load();
        } else {
            me.buildContent(); 
        }
    },
    buildContent: function() {
        var me = this;
        function addItem(rec) {
            me.add({
                xtype: 'panel',
                title: rec.get('titleProperty'),
                html: rec.get('bodyProprty')
            });
        };

        me.store.each(addItem);
    },
    onRebuildContent: function() {
        var me = this;
        me.removeAll();
        me.buildContent();
    }   
});

Your store will need at least two properties; one for the title and one for the content. And the store need to be loaded before you should instantiate this. But that can easily be done within your controller.

Edit based on comment and new OP info:

Well your view is a bit out of control of the controller. So I recommend you to simply use the StoreManager to receive a valid instance (I’ve edited the code, I just didn’T know the correct store to use). The StoreManager will know about the store as long as you list him within a controller (StoreManager is capable of much more, but that is all you need to know at the moment). For a further release you could also use the mixin bindable which would manage a storebinding more clean and enables you to update your accordion after the store receives new data (get updated)

Edit for readability

I’ve just cleaned it up a bit and included a switch param attentive which would allow you to use this component as directly bound to a store, reacting on all load events or as a sort of static one where the store should already be loaded. All in all this should give you a start without making it to complex.