README.md

Ventus WM

A window manager experiment written in Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3.

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Creating a new window manager

var wm = new Ventus.WindowManager();

Creating a new empty window

var window = wm.createWindow({
	title: 'A new window',
	x: 50,
	y: 50,
	width: 400,
	height: 250
});

window.open();

Creating a new window wrapping a DOM Element

Using a query

wm.createWindow.fromQuery('#element .selector', {
	title: 'My App',
	width: 330,
	height: 400,
	x: 670,
	y: 60
});

Using a reference

wm.createWindow.fromElement(domElement, {
	title: 'My App',
	width: 500,
	height: 500,
	x: 0,
	y: 0
});

Listening to events

Defining handlers in constructor

var window = wm.createWindow({
	title: 'A new window',
	events: {
		open: function() {
			console.log('The window was open');
		},
		
		closed: function() {
			console.log('The window was closed');
		},
	}
});

Using the 'signals' property

var window = wm.createWindow({
	title: 'A new window'
});

window.signals.on('open', function() {
	console.log('The window was open');
});

Destroying a window

When a window is closed the content is not destroyed by default. This way windows can be open again keeping the wrapped DOM element. To completely destroy the window, the method 'destroy' needs to be called:

var window = wm.createWindow({
	title: 'A new window',
	events: {
		closed: function() {
			this.destroy();
		}
	}
});