shrinkWrap in ExtJS 4 and 5 Containers

ExtJS Containers and Panels are typically sized by their parent container’s layout. Traveling up the layout chain typically leads to a Viewport, which occupies the available screen space; i.e. (view in Sencha Fiddle):

sample viewport

Now what about those times when you want to use these beautiful panels as the actual content, rather than as holders of other content? In other words, how can we make the Panels size based on their content (rather than as dictated by their parent’s layout)? The end result might look something like this:

sample panel shrinkWrap

Read on to find out how its done and what caveats exist…

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ExtJS5 has 3 different scrolling systems?

Diving into ExtJS 5 and talking to some of the engineers behind it I’m forming the conclusion that there are 3 distinct scrolling systems being employed in ExtJS 5. What are they?

  1. For traditional “mouse-only” desktops – using the native browser overflow: scroll
  2. For mobile “touch-only” devices – using Sencha Touch’s kinetic “momentum” JS scrolling
  3. For hybrids that have both mouse and touch support (i.e. MS Surface or Google Pixel) – using some sort of a hybrid of #1 and #2 where the JS kinetic scroller kicks in on tap-drag

I’d love to dissect this on an HTML level…

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ExtJS5 vs ExtJS4 Config System

With ExtJS5 beta announced last week there were clear efforts on behalf of ExtJS 5 to behave closer to Sencha Touch in regards to utilizing the unique and powerful config system. Last year I wrote ExtJS vs. Touch Config System article to highlight some important differences. Today I’d like to explore this topic in the context of different versions of ExtJS 4 and ExtJS 5 beta.

ExtJS5 config

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