Containers vs Panels for MVC

[bweiler]

I have been extending Containers for MVC views instead of Panels in my app since the documentation doesn't mention any significant difference between the two and generally higher level components means fewer html div levels. Am I missing something or should I use Containers instead of Panels except for forms and carousels?

Thanks

[mitchellsimoens]

You are correct... the only thing Panel does is add some CSS.

[estesbubba]

At SenchaCon it was mentioned that panels might end up going away in ST2

[mitchellsimoens]

At SenchaCon it was mentioned that panels might end up going away in ST2

Jamie did say that but for now it's not holding weight. We are almost in the beta release where the api is frozen and any release (2.1... 2.2... etc) will need backwards compat with 2.0 so it looks like Panel is sticking around.

[edspencer]

Yea we're not getting rid of Panel - they don't do a lot in ST2 but the pain involved in removing them does not justify the (small) benefits

[bweiler]

I recently discovered that Ext.Panels are required to create floating panels. Extending Ext.Container does not work when creating floating panels.