• Obtaining the Current View Name
• Listing the Usable Views
• Switching between Views
• Obtaining View Parameters

views is required with jQuery.view and jQuery.views

<ModulePrefs title="opensocial-jquery">
<Require feature="views" />
</ModulePrefs>

Obtaining the Current View Name

jQuery.view can be used to obtain the current view name.

  var name = jQuery.view();
  console.log(name); // 'home', 'canvas', ... 

Listing the Usable Views

jQuery.views can be used to list the usable views

   var names = jQuery.views();
   console.log(names); // ['home', 'canvas', ...]
   if (jQuery.inArray('canvas', names) != -1) {
     // This container supports the canvas view. 
   }

Switching between Views

jQuery.view can be used to switch between views

  jQuery.view('canvas');

Moreover, parameters can be specified when you switch between views

  jQuery.view('canvas', { tag: 'dog' } );

Obtaining View Parameters

jQuery can be used to obtain view parameters

  jQuery(function($, data) {
    console.log(data.tag); // 'dog'
  });

Moreover, jQuery.fn.ready can be used to get the same result

  jQuery(document).ready(function($, data) {
    console.log(data.tag); // 'dog'
  });