BackboneJS - View delegateEvents

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Description

Binds elements to the specified DOM elements with callback methods to handle events. If events are removed from the view, this method can be used to attach the events to the view.

Syntax

delegateEvents(events)

Parameters

events − It provides events that are needed for reattaching to the view.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>View Example</title>
      <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"
         type = "text/javascript"></script>
      
      <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js"
         type = "text/javascript"></script>
      
      <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js"
         type = "text/javascript"></script>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <div id = "mydiv"></div>
      <script type = "text/javascript">
         
         //'ViewDemo' is a name of the view class
         var ViewDemo = Backbone.View.extend ({

            //When click event occurs it activates the defined function 'delegateFunc'
            events: {
               'click button': 'delegateFunc'
            },
            delegateFunc: function () {
               this.remove();   //The 'remove()' method removes the view from the DOM
               document.write("Welcome to Tutorialspoint...");
            },

            //'render' provides the logic required to construct the view
            render: function () {

               //'$el' is cached object that push the content defined within it and
               //display the value when user clicks the button
               this.$el.html('<button>Click to delegate events</button>');
            },

            //This function is called when the view is instantiated
            initialize:function() {
               this.render();
            }
         });

         //'myview' is an instance of the 'ViewDemo' class
         var myview = new ViewDemo({el: '#mydiv'});   //'el' defines which element to be used as the view reference

         //Here defining the events which are reattaching to the view 
         //using 'delegateEvents()' method
         myview.delegateEvents();
      </script>
      
   </body>
</html>

Output

Let us carry out the following steps to see how the above code works −

Save the above code in the delegateevents.htm file.
Open this HTML file in a browser.

backbonejs_view.htm

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