[2.0.x][FIXED] Button.ownerCt is undefined for Panel.buttons

[jameyg]

A button's ownerCt is undefined if added to a Panel using the "buttons" config option or Panel.addButton(). A similar bug exists for tbar and bbar. There's workarounds using class selectors, but this should still be tracked as a bug.

new Ext.Panel({
    buttons: [
        {text: 'Submit', handler: function() {alert(this.ownerCt)}}
    ]
}); 

From a behavior perspective, I expected the ownerCt to be the Panel itself (since a Panel's footer is conceptually a region of the Panel vs. a child container). This same argument wouldn't apply to the similar tbar, bbar bugs (whose owner is logically the Toolbar).

For a more practical example of where this is an issue, here's an example of me being lazy w/ handling form submits.

Ext.override(Ext.form.FormPanel, {
    addButton: function(cfg,handler,scope) {
        var btn = Ext.form.FormPanel.superclass.addButton.apply(this, arguments);
        btn.setHandler(function(){ this.ownerCt.getForm().submit());
    }
}); 

[dawesi]

bump

[jack.slocum]

Neither of these is a bug, but only because they are not items in an Ext.Container. ownerCt is only set on components specifically declared as items of a Ext.Container.

However, this has been requested quite a few times and in SVN we have added that both are set. Cheers!

[dawesi]

what about creating ownerTb on toolbar buttons and having ownerCt point to the panel the toolbar is in (button/menu/etc could inherit this from their parent)

[jack.slocum]

We only want a single property to maintain. Beyond that cross linking would be a nightmare to maintain across moves etc.

In 3.0 it's all automated, as Toolbars are Containers.

[dawesi]

When would we expect the first alpha test version of Ext 3.0? It says winter 2008... that's two months away here in Australia :-)

[nightwatch]

Hello,

What's the current status of the problem mentioned here? I'm working with Ext 2.2 and ownerCt is still undefined for toolbar buttons in a panel...
And what about 3.0 - is it going to be released soon?

Best regards
Rafal