Class MootoolsEngineHelper

MooTools Engine Helper for JsHelper

Provides MooTools specific JavaScript for JsHelper. Assumes that you have the following MooTools packages

Remote, Remote.HTML, Remote.JSON
Fx, Fx.Tween, Fx.Morph
Selectors, DomReady,
Drag, Drag.Move

AppHelper

MootoolsEngineHelper

Package: Cake\View\Helper
Copyright: Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: MIT License
Location: Cake/View/Helper/MootoolsEngineHelper.php

Properties summary

$_callbackArguments protected

array

Contains a list of callback names -> default arguments.
$_optionMap protected

array

Option mappings for MooTools

Inherited Properties

bufferedMethods, selection

Method Summary

domReady() public

Create a domReady event. This is a special event in many libraries
drag() public

Create a Draggable element.
drop() public

Create a Droppable element.
each() public

Create an iteration over the current selection result.
effect() public

Trigger an Effect.
event() public

Add an event to the script cache. Operates on the currently selected elements.
get() public

Create javascript selector for a CSS rule
request() public

Create a new Request.
serializeForm() public

Serialize the form attached to $selector.
slider() public

Create a slider control
sortable() public

Create a sortable element.

Method Detail

domReady() public ¶

domReady( string $functionBody )

Create a domReady event. This is a special event in many libraries

Parameters

string $functionBody: The code to run on domReady

Returns

string
completed domReady method

drag() public ¶

drag( array $options = array() )

Create a Draggable element.

Requires the Drag plugin from MootoolsMore

Parameters

array $options optional array(): Array of options for the draggable.

Returns

string
Completed draggable script.

See

JsHelper::drag() for options list.

drop() public ¶

drop( array $options = array() )

Create a Droppable element.

Requires the Drag and Drag.Move plugins from MootoolsMore

Droppables in Mootools function differently from other libraries. Droppables are implemented as an extension of Drag. So in addition to making a get() selection for the droppable element. You must also provide a selector rule to the draggable element. Furthermore, Mootools droppables inherit all options from Drag.

Parameters

array $options optional array(): Array of options for the droppable.

Returns

string
Completed droppable script.

See

JsBaseEngineHelper::drop() for options list.

each() public ¶

each( string $callback )

Create an iteration over the current selection result.

Parameters

string $callback: The function body you wish to apply during the iteration.

Returns

string
completed iteration

effect() public ¶

effect( string $name , array $options = array() )

Trigger an Effect.

Parameters

string $name: The name of the effect to trigger.
array $options optional array(): Array of options for the effect.

Returns

string
completed string with effect.

See

JsBaseEngineHelper::effect()

event() public ¶

event( string $type , string $callback , array $options = array() )

Add an event to the script cache. Operates on the currently selected elements.

Options

'wrap' - Whether you want the callback wrapped in an anonymous function. (defaults true)
'stop' - Whether you want the event to stopped. (defaults true)

Parameters

string $type: Type of event to bind to the current dom id
string $callback: The JavaScript function you wish to trigger or the function literal
array $options optional array(): Options for the event.

Returns

string
completed event handler

get() public ¶

get( string $selector )

Create javascript selector for a CSS rule

Parameters

string $selector: The selector that is targeted

Returns

$this

request() public ¶

request( string|array $url , array $options = array() )

Create a new Request.

Requires Request. If you wish to use 'update' key you must have Request.HTML if you wish to do Json requests you will need JSON and Request.JSON.

Parameters

string|array $url: URL
array $options optional array(): Options list.

Returns

string
The completed ajax call.

serializeForm() public ¶

serializeForm( array $options = array() )

Serialize the form attached to $selector.

Parameters

array $options optional array(): Array of options.

Returns

string
Completed serializeForm() snippet

See

JsBaseEngineHelper::serializeForm()

slider() public ¶

slider( array $options = array() )

Create a slider control

Requires Slider from MootoolsMore

Parameters

array $options optional array(): Array of options for the slider.

Returns

string
Completed slider script.

See

JsBaseEngineHelper::slider() for options list.

sortable() public ¶

sortable( array $options = array() )

Create a sortable element.

Requires the Sortables plugin from MootoolsMore

Parameters

array $options optional array(): Array of options for the sortable.

Returns

string
Completed sortable script.

See

JsBaseEngineHelper::sortable() for options list.

Methods inherited from JsBaseEngineHelper

_mapOptions() protected ¶

_mapOptions( string $method , array $options )

Maps Abstract options to engine specific option names. If attributes are missing from the map, they are not changed.

Parameters

string $method: Name of method whose options are being worked with.
array $options: Array of options to map.

Returns

array
Array of mapped options.

_parseOptions() protected ¶

_parseOptions( array $options , array $safeKeys = array() )

Parse an options assoc array into a JavaScript object literal. Similar to object() but treats any non-integer value as a string, does not include { }

Parameters

array $options: Options to be converted
array $safeKeys optional array(): Keys that should not be escaped.

Returns

string
Parsed JSON options without enclosing { }.

_prepareCallbacks() protected ¶

_prepareCallbacks( string $method , array $options , array $callbacks = array() )

Prepare callbacks and wrap them with function ([args]) { } as defined in _callbackArgs array.

Parameters

string $method: Name of the method you are preparing callbacks for.
array $options: Array of options being parsed
array $callbacks optional array(): Additional Keys that contain callbacks

Returns

array
Array of options with callbacks added.

_processOptions() protected ¶

_processOptions( string $method , array $options )

Convenience wrapper method for all common option processing steps. Runs _mapOptions, _prepareCallbacks, and _parseOptions in order.

Parameters

string $method: Name of method processing options for.
array $options: Array of options to process.

Returns

string
Parsed options string.

_toQuerystring() protected ¶

_toQuerystring( array $parameters )

Convert an array of data into a query string

Parameters

array $parameters: Array of parameters to convert to a query string

Returns

string
Querystring fragment

_utf8ToHex() protected ¶

_utf8ToHex( string $string )

Encode a string into JSON. Converts and escapes necessary characters.

Parameters

string $string: The string that needs to be utf8->hex encoded

alert() public ¶

alert( string $message )

Create an alert() message in JavaScript

Parameters

string $message: Message you want to alter.

Returns

string
completed alert()

confirm() public ¶

confirm( string $message )

Create a confirm() message

Parameters

string $message: Message you want confirmed.

Returns

string
completed confirm()

confirmReturn() public ¶

confirmReturn( string $message )

Generate a confirm snippet that returns false from the current function scope.

Parameters

string $message: Message to use in the confirm dialog.

Returns

string
completed confirm with return script

escape() public ¶

escape( string $string )

Escape a string to be JSON friendly.

List of escaped elements:

"\r" => '\n'
"\n" => '\n'
'"' => '\"'

Parameters

string $string: String that needs to get escaped.

Returns

string
Escaped string.

object() public ¶

object( array $data = array() , array $options = array() )

Generates a JavaScript object in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) from an array. Will use native JSON encode method if available, and $useNative == true

Options:

prefix - String prepended to the returned data.
postfix - String appended to the returned data.

Parameters

array $data optional array(): Data to be converted.
array $options optional array(): Set of options, see above.

Returns

string
A JSON code block

prompt() public ¶

prompt( string $message , string $default = '' )

Create a prompt() JavaScript function

Parameters

string $message: Message you want to prompt.
string $default optional '': Default message

Returns

string
completed prompt()

redirect() public ¶

redirect( string|array $url = null )

Redirects to a URL. Creates a window.location modification snippet that can be used to trigger 'redirects' from JavaScript.

Parameters

string|array $url optional null: URL

Returns

string
completed redirect in javascript

value() public ¶

value( mixed $val = array() , boolean $quoteString = null , string $key = 'value' )

Converts a PHP-native variable of any type to a JSON-equivalent representation

Parameters

mixed $val optional array(): A PHP variable to be converted to JSON
boolean $quoteString optional null: If false, leaves string values unquoted
string $key optional 'value': Key name.

Returns

string
a JavaScript-safe/JSON representation of $val

Properties detail

`$_callbackArguments` ¶

protected array

Contains a list of callback names -> default arguments.

array(
    'slider' => array(
        'onTick' => 'position',
        'onChange' => 'step',
        'onComplete' => 'event'
    ),
    'request' => array(
        'onRequest' => '',
        'onComplete' => '',
        'onCancel' => '',
        'onSuccess' => 'responseText, responseXML',
        'onFailure' => 'xhr',
        'onException' => 'headerName, value',
    ),
    'drag' => array(
        'onBeforeStart' => 'element',
        'onStart' => 'element',
        'onSnap' => 'element',
        'onDrag' => 'element, event',
        'onComplete' => 'element, event',
        'onCancel' => 'element',
    ),
    'drop' => array(
        'onBeforeStart' => 'element',
        'onStart' => 'element',
        'onSnap' => 'element',
        'onDrag' => 'element, event',
        'onComplete' => 'element, event',
        'onCancel' => 'element',
        'onDrop' => 'element, droppable, event',
        'onLeave' => 'element, droppable',
        'onEnter' => 'element, droppable',
    ),
    'sortable' => array(
        'onStart' => 'element, clone',
        'onSort' => 'element, clone',
        'onComplete' => 'element',
    )
)

`$_optionMap` ¶

protected array

Option mappings for MooTools

array(
    'request' => array(
        'complete' => 'onComplete',
        'success' => 'onSuccess',
        'before' => 'onRequest',
        'error' => 'onFailure'
    ),
    'sortable' => array(
        'distance' => 'snap',
        'containment' => 'constrain',
        'sort' => 'onSort',
        'complete' => 'onComplete',
        'start' => 'onStart',
    ),
    'drag' => array(
        'snapGrid' => 'snap',
        'start' => 'onStart',
        'drag' => 'onDrag',
        'stop' => 'onComplete',
    ),
    'drop' => array(
        'drop' => 'onDrop',
        'hover' => 'onEnter',
        'leave' => 'onLeave',
    ),
    'slider' => array(
        'complete' => 'onComplete',
        'change' => 'onChange',
        'direction' => 'mode',
        'step' => 'steps'
    )
)

Packages

Classes

Class MootoolsEngineHelper

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

domReady() public

drag() public

drop() public

each() public

effect() public

event() public

get() public

request() public

serializeForm() public

slider() public

sortable() public

Method Detail

domReady() public ¶

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drag() public ¶

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See

drop() public ¶

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each() public ¶

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effect() public ¶

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event() public ¶

Options

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get() public ¶

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request() public ¶

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serializeForm() public ¶

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See

slider() public ¶

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See

sortable() public ¶

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Methods inherited from JsBaseEngineHelper

_mapOptions() protected ¶

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_parseOptions() protected ¶

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_prepareCallbacks() protected ¶

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_processOptions() protected ¶

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_toQuerystring() protected ¶

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_utf8ToHex() protected ¶

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alert() public ¶

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confirm() public ¶

`$_callbackArguments` ¶

`$_optionMap` ¶