Basically what I need is to do something like this
App.CommentView = Backbone.View.extend({
className: function() {
if (this.model.get('parent_id')) {
return 'comment comment-reply';
} else {
return 'comment';
}
},
The problem is, that at the function passed to className is executed in context of the html of the view template, so I can't call this.model.
Is there any way I can access the model at this point in the rendering process? Or do I need to set the class later, for example in the render function?
This sounds like a job for model binding.
App.CommentView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function () {
// anytime the model's name attribute changes
this.listenTo(this.model, 'change:name', function (name) {
if (name === 'hi') {
this.$el.addClass('hi');
} else if......
});
},
render: function () {
// do initial dynamic class set here
}