>From my understanding - elements are just there as an option to show
common views - such as a site with a top-level navigation bar that's
the same throughout a website. I'm not sure why you would wish to
extend or make us of them as much as you explained above - and using
your analogy of trying to
I've been struggling with the well-trodden issue of wanting stand-
alone elements to use requestAction() to isolate their data needs from
their hosting controllers, and the good vs evil of that approach.
I'm less concerned with the performance aspects than the architectural
aspects.
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