Node (from EventEmitter)¶

The base node which everything inherits from.

Options¶

• screen - The screen to be associated with.
• parent - The desired parent.
• children - An arrray of children.

Properties¶

• Inherits all from EventEmitter.
• type - Type of the node (e.g. box).
• options - Original options object.
• parent - Parent node.
• screen - Parent screen.
• children - Array of node's children.
• data, _, $ - An object for any miscellanous user data.
• index - Render index (document order index) of the last render call.

Events¶

• Inherits all from EventEmitter.
• adopt - Received when node is added to a parent.
• remove - Received when node is removed from it's current parent.
• reparent - Received when node gains a new parent.
• attach - Received when node is attached to the screen directly or somewhere in its ancestry.
• detach - Received when node is detached from the screen directly or somewhere in its ancestry.

Methods¶

• Inherits all from EventEmitter.
• prepend(node) - Prepend a node to this node's children.
• append(node) - Append a node to this node's children.
• remove(node) - Remove child node from node.
• insert(node, i) - Insert a node to this node's children at index i.
• insertBefore(node, refNode) - Insert a node to this node's children before the reference node.
• insertAfter(node, refNode) - Insert a node from node after the reference node.
• detach() - Remove node from its parent.
• emitDescendants(type, args..., [iterator]) - Emit event for element, and recursively emit same event for all descendants.
• get(name, [default]) - Get user property with a potential default value.
• set(name, value) - Set user property to value.