Trilium Frontend API
    Preparing search index...

    Class Template

    A basic Template class. It renders a DOM HTML element or text from a module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition definition and supports element attributes, children, bindings to module:utils/observablemixin~Observable observables and DOM event propagation.

    A simple template can look like this:

    const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

    new Template( {
    tag: 'p',
    attributes: {
    class: 'foo',
    style: {
    backgroundColor: 'yellow'
    }
    },
    on: {
    click: bind.to( 'clicked' )
    },
    children: [
    'A paragraph.'
    ]
    } ).render();

    and it will render the following HTML element:

    <p class="foo" style="background-color: yellow;">A paragraph.</p>
    

    Additionally, the observable will always fire clicked upon clicking <p> in the DOM.

    See module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition to know more about templates and complex template definitions.

    Hierarchy (View Summary)

    Index
    • Creates an instance of the ~Template class.

      Parameters

      Returns Template

    attributes?: Record<string, AttributeValues>

    The attributes of the template, e.g. { id: [ 'ck-id' ] }, corresponding with the attributes of an HTML element.

    Note: This property only makes sense when #tag is defined.

    children?: (
        Node
        | View<HTMLElement>
        | ViewCollection<View<HTMLElement>>
        | Template
    )[]

    The children of the template. They can be either:

    • independent instances of ~Template (sub–templates),
    • native DOM Nodes.

    Note: This property only makes sense when #tag is defined.

    eventListeners?: Record<string, TemplateToBinding[]>

    The DOM event listeners of the template.

    ns?: string
    tag?: string

    The tag (tagName) of this template, e.g. div. It also indicates that the template renders to an HTML element.

    The text of the template. It also indicates that the template renders to a DOM text node.

    • Applies the template to an existing DOM Node, either HTML element or text.

      Note: No new DOM nodes will be created. Applying extends:

      module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition attributes, module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition event listeners, and textContent of module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition children only.

      Note: Existing class and style attributes are extended when a template is applied to an HTML element, while other attributes and textContent are overridden.

      Note: The process of applying a template can be easily reverted using the module:ui/template~Template#revert method.

      const element = document.createElement( 'div' );
      const observable = new Model( { divClass: 'my-div' } );
      const emitter = Object.create( EmitterMixin );
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      attributes: {
      id: 'first-div',
      class: bind.to( 'divClass' )
      },
      on: {
      click: bind( 'elementClicked' ) // Will be fired by the observable.
      },
      children: [
      'Div text.'
      ]
      } ).apply( element );

      console.log( element.outerHTML ); // -> '<div id="first-div" class="my-div"></div>'

      Parameters

      Returns HTMLElement | Text

      • module:ui/template~Template#render
      • module:ui/template~Template#revert
    • Returns an iterator which traverses the template in search of module:ui/view~View instances and returns them one by one.

      const viewFoo = new View();
      const viewBar = new View();
      const viewBaz = new View();
      const template = new Template( {
      tag: 'div',
      children: [
      viewFoo,
      {
      tag: 'div',
      children: [
      viewBar
      ]
      },
      viewBaz
      ]
      } );

      // Logs: viewFoo, viewBar, viewBaz
      for ( const view of template.getViews() ) {
      console.log( view );
      }

      Returns IterableIterator<View<HTMLElement>>

    • Renders a DOM Node (an HTML element or text) out of the template.

      const domNode = new Template( { ... } ).render();
      

      See: #apply.

      Returns HTMLElement | Text

    • Reverts a template module:ui/template~Template#apply applied to a DOM node.

      Parameters

      • node: HTMLElement | Text

        The root node for the template to revert. In most of the cases, it is the same node used by module:ui/template~Template#apply.

      Returns void

    • An entry point to the interface which binds DOM nodes to module:utils/observablemixin~Observable observables. There are two types of bindings:

      • HTML element attributes or text textContent synchronized with attributes of an module:utils/observablemixin~Observable. Learn more about module:ui/template~BindChain#to and module:ui/template~BindChain#if.
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      attributes: {
      // Binds the element "class" attribute to observable#classAttribute.
      class: bind.to( 'classAttribute' )
      }
      } ).render();
      • DOM events fired on HTML element propagated through module:utils/observablemixin~Observable. Learn more about module:ui/template~BindChain#to.
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      on: {
      // Will be fired by the observable.
      click: bind( 'elementClicked' )
      }
      } ).render();

      Also see module:ui/view~View#bindTemplate.

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • observable: TObservable

        An observable which provides boundable attributes.

      • emitter: Emitter

        An emitter that listens to observable attribute changes or DOM Events (depending on the kind of the binding). Usually, a module:ui/view~View instance.

      Returns BindChain<TObservable>

    • Extends an existing module:ui/template~Template instance with some additional content from another module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition.

      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      const template = new Template( {
      tag: 'p',
      attributes: {
      class: 'a',
      data-x: bind.to( 'foo' )
      },
      children: [
      {
      tag: 'span',
      attributes: {
      class: 'b'
      },
      children: [
      'Span'
      ]
      }
      ]
      } );

      // Instance-level extension.
      Template.extend( template, {
      attributes: {
      class: 'b',
      data-x: bind.to( 'bar' )
      },
      children: [
      {
      attributes: {
      class: 'c'
      }
      }
      ]
      } );

      // Child extension.
      Template.extend( template.children[ 0 ], {
      attributes: {
      class: 'd'
      }
      } );

      the outerHTML of template.render() is:

      <p class="a b" data-x="{ observable.foo } { observable.bar }">
      <span class="b c d">Span</span>
      </p>

      Parameters

      Returns void