Backbone.Picky

Selectable entities as mixins for Backbone.Model and Backbone.Collection!

DEPRECATION NOTICE

This project is no longer maintained and no recommended for production use.

If you need selectable Backbone models, check out Backbone.select.

Source Code And Downloads

You can download the raw source code from the "src" folder above, or grab one of the builds from the "lib" folder.

To get the latest stable release, use these links which point to the 'master' branch's builds:

Standard Builds

Development: backbone.picky.js

Production: backbone.picky.min.js

AMD/RequireJS Builds

Development: backbone.picky.js

Production: backbone.picky.min.js

Documentation

This readme file contains basic usage examples and details on the full API, including methods, attributes and events.

Annotated Source Code

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Method Name Overrides

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT METHOD NAME "select"

The Picky collections override the method select on collections. At this point, I can't think of a better name for specifying a model has been selected. Once I find a better name, the API will change. But for now, you will not be able to use the standard select method on any collection that has a Picky collection mixin.

Model and Collection Interactions

If you implement a Selectable model, the methods on the models and the MultiSelect collection will keep each other in sync. That is, if you call model.select() on a model, the collection will be notified of the model being selected and it will correctly update the selectedLength and fire the correct events.

Therefore, the following are functionally the same:

model = new MyModel();
col = new MyCollection([model]);

model.select();

model = new MyModel();
col = new MyCollection([model]);

col.select(model);

Model Requirements For Picky Collections

Your model for a Picky collection must implement the following API to be usable by the selection methods and functionality:

• select: function(){...}
• deselect: function(){...}

The easiest way to do this is to have your model extend Selectable. You can, however, implement your own version of these methods.

Backbone.Picky's Components:

• Picky.Selectable: Creates select / deselect capabilities for a model
• Picky.MultiSelect: Allows a collection to know about the selection of multiple models, including select all / deselect all
• Picky.SingleSelect: Allow a collection to have an exclusively selected model

Picky.Selectable

Creates selectable capabilities for a model, including tracking whether or not the model is selected, and raising events when selection changes.

var selectable = new Backbone.Picky.Selectable(myModel);

Basic Usage

Extend your model with the Selectable instance to make your model selectable directly.

SelectableModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize: function(){
    var selectable = new Backbone.Picky.Selectable(this);
    _.extend(this, selectable);
  }
});

Selectable Methods

The following methods are included in the Selectable object

Selectable#select

Select a model, setting the model's selected attribute to true and triggering a "select" event.

var myModel = new SelectableModel();

myModel.on("select", function(){
  console.log("I'm selected!");
});

myModel.select(); //=> logs "I'm selected!"
myModel.selected; //=> true

Selectable#deselect

Deselect a model, setting the model's selected attribute to false and triggering a "deselected" event.

var myModel = new SelectableModel();

myModel.on("deselected", function(){
  console.log("I'm no longer selected!");
});

// must select it before it can be deselected
myModel.select();

myModel.deselect(); //=> logs "I'm no longer selected!";
myModel.selected; //=> false

Selectable#toggleSelected

Toggles the selection state between selected and deselected by calling the select or deselect method appropriately.

var myModel = new SelectableModel();

myModel.on("select", function(){
  console.log("I'm selected!");
});

myModel.on("deselected", function(){
  console.log("I'm no longer selected!");
});

// toggle selection
myModel.toggleSelected(); //=> "I'm selected!"
myModel.toggleSelected(); //=> "I'm no longer selected!"

Selectable Attributes

The following attributes are manipulated by the Selectable object

Selectable#selected

Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the model is currently selected.

Selectable Events

The following events are triggered from Selectable models

"selected"

Triggers when a model is selected. Provides the selected model as the first parameter.

"deselected"

Triggers when a model is deselected. Provides the selected model as the first parameter.

Picky.SingleSelect

Creates single-select capabilities for a Backbone.Collection, allowing a single model to be exclusively selected within the colllection. Selecting another model will cause the first one to be deselected.

var singleSelect = new Backbone.Picky.SingleSelect(myCollection) ;

Basic Usage

Extend your collection with the SingleSelect instance to make your collection support exclusive selections directly.

SelectableModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize: function(){
    var selectable = new Backbone.Picky.Selectable(this);
    _.extend(this, selectable);
  }
});

SingleCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  model: SelectableModel,

  initialize: function(){
    var singleSelect = new Backbone.Picky.SingleSelect(this);
    _.extend(this, singleSelect);
  }
});

SingleSelect Methods

The following methods are provided by the SingleSelect object.

SingleSelect#select(model)

Select a model. This method will store the selected model in the collection's selected attribute, and call the model's select method to ensure the model knows it has been selected.

myModel = new SelectableModel();
myCol = new MultiCollection();
myCol.select(myModel);

Or

myModel = new SelectableModel();
myCol = new MultiCollection([myModel]);
myModel.select();

If the model is already selected, this is a no-op. If a previous model is already selected, the previous model will be deselected.

SingleSelect#deselect(model)

Deselect the currently selected model. This method will remove the model from the collection's selected attribute, and call the model's deselect method to ensure the model knows it has been deselected.

myModel = new SelectableModel();
myCol = new MultiCollection();
myCol.deselect(myModel);

Or

myModel = new SelectableModel();
myCol = new MultiCollection();
myModel.deselect();

If the model is not currently selected, this is a no-op. If you try to deselect a model that is not the currently selected model, the actual selected model will not be deselected.

SingleSelect Attributes

The following attribute is set by the multi-select automatically

SingleSelect#selected

Returns the one selected model for this collection

myCol = new MultiCollection();
myCol.select(model);

myCol.selected; //=> model

SingleSelect Events

The following events are triggered by the SingleSelect based on changes in selection:

"select:one"

Triggered when a model has been selected. Provides the selected model as the first parameter.

"deselect:one"

Triggered when a model has been deselected. Provides the deselected model as the first parameter.

This fires whether deselect has been called explicitly, or the selection is being replace through another call to select.

Picky.MultiSelect

Creates multi-select capabilities for a Backbone.Collection, including select all, select none and select some features.

var multiSelect = new Backbone.Picky.MultiSelect(myCollection) ;

Basic Usage

Extend your collection with the MultiSleect instance to make your collection support multiple selections directly.

SelectableModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize: function(){
    var selectable = new Backbone.Picky.Selectable(this);
    _.extend(this, selectable);
  }
});

MultiCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  
  model: SelectableModel,

  initialize: function(){
    var multiSelect = new Backbone.Picky.MultiSelect(this);
    _.extend(this, multiSelect);
  }
});

MultiSelect Methods

The following methods are provided by the MultiSelect object

MultiSelect#select(model)

Select a model. This method will store the selected model in the collection's selected list, and call the model's select method to ensure the model knows it has been selected.

myCol = new MultiCollection();

myCol.select(myModel);

If the model is already selected, this is a no-op.

MultiSelect#deselect(model)

Deselect a model. This method will remove the model from the collection's selected list, and call the model's deselect method to ensure the model knows it has been deselected.

myCol = new MultiCollection();

myCol.deselect(myModel);

If the model is not currently selected, this is a no-op.

MultiSelect#selectAll

Select all models in the collection.

myCol = new MultiCollection();

myCol.selectAll();

Models that are already selected will not be re-selected. Models that are not currently selected will be selected. The end result will be all models in the collection are selected.

MultiSelect#deselectAll

Deselect all models in the collection.

myCol = new MultiCollection();

myCol.deselectAll();

Models that are selected will be deselected. Models that are not selected will not be deselected again. The end result will be no models in the collection are selected.

MultiSelect#toggleSelectAll

Toggle selection of all models in the collection:

myCol = new MultiCollection();

myCol.toggleSelectAll(); // select all models in the collection

myCol.toggleSelectAll(); // de-select all models in the collection

The following rules are used when toggling:

• If no models are selected, select them all
• If 1 or more models, but less than all models are selected, select them all
• If all models are selected, deselect them all

MultiSelect Attributes

The following attribute is set by the multi-select automatically

MultiSelect#selected

Returns a hash of selected models, keyed from the model cid.

myCol = new MultiCollection();
myCol.select(model);

myCol.selected;

//=> produces
// {
//   "c1": (model object here)
// }

MultiSelect#selectedLength

Returns the number of items in the collection that are selected.

myCol = new MultiCollection();
myCol.select(model);

myCol.selectedLength; //=> 1

MultiSelect Events

The following events are triggered by the MultiSelect based on changes in selection:

"select:all"

Triggered when all models have been selected

"select:none"

Triggered when all models have been deselected

"select:some"

Triggered when at least 1 model is selected, but less than all models have been selected

Building Backbone.Picky

If you wish to build Backbone.Picky on your system, you will need Ruby to run the Jasmine specs, and NodeJS to run the grunt build.

To Run The Jasmine Specs

1. Be sure you have Bundler installed in your Ruby Gems. Then run bundle install from the project folder

2. Once this is done, you can run rake jasmine to run the Jasmine server

3. Point your browser at http://localhost:8888 and you will see all of the specs for Backbone.Picky

To Build The Packages

1. Be sure you have NodeJS and NPM installed on your system

2. Run npm install -g grunt to install the grunt build system

3. From the project folder, run grunt to produce a build

Release Notes

v0.2.0

• Renamed SingleSelect events from "select" and "deselect" to "select:one" and "deselect:one"
• Pass model as argument in select:one / deselect:one events
• Updated the build to use latest grunt and related tools
• Removed reliance on ruby for any part of this project

v0.1.0

• Added Picky.SingleSelect
• Fleshed out the specs more

v0.0.1

• Initial release of untested code
• Basic "Selectable" mixin for models
• Basic "MultiSelect" mixin for collections

Legal Mumbo Jumbo (MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Derick Bailey, Muted Solutions, LLC

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