How to create custom events and listen to them?

[karazy]

Hi,

I have a Controller A which has a store S listening to a load event.
When the load event fires I throw a custom event

this.fireEvent('customEvent');

In a Controller B config method I set up a button listening to this event.

buttonButton: {           	 
            	 'customEvent': function() {
            		 console.log('custom EVENT');
            	 }
             }

The store correctly fires the event but the button doesn't react to it.

[mitchellsimoens]

Are you using the fireEvent on the button or is the button listening to the event?

[karazy]

Currently I fire the event from the store. The button listens to the event by setting it up in a controllers init method.

this.control({
             button: {     	 
            	 'myOrdersLoaded': function() {
            		 console.log('custom EVENT');
            	 }
             }
		 });

[mitchellsimoens]

Ok but the button won't know about it. The button needs to directly set a listener onto the store and fire the event on itself