[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30505: Backbone subviews cannot be attached directly to DOM elements

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#30505: Backbone subviews cannot be attached directly to DOM elements
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 Reporter:  rmccue          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:  javascript
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Comment (by adamsilverstein):

 Replying to [comment:6 georgestephanis]:
 > Isn't the reason that this requires selectors and not elements so that
 it can "re-find" the subviews after a render of the parent view?  If it
 was a reference to the prior element itself, wouldn't that reference then
 be broken upon a redraw of the parent?

 Indeed - internally wp.backbone keeps track of the subviews that have been
 added to a view - these can be added, removed and replaced etc.
 independently. I think the reference as a string (for the 'selector')
 makes sense.

 Note that you CAN add subviews without a selector, in which case the
 subview is 'attached' to the root element of the parent view.

 @rmccue can you try your code **without** a selector at all? just pass the
 view(s) and options to `wp.Backbone.View.add` (the selector is optional) -
 does that do what you need?

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