jQuery/JS Common - Utils
This section describes an API that can be used in different application parts such as UI components, data and the application framework.
animationPresets
To avoid defining animations each time you animate an element(s), register different animations in the DevExtreme.animationPresets repository and request them by associated names when required. This repository has a built-in set of animations. Here they are:
- fade
- stagger-fade
- slide
- stagger-slide
- ios7-slide
- overflow
- ios7-toolbar
- stagger-smooth-drop
- stagger-drop
- stagger-3d-drop
To populate the animationPresets repository with your animations, use the registerPreset(name, config) method. To get the required animation from the repository, use the getPreset(name) method.
config(config)
DevExpress.config({
rtlEnabled: true,
forceIsoDateParsing: false,
// ...
});
// ===== or when using modules =====
import config from "devextreme/core/config";
config({
rtlEnabled: true,
forceIsoDateParsing: false,
// ...
})devices
An object that serves as a namespace for the methods and events specifying information on the current device.
setTemplateEngine(name)
One of "underscore", "jsrender", "mustache", "hogan", "handlebars", and "doT".
Instead of a supported template engine, you can use the DevExpress.setTemplateEngine(options) method to define custom functions that compile and render templates.
setTemplateEngine(options)
TransitionExecutor
While there are scenarios when animating certain elements is required, there can be more complex scenarios when you need to perform a transition - several animations of different elements performed simultaneously. For instance, when you navigate from a view to another view in a mobile application, the content of the new view replaces the content of the old view. Moreover, the header can be animated differently from the rest of the content on both views. Thus, four different animations must be performed simultaneously. To simplify the implementation of such scenarios, the TransitionExecutor is implemented.
To register the set of animations to be performed simultaneously, use the enter(elements, animation) and leave(elements, animation) methods of the TransitionExecutor object. Use the enter(elements, animation) method to specify the elements that should appear ("enter") on the page with a specified animation. The leave(elements, animation) method should be called if there are elements that must disappear ("leave") from the page.
The TransitionExecutor object is also useful when a need arises to perform a staggered animation of elements when elements are animated with a slight delay after animation of each successive element starts resulting in a curtain-like effect. In this instance, each element should be registered with by the enter(elements, animation)/leave(elements, animation) method with the animation configuration where the staggerDelay property is specified.
To start a transition, call the start() method of the TransitionExecutor object. To clear the registered set of animations in the TransitionExecutor object, call the reset() method.
ui
An object that serves as a namespace for DevExtreme UI components as well as for methods implementing UI logic in DevExtreme sites/applications.
utils
An object that serves as a namespace for utility methods that can be helpful when working with the DevExtreme framework and UI components.