Backbone Template

Standard fiddle

by beej

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.1.4/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.3.3/backbone-min.js"></script>
<div id="search_container">a</div>
<script type="text/template" id="search_template">
    <label>Search</label>
    <input type="text" id="search_input" />
    <input type="button" id="search_button" value="Search" />
</script>

JavaScript

SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
    initialize: function(){
        this.render();
    },
    render: function(){
        // Compile the template using underscore
        var template = _.template( $("#search_template").html(), {} );
        // Load the compiled HTML into the Backbone "el"
        this.el.html( template );
    },
    events: {
        "click input[type=button]": "doSearch"  
    },
    doSearch: function( event ){
        // Button clicked, you can access the element that was clicked with event.currentTarget
        alert( "Search for " + $("#search_input").val() );
    }
});
    
var search_view = new SearchView({ el: $("#search_container") });