How to pass parameters to a view

Question

I have a series of buttons which when clicked display a popup menu positioned just below the button. I want to pass the position of button to the view. How can I do that?

Answer 1

As of backbone 1.1.0, the options argument is no longer attached automatically to the view (see issue 2458 for discussion). You now need to attach the options of each view manually:

MenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function(options) {
        _.extend(this, _.pick(options, "position", ...));
    }
});

new MenuView({
    collection: itemColl,
    position: this.getPosition(),
    ...
});

Alternatively you can use this mini plugin to auto-attach white-listed options, like so:

MenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
    options : ["position", ...] // options.position will be copied to this.position
});