backbone.js - Backbone 1.1.0 Views - Reading Options

Question

The changelog to Backbone.js 1.1.0 states:

Backbone Views no longer automatically attach options passed to the constructor as this.options, but you can do it yourself if you prefer.

My question is how can I do it now? previously, I had this.var = this.options.var regularly in my views.

Answer 1

If you want to access to passed options - just save them:

initialize: function (options) {
  this.options = options || {};
}

If you use ES6:

initialize (options = {}) {
  this.options = options;
}

If you want to save passed options for all Backbone.View's you can override constructor like ncksllvn suggested below.