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

Use this.options to retrieve argumentr in view

 // Place holder
 


 var showNameView = Backbone.View.extend({
        el:'.contentName',
        initialize: function(){
            // Get name value by this.options.name
            this.render(this.options.name);
        },
        render: function(name){
            $('.contentName').html(name);
        }
    });

    $(document).ready(function(){
        // Passing name as argument to view
        var myName1 = new showNameView({name: 'Nishant'});
    });

Working Example: http://jsfiddle.net/Cpn3g/1771/