radekstepan / backbone.js-which-view

Shows a tooltip saying which backbone.js View we are hovering over

A CoffeeScript Class that monitors all elements in the body with data-view attribute and show them in a browser tooltip.

Requirements:

• CoffeeScript
• (Backbone.js)
• (Twitter Bootstrap 2.0)

Usage:

1. new ViewTooltip within for example your backbone.js View maintaining your whole app layout.
2. Make sure that you actually set the data-view attr on your elements. A good place is at the end of your render functions.

Notes:

• Code works with current and future elements being created.
• As events fire at different times, care is taken to always show accurately the deepest nested View we are hovering over (through timeout).