BasesView

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View for the Bases plugin.

Import:

import { BasesView } from 'obsidian';

Signature:

export class BasesView extends Component

Extends: Component

Constructor

new BasesView(leaf: WorkspaceLeaf, basesPluginInstance: BasesPluginInstance)

Constructor.

Properties

	Property	Type	Description
	_children	Component[]	Child Components attached to current component, will be unloaded on unloading parent component. (Inherited from Component)
	_events	EventRef[]	Events that are attached to the current component, will be detached on unloading parent component. (Inherited from Component)
	_loaded	boolean	Whether the component and its children are loaded. (Inherited from Component)
	allProperties	BasesPropertyId[]	All available properties from the dataset.
	app	App	Reference to the app instance.
	config	BasesViewConfig	The config object for this view.
	controller	BasesController	The controller for the view.
	data	BasesQueryResult	The most recent output from executing the bases query, applying filters, and evaluating formulas. This object will be replaced with a new result set when changes to the vault or Bases config occur, so views should not keep a reference to it. Also note the contained obsidian#BasesEntry objects will be recreated.
	lastData	string	The last data of the view.
	plugin	BasesPluginInstance	Bases plugin.
	query	BasesQuery	The query for the view.
	queryController	QueryController	The query controller driving this view.
	redoStack	BasesViewTransaction[]	The redo stack of transactions.
	type	string	The type ID of this view
	undoStack	BasesViewTransaction[]	The undo stack of transactions.

Methods

	Method	Returns	Description
	addChild(component)	T	Adds a child component, loading it if this component is loaded. (Inherited from Component)
	copyToClipboard()	void	Copies the current table to the clipboard (as TSV and Markdown).
	createFileForView(baseFileName?, frontmatterProcessor?)	Promise<void>	Display the new note menu for a file with the provided filename and optionally a function to modify the frontmatter.
	createGroupHeadingEl(group)	HTMLElement | null	Creates the heading element for a result group.
	createRenderer(property, el)	unknown	Creates a property-value renderer for a property within a container element.
	createTransaction(callback)	Promise<void>	Runs a batch of property changes as one transaction that can be undone and redone.
	exportTable()	unknown	Builds an exportable representation of the current table.
	focus()	void	Focuses the view.
	getEphemeralState()	Record<string, unknown>	Gets the view's ephemeral (non-persisted) state.
	getViewActions()	unknown[]	Gets the view's toolbar actions.
	getViewType()	typeof ViewType.Bases	Get view type.
	load()	void	Load this component and its children. (Inherited from Component)
	onDataUpdated()	void	Called when there is new data for the query. This view should rerender with the updated data.
	onLayoutChange()	void	Called when the layout of the view changes.
	onload()	void	Override this to load your component. (Inherited from Component)
	onResize()	void	Handles a resize of the view container.
	onunload()	void	Override this to unload your component (Inherited from Component)
	onViewChanged()	void	Called when the view changes.
	receiveSyncState(fileView)	void	Receives the sync state.
	redoTransaction()	Promise<void>	Redoes the most recently undone transaction.
	register(cb)	void	Registers a callback to be called when unloading. (Inherited from Component)
	registerDomEvent(el, type, callback, options?)	void	Registers a DOM event to be detached when unloading. (Inherited from Component)
	registerDomEvent(el, type, callback, options?)	void	Registers a DOM event to be detached when unloading (Inherited from Component)
	registerDomEvent(el, type, callback, options?)	void	Registers a DOM event to be detached when unloading (Inherited from Component)
	registerEvent(eventRef)	void	Registers an event to be detached when unloading. (Inherited from Component)
	registerInterval(id)	number	Registers an interval (from setInterval) to be cancelled when unloading. Use window.setInterval instead of setInterval to avoid TypeScript confusing between NodeJS vs Browser API (Inherited from Component)
	registerScopeEvent(keymapEventHandler)	void	Register a scope keymap event handler to be removed on unload. (Inherited from Component)
	removeChild(component)	T	Removes a child component, unloading it. (Inherited from Component)
	saveQuery(query)	void	Saves the query.
	setEphemeralState(state)	void	Restores the view's ephemeral state.
	undoTransaction()	Promise<void>	Undoes the most recent transaction.
	unload()	void	Override this to unload your component. (Inherited from Component)
	updateCurrentFile(file)	void	Updates the current file.
	updateProperty(file, property, value)	Promise<void>	Updates a single frontmatter property on a file within a transaction.

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Links to this page:

• BasesViewTransaction
• getBasesViewConstructor
• QueryController