Mastering ArcGIS Server Development with JavaScript

Working with other _Mixins

The _WidgetBase module may not provide all the widget functionality your application will need. The dijit package provides mixins, or JavaScript object extensions, for your widget. These mixins can provide HTML templates, event handling for clicks, touches, focus, and a lack thereof, for example. Loading the right mixin with your application can save you a lot of behavior coding. Let's take a look at some of the ones we may use.

Adding _TemplatedMixin

The _TemplatedMixin module lets the module replace its existing HTML content with either a string template, or HTML from another source. The widget's template string is assigned through the templateString property. This allows the widget to skip a possibly complicated buildRendering ...