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show/hide panel in ExtJS

I have a panel in user-interface called Code, I dont want to display that panel to specific users when they log in based on their roles. I am new to ExtJS. I have the algorithm/condition to block user's , but I am unsure where to apply it in this code. The .js file is:
analysisCodePanel = new Ext.Panel( {
id : 'analysisCodePanel',
title : 'Code',
region : 'center',
split : true,
height : 90,
layout : 'fit',
listeners :
{
activate : function( p ) {
GLOBAL.IDs[1] = null;
GLOBAL.IDs[2] = null;
p.body.mask("Loading...", 'mask-loading');
runAll(Data, p);}
return;
},
deactivate: function(){
},
collapsible : true
});
My condition is check whether user is Admin so I can do GLOBAL.IsCodeAdmin() then show the above panel else hide it from the user logged in.

if this panel is a child of viewport then you have to use your controller to show and hide the panel.
In your controller put listener for viewport rendering like below. Make sure your read docs and getting started carefully. Then I'll understand how to control elements using different events. This link is a good start http://docs.sencha.com/extjs/4.2.1/#!/guide/getting_started
// ExtJs controller
Ext.define('app.controller.ViewPortController', {
extend: 'Ext.app.Controller',
refs: [
{
ref: 'myPanel', // this elemenet can be referred as getMyPanel()
selector: 'panel[id=analysisCodePanel]' // selector to get panel reference
}
],
init: function () {
this.control({
'viewport': {
'render': this.viewPortRender // on viewport render this function will be called
}
})
},
viewPortRender: function () {
if (GLOBAL.IsCodeAdmin()) {
this.getMyPanel().show(); // show panel
} else {
this.getMyPanel().hide(); // hide panel
}
}
}
);

I solved the problem by using an attribute for panel called disabled and setting it to true.

Smart file component(html5smartfile) not working

I have been working on developing a custom extjs console to enable author drop an asset using html5smartfile component. But somehow, the html5smartfile component is not working the way it should. The Area where an author can drop an asset is not displaying. The same is working fine if I am creating a CQ5 dialog. But in my case where i have created a window it's not working.
I have declared my smartfile component like this:
var assetLinkDropField = {
xtype: 'html5smartfile',
fieldLabel: 'Asset Link',
ddAccept: 'video/.*',
ddGroups: 'media',
fileReferenceParameter: './linkUrl',
name: './linkUrl',
allowUpload: false,
allowFileNameEditing: false,
allowFileReference: true,
transferFileName: false
};
But this is rendering like this:
After a lot of work, I found out that the CQ5 dialog updates the view for the component but in case of my window, I have to update it myself. Thus, with a slight manipulation, i just succeeded in displaying the drag area by tweaking the declaration like this:
var assetLinkDropField = {
xtype: 'html5smartfile',
fieldLabel: 'Asset Link',
ddAccept: 'video/.*',
ddGroups: 'media',
fileReferenceParameter: './linkUrl',
name: './linkUrl',
allowUpload: false,
allowFileNameEditing: false,
allowFileReference: true,
transferFileName: false,
listeners: {
afterlayout: function () {
this.updateView();
}
}
}
So now the panel looks like:
But still the Drag and Drop is not working. My Window declaration is like this:
win = new CQ.Ext.Window({
height : 750,
width : 700,
layout : 'anchor',
// animateTarget : btn.el,
closeAction : 'close', // Prevent destruction on Close
id : 'manageLinkWindow',
title : '<b>Multi Link Widget Dialog</b>',
frame : true,
draggable : false,
modal : false, //Mask entire page
constrain : true,
buttonAlign : 'center',
items : [assetLinkDropField]
});
}

I think you should not use
ddAccept: 'video/.*',
This allows only videos from the content finder to be dragged and dropped. It should be "image/".
Verify your other extjs properties / configs for html5smartfile if the above doesn't resolves your problem.

Extending MessageBox as View - Ext JS 4.1

I'm trying to extend a MessageBox within a view so I can reuse it throughout my application.
It seems that when I do so, I lose some of the default functionality that makes the messagebox useful (msg, button definitions, icon definitons, default drag constraints, etc). Documentation is a little confusing as it seems configs should be defined within the show() function, and I'm unsure of how to set them within my view.
How can I truly extend a messagebox component as a view?
Basic MessageBox (what I want to create with my view):
Ext.Msg.show({
title:'Error',
msg: 'There was an error.',
buttons: Ext.Msg.YESNOCANCEL,
icon: Ext.Msg.QUESTION
});
Renders:
but when I show my view:
Ext.create('IOL.view.app.Message').show();
I basically end up with a vanilla Panel/Window component
Ext.define('IOL.view.app.Message', {
extend : 'Ext.window.Window',
config: {
},
constructor: function(config) {
this.initConfig(config);
this.callParent(arguments);
},
initComponent : function() {
Ext.apply(this, {
xtype: 'messagebox',
width: 400,
height: 200,
title:'Error',
html: 'There was an error.',
buttons: [
{ text: 'Button 1' }
]
});
this.callParent(arguments);
}// initComponent
});
Renders:

It seems you are extending an Ext.window.Window and applying the messagebox configs to it. Why not just extend Ext.window.MessageBox:
Ext.define('IOL.view.app.Message', {
extend : 'Ext.window.MessageBox',
width: 400,
height: 200,
title: 'Error',
html: 'There was an error.',
buttons: Ext.Msg.YESNOCANCEL,
icon: Ext.Msg.ERROR,
// whatever else you want to do
initComponent : function() {
this.callParent(arguments);
}
});
#EricCook brings up a good point below. The MessageBox class is designed for reuse in the app as a singleton not really for subclassing.
In your question you said:
I'm trying to extend a MessageBox within a view so I can reuse it
throughout my application
I can understand that if you want to create a different type of messagebox that you would call with the normal Ext.Msg.show method, you could extend the MessageBox with your own buttons or icons I suppose.
But for regular use this isn't something you need to extend. For repeated use in your app you could hold a reference to the message box config you want in the controller like:
// SomeController.js
errorMsg: {
title:'Error',
msg: 'There was an error.',
buttons: Ext.Msg.YESNOCANCEL,
icon: Ext.Msg.QUESTION
},
Then whenever you want to call that type of message you could use (assuming the scope is the controller itself, or you could get a reference to the controller beforehand):
Ext.Msg.show(this.errorMsg);

extjs 4: how to add button to any custom form

I am currently trying to add a custom button that will be able to call when ever the user wants to add a new button using EXTJS 4.
Here is the TimeButton.js file that i want to use to create the button
Ext.namespace("Ext.controls");
Ext.create('Ext.Button', {
text: 'Time',
renderTo: Ext.getBody(),
handler: function() {
alert('The current time is '+Date())
}
});
Ext.reg('timebutton', Ext.controls.TimeButton);
but when ever i try add it to any form i get the following error
types[config.xtype || defaultType] is not a constructor
Or would it be better to do something like this
Ext.controls.TimeButton = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, {
initComponent: function(){
Ext.apply(this, {
frame: true
,height: 330
,layout: 'border'
,layout: 'column'
,split: true
,cls: 'DocumentWindow'
,items: []
});
this.documentGrid = new Ext.controls.DocumentGrid({height: 220,
agentId : this.agentId,
columnWidth: 0.5})
Ext.controls.DocumentPanel.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments);
}
From what i understand this happens when trying to instantiate (create) a component that does not exist but i do not see where the error might be! is there an error in the code that I have posted?

Define your button as a class, register it for using with xtype by providing alias property and instantiate it in the parent items container. Here is an example.

Disappearing TabPanel card on setActiveItem?

EDIT
I have a viewport that extends a TabPanel. In it, I set one of the tabBar buttons to load another TabPanel called subTabPanel. myApp.views.viewport.setActiveItem(index, options) works just fine. But myApp.views.subTabPanel.setActiveItem(index, options) only loads the appropriate panel card for a split second before it vanishes.
Strangely, it works just fine to make this call from within the subTabPanel's list item:
this.ownerCt.setActiveItem(index, options)
However, I want to avoid this, as I want such actions to live inside controllers so as to adhere to MVC.
Any thoughts on why the card disappears when called from the controller, but not when called from the containing subTabPanel?
(The subTabPanel card in question is an extension of Ext.Carousel.)
UPDATE
It looks like both subTabPanel and its carousel are being instantiated twice somehow, so that could be a big part of the problem...

The answer in this case was to prevent the duplicate creation of the subTabPanel and its carousel.
The viewport now looks like this:
myApp.views.Viewport = Ext.extend(Ext.TabPanel, {
fullscreen: true,
layout: 'card',
cardSwitchAnimation: 'slide',
listeners: {
beforecardswitch: function(cnt, newCard, oldCard, index, animated) {
//alert('switching cards...');
}
},
tabBar: {
ui: 'blue',
dock: 'bottom',
layout: { pack: 'center' }
},
items: [],
initComponent: function() {
//put instances of cards into myApp.views namespace
Ext.apply(myApp.views, {
subTabPanel: new myApp.views.SubTabPanel(),
tab2: new myApp.views.Tab2(),
tab3: new myApp.views.Tab3(),
});
//put instances of cards into viewport
Ext.apply(this, {
items: [
myApp.views.productList,
myApp.views.tab2,
myApp.views.tab3
]
});
myApp.views.Viewport.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments);
}
});
And I've since removed the duplicate creation of those TabPanel items from the items: property and moved their tabBar-specific properties into the view classes SubTabPanel, Tab2 and Tab3 (each of which are extensions of either Ext.TabPanel or Ext.Panel).