Using more than one controller with ExtJS 4 MVC

Question

Let\'s say I have a main controller, then my application has a controller for each \"module\". This main controller contains the viewport, then a header (with a menu) + a \"

Answer 1

In main controller add child controller in the click event handler of menu

Ext.define('MyAPP.controller.MainController',{
...
  init:function()
  {
    this.control({
     'menulink':
     {
        click:this.populateCenterPanel
     }
    });
  },
  populateCenterPanel:function()
  {
    this.getController('ChildController');
  }
});

In launch function add listener to controller add event like this -

Ext.application({
...
  launch:function(){
    this.controllers.addListener('add',this.newControllerAdded,this);
  },

  newControllerAdded:function(idx, ctrlr, token){
    ctrlr.init();
  }
});

Now put code for dynamically embedding views in the viewport in init method of ChildController.

Ext.define('MyAPP.controller.ChildController',{
...
  refs: [
    {ref:'displayPanel',selector:'panel[itemId=EmbedHere]'}
  ]
  init:function(){
    var panel=this.getDisplayPanel();
    panel.removeAll();
    panel.add({
      xtype:'mycustomview',
      flex:1,
      autoHeight:true,
      ...
    });
  }
});

HTH :)