How to add an onclick event to a joint.js element?

Question

I have a joint.js element in a DAG, and would like to be able to trigger an event by clicking on it.

I could use $(selector).click(...) to do it, but I was

Answer 1

You can also use Backbone itself to attach specific events to specific models. JointJS is just Backbone under the hood.

const newElement = new jointjs.shapes.devs.Model({....});
graph.addCell(newElement);

newElement
  .findView(paper)
  .$el.find('.Settings') // this is nested in the model / cell
  .click(() => {
    // do something
  });