Class ViewModule

Deprecated

me should only be accessed from the fin global (FinApi.me); access through entity classes is not guaranteed to behave sensibly in all calling contexts.

Creates a new View.

Example

let view;
async function createView() {
    const me = await fin.Window.getCurrent();
    return fin.View.create({
        name: 'viewNameCreate',
        target: me.identity,
        bounds: {top: 10, left: 10, width: 200, height: 200}
    });
}

createView()
    .then((createdView) => {
        view = createdView;
        console.log('View created.', view);
        view.navigate('https://google.com');
        console.log('View navigated to given url.');
    })
    .catch(err => console.log(err));
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Note that created views needs to navigate somewhere for them to actually render a website.

Asynchronously returns a View object that represents the current view

Example

fin.View.getCurrent()
    .then(view => console.log('current view', view))
    .catch(err => console.log(err));

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Synchronously returns a View object that represents the current view

Example

const view = fin.View.getCurrentSync();
console.log(view);

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Asynchronously returns an API handle for the given View identity.

Remarks

Wrapping a View identity that does not yet exist will not throw an error, and instead returns a stub object that cannot yet perform rendering tasks. This can be useful for plumbing eventing for a View throughout its entire lifecycle.

Example

fin.View.wrap({ uuid: 'testViewUuid', name: 'testViewName' }))
    .then(view => console.log('wrapped view', view))
    .catch(err => console.log(err));
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Synchronously returns an API handle for the given View identity.

Remarks

Wrapping a View identity that does not yet exist will not throw an error, and instead returns a stub object that cannot yet perform rendering tasks. This can be useful for plumbing eventing for a View throughout its entire lifecycle.

Example

const view = fin.View.wrapSync({ uuid: 'testView', name: 'testViewName' });
await view.hide();
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