Big component restructure/overhaul

framework/core/ember/app/components/button-item.js

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-export default Ember.View.extend({
-	title: '',
-	icon: '',
-	class: '',
-	action: null,
-
-	tagName: 'a',
-	classNames: ['btn'],
-	classNameBindings: ['class', 'disabled'],
-
-	layout: Ember.Handlebars.compile('{{#if view.icon}}{{fa-icon view.icon class="fa-fw"}} {{/if}}<span class="label">{{view.title}}</span>'),
-
-	click: function() {
-		this.action();
-	}
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/discussion-post.js

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-import Menu from '../utils/menu';
-import MenuItem from '../components/menu-item';
-
-export default Ember.View.extend({
-	tagName: 'article',
-	templateName: 'discussion-post',
-
-	controls: null,
-
-	contentComponent: function() {
-		return 'post-type-'+this.get('post.type');
-	}.property('post.type'),
-
-	classNames: ['post'],
-	classNameBindings: ['post.deleted', 'post.edited'],
-
-	construct: function() {
-		this.set('controls', Menu.create());
-
-		var post = this.get('post');
-
-		if (post.get('deleted')) {
-			this.addControl('restore', 'Restore', 'reply', 'canEdit');
-			this.addControl('delete', 'Delete', 'times', 'canDelete');
-		} else {
-			if (post.get('type') == 'comment') {
-				this.addControl('edit', 'Edit', 'pencil', 'canEdit');
-				this.addControl('hide', 'Delete', 'times', 'canEdit');
-			} else {
-				this.addControl('delete', 'Delete', 'times', 'canDelete');
-			}
-		}
-	}.on('init'),
-
-	didInsertElement: function() {
-		this.$().hide().fadeIn('slow');
-	},
-
-	addControl: function(tag, title, icon, permissionAttribute) {
-		if (permissionAttribute && ! this.get('post').get(permissionAttribute)) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		var self = this;
-		var action = function(post) {
-			self.get('controller').send(actionName, post);
-		};
-
-		var item = MenuItem.extend({title: title, icon: icon, action: action});
-		this.get('controls').addItem(tag, item);
-	}
-
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/discussions/discussion-listing.js

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-
 import Ember from 'ember';
-import Menu from '../utils/menu';
-import MenuItem from '../components/menu-item';
 
-export default Ember.View.extend({
+import TaggedArray from '../../utils/tagged-array';
+import ActionButton from '../ui/controls/action-button';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
 
 	_init: function() {
-		this.set('controls', Menu.create());
+		// this.set('controls', Menu.create());
 	}.on('init'),
 
 	tagName: 'li',
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default Ember.View.extend({
 		'discussion.following:following',
 		'active'
 	],
-	templateName: 'discussions-result',
+	templateName: 'components/discussions/discussion-listing',
 
 	active: function() {
 		return this.get('childViews').anyBy('active');

framework/core/ember/app/components/discussions/post.js

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+import TaggedArray from '../../utils/tagged-array';
+import ActionButton from '../ui/controls/action-button';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+	tagName: 'article',
+	templateName: 'components/discussions/post',
+
+	// controls: null,
+
+	contentComponent: function() {
+		return 'discussions/post-'+this.get('post.type');
+	}.property('post.type'),
+
+	classNames: ['post'],
+	classNameBindings: ['post.deleted', 'post.edited'],
+
+	construct: function() {
+		// this.set('controls', Menu.create());
+
+		// var post = this.get('post');
+
+		// if (post.get('deleted')) {
+		// 	this.addControl('restore', 'Restore', 'reply', 'canEdit');
+		// 	this.addControl('delete', 'Delete', 'times', 'canDelete');
+		// } else {
+		// 	if (post.get('type') == 'comment') {
+		// 		this.addControl('edit', 'Edit', 'pencil', 'canEdit');
+		// 		this.addControl('hide', 'Delete', 'times', 'canEdit');
+		// 	} else {
+		// 		this.addControl('delete', 'Delete', 'times', 'canDelete');
+		// 	}
+		// }
+	}.on('init'),
+
+	didInsertElement: function() {
+		this.$().hide().fadeIn('slow');
+	},
+
+	addControl: function(tag, title, icon, permissionAttribute) {
+		if (permissionAttribute && ! this.get('post').get(permissionAttribute)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var self = this;
+		var action = function(post) {
+			self.get('controller').send(actionName, post);
+		};
+
+		var item = MenuItem.extend({title: title, icon: icon, action: action});
+		this.get('controls').addItem(tag, item);
+	}
+
+});

framework/core/ember/app/components/discussions/stream-item.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 // single item may represent a single post, or it may represent a gap of many
 // posts which have not been loaded.
 
-export default Ember.View.extend({
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
 	classNames: ['item'],
 	classNameBindings: ['item.gap:gap', 'loading', 'direction'],
 	attributeBindings: [

framework/core/ember/app/components/discussions/stream-scrollbar.js

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-import MenuItem from '../components/menu-item';
+import Scrollbar from '../../utils/scrollbar';
-import Scrollbar from '../utils/scrollbar';
+import PostStreamMixin from '../../mixins/post-stream';
-import PostStreamMixin from '../mixins/post-stream';
 
 export default Ember.View.extend(PostStreamMixin, {
 
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ export default Ember.View.extend(PostStreamMixin, {
     @property templateName
     @type String
   */
-  templateName: 'components/discussion-scrollbar',
+  templateName: 'components/discussions/stream-scrollbar',
   classNames: ['scrubber', 'discussion-scrubber'],
 
   // An object which represents/ecapsulates the scrollbar.

framework/core/ember/app/components/dropdown-button.js

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-import MenuItemContainer from '../components/menu-item-container';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-    items: null, // NamedContainerView/Menu
-    layoutName: 'components/dropdown-button',
-    classNames: ['dropdown', 'btn-group'],
-    classNameBindings: ['itemCountClass'],
-
-    title: 'Controls',
-    icon: 'ellipsis-v',
-    buttonClass: 'btn-default',
-    menuClass: 'pull-right',
-
-    dropdownMenuClass: function() {
-    	return 'dropdown-menu '+this.get('menuClass');
-    }.property('menuClass'),
-
-    itemCountClass: function() {
-        return 'item-count-'+this.get('items.length');
-    }.property('items'),
-
-    containedItems: function() {
-        var contained = [];
-        this.get('items').forEach(function(item) {
-            if (item.tagName != 'li') {
-                contained.push(MenuItemContainer.extend({
-                    item: item
-                }));
-            } else {
-                contained.push(item);
-            }
-        });
-        return contained;
-    }.property('items.[]')
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/dropdown-split.js

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-import MenuItemContainer from '../components/menu-item-container';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-    items: null, // NamedContainerView/Menu
-    layoutName: 'components/dropdown-split',
-    classNames: ['dropdown', 'dropdown-split', 'btn-group'],
-    classNameBindings: ['itemCountClass'],
-
-    buttonClass: 'btn-default',
-    menuClass: 'pull-right',
-    icon: 'ellipsis-v',
-
-    mainButtonClass: function() {
-    	return 'btn '+this.get('buttonClass');
-    }.property('buttonClass'),
-
-    dropdownMenuClass: function() {
-    	return 'dropdown-menu '+this.get('menuClass');
-    }.property('menuClass'),
-
-    itemCountClass: function() {
-        return 'item-count-'+this.get('items.length');
-    }.property('items'),
-
-    containedItems: function() {
-        var contained = [];
-        this.get('items').forEach(function(item) {
-            if (item.tagName != 'li') {
-                contained.push(MenuItemContainer.extend({
-                    item: item
-                }));
-            } else {
-                contained.push(item);
-            }
-        });
-        return contained;
-    }.property('items.[]')
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/item-collection.js

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-    tagName: 'ul',
-    layoutName: 'components/item-collection',
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/menu-list.js

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-    tagName: 'ul',
-    layoutName: 'components/menu-list'
-});

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/action-button.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-var MenuItem = Ember.Component.extend({
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
     title: '',
     icon: '',
     className: '',
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ var MenuItem = Ember.Component.extend({
     divider: false,
     active: false,
 
+    classNames: ['btn', 'btn-default'],
+
     tagName: 'a',
     attributeBindings: ['href'],
     classNameBindings: ['className'],
@@ -19,14 +21,4 @@ var MenuItem = Ember.Component.extend({
         // this.sendAction('action');
         this.get('action')();
     }
-});
+});
-
-MenuItem.reopenClass({
-    separator: function() {
-        return this.create({
-            divider: true
-        });
-    }
-})
-
-export default MenuItem;

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/dropdown-button.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+    items: null, // TaggedArray
+    layoutName: 'components/ui/controls/dropdown-button',
+    classNames: ['dropdown', 'btn-group'],
+    classNameBindings: ['itemCountClass'],
+
+    title: 'Controls',
+    icon: 'ellipsis-v',
+    buttonClass: 'btn-default',
+    menuClass: 'pull-right',
+
+    dropdownMenuClass: function() {
+    	return 'dropdown-menu '+this.get('menuClass');
+    }.property('menuClass'),
+
+    itemCountClass: function() {
+        return 'item-count-'+this.get('items.length');
+    }.property('items.length')    
+});

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/dropdown-select.js

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-import Menu from '../utils/menu';
-
 export default Ember.Component.extend({
     items: [],
-    layoutName: 'components/dropdown-select',
+    layoutName: 'components/ui/controls/dropdown-select',
     classNames: ['dropdown', 'dropdown-select', 'btn-group'],
     classNameBindings: ['itemCountClass'],
 
@@ -24,7 +22,12 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
         return 'item-count-'+this.get('items.length');
     }.property('items.length'),
 
-    currentItem: function() {
+    activeItem: function() {
         return this.get('menu.childViews').findBy('active');
     }.property('menu.childViews.@each.active')
+
+}).reopenClass({
+    createWithItems: function(items) {
+        return this.create({items: items});
+    }
 });

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/dropdown-split.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+import DropdownButton from './dropdown-button';
+
+export default DropdownButton.extend({
+    layoutName: 'components/ui/controls/dropdown-split',
+    classNames: ['dropdown', 'dropdown-split', 'btn-group'],
+
+    mainButtonClass: function() {
+    	return 'btn '+this.get('buttonClass');
+    }.property('buttonClass'),
+
+    firstItem: function() {
+        return this.get('items').objectAt(0);
+    }.property('items.[]')
+});

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/item-list.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+import ComponentItem from '../items/component-item';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+    tagName: 'ul',
+    layoutName: 'components/ui/controls/item-list',
+
+    listItems: function() {
+        if (!this.get('items')) return [];
+        var listItems = [];
+        this.get('items').forEach(function(item) {
+            if (item.tagName != 'li') {
+                item = ComponentItem.extend({component: item});
+            }
+            listItems.push(item);
+        });
+        return listItems;
+    }.property('items.[]')
+});

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/loading-indicator.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
 export default Ember.Component.extend({
-
 	classNames: ['loading'],
 
 	layout: Ember.Handlebars.compile(' '),
@@ -9,5 +8,4 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
 	didInsertElement: function() {
 		this.$().spin(this.get('size'));
 	}
-
 });

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/controls/select-input.js

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
 export default Ember.View.extend({
-
 	tagName: 'span',
 	classNames: ['select'],
 	layout: Ember.Handlebars.compile('{{view "select" content=view.content optionValuePath=view.optionValuePath optionLabelPath=view.optionLabelPath value=view.value}} {{fa-icon "sort"}}')
-
 });

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/items/component-item.js

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 
 export default Ember.Component.extend({
     tagName: 'li',
-    layoutName: 'components/menu-item-container'
+    layoutName: 'components/ui/items/component-item'
 });

framework/core/ember/app/components/ui/items/separator-item.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
 export default Ember.Component.extend({
-    liClass: 'divider',
+    tagName: 'li',
-    active: false
+    classNames: ['divider']
-});
+});

framework/core/ember/app/templates/application.hbs

@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
 					{{/link-to}}
 				</h1>
 
-				{{menu-list items=headerPrimaryControls class="nav"}}
+				{{ui/controls/item-list items=headerPrimaryControls class="nav"}}
 
 			</div>
 
 			<div id="header-secondary">
 
 				<div class="search">
-					{{search-input placeholder="Search forum" value=searchQuery active=searchActive action="search"}}
+					{{ui/controls/search-input placeholder="Search forum" value=searchQuery active=searchActive action="search"}}
 				</div>
 
-				{{menu-list items=headerSecondaryControls}}
+				{{ui/controls/item-list items=headerSecondaryControls}}
 
 			</div>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	</main>
 
 	<footer id="footer">
-		{{menu-list items=footerControls}}
+		{{ui/controls/item-list items=footerControls}}
 	</footer>
 
 </div>

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/discussion-post.hbs

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{{#if view.controls}}
-    <div class="controls btn-group">
-        <button data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-default btn-icon btn-xs">{{fa-icon "caret-down"}}</button>
-        {{menu-list items=view.controls class="dropdown-menu pull-right"}}
-	</div>
-{{/if}}
-
-{{#link-to "discussion" view.post.discussion (query-params start=view.post.number) class="time"}}
-	{{abbreviate-time view.post.time}}
-    {{!-- #{{view.post.number}} (ID: {{view.post.id}}) --}}
-{{/link-to}}
-
-{{dynamic-component type=view.contentComponent post=view.post}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/discussions/discussion-listing.hbs

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-<div class="contextual-controls btn-group">
+{{ui/controls/dropdown-button items=controls class="contextual-controls"}}
-	<button class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-default btn-icon" data-toggle="dropdown">{{fa-icon "ellipsis-v"}}</button>
-	{{menu-list items=controls class="dropdown-menu pull-right"}}
-</div>
 
 <div class="discussion-summary">
 

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/discussions/post.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{!-- {{#if view.controls}}
+    <div class="controls btn-group">
+        <button data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-default btn-icon btn-xs">{{fa-icon "caret-down"}}</button>
+        {{menu-list items=controls class="dropdown-menu pull-right"}}
+	</div>
+{{/if}} --}}
+
+{{#link-to "discussion" post.discussion (query-params start=post.number) class="time"}}
+	{{abbreviate-time post.time}}
+{{/link-to}}
+
+{{dynamic-component type=contentComponent post=post}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/menu-item-container.hbs

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{view item}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/menu-list.hbs

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{{#each item in items}}
-    {{view item}}
-{{/each}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/ui/controls/dropdown-button.hbs

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
     	<span class="label">{{title}}</span>
         {{fa-icon "caret-down" class="icon-caret"}}
     </button>
-    {{menu-list items=containedItems class=dropdownMenuClass}}
+    {{ui/controls/item-list items=items class=dropdownMenuClass}}
 {{/if}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/ui/controls/dropdown-select.hbs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{#if items}}
     <button {{bind-attr class=":dropdown-toggle :btn buttonClass"}} data-toggle="dropdown">
-    	<span class="label">{{currentItem.title}}</span>
+    	<span class="label">{{activeItem.title}}</span>
         {{fa-icon "sort" class="icon-caret"}}
     </button>
-    {{menu-list items=items class=dropdownMenuClass viewName="menu"}}
+    {{ui/controls/item-list items=items class=dropdownMenuClass viewName="menu"}}
 {{/if}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/ui/controls/dropdown-split.hbs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {{#if items}}
-    {{view items.firstItem class=mainButtonClass}}
+    {{view firstItem class=mainButtonClass}}
     <button {{bind-attr class=":dropdown-toggle :btn buttonClass"}} data-toggle="dropdown">
         {{fa-icon "caret-down" class="icon-caret"}}
         {{fa-icon icon class="icon-glyph"}}
     </button>
-    {{menu-list items=containedItems class=dropdownMenuClass}}
+    {{ui/controls/item-list items=items class=dropdownMenuClass}}
 {{/if}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/ui/controls/item-list.hbs

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{{#each item in items}}
+{{#each item in listItems}}
     {{view item}}
 {{/each}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/components/ui/items/component-item.hbs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{view component}}

framework/core/ember/app/templates/composer.hbs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<h3>{{{title}}}</h3>
 
 	<div class="composer-editor">
-		{{text-editor placeholder=""}}
+		{{ui/controls/text-editor placeholder=""}}
 	</div>
 
 </div>

framework/core/ember/app/templates/discussions.hbs

@@ -1,44 +1,40 @@
 <div class="discussions-area">
 
 	<nav class="discussions-nav">
-		{{view view.sidebarView viewName="sidebar"}}
+		{{ui/controls/item-list items=view.sidebarItems}}
 	</nav>
 
 	<div class="discussions-results">
 
 		<div class="discussions-toolbar">
 			<div class="discussions-toolbar-view">
-				<span class="btn-group">
+				<span class="btn-group control-show">
-					{{#link-to (query-params show="discussions") class="btn btn-default btn-sm"}}{{fa-icon "bars"}}{{/link-to}}
+					{{#link-to (query-params show="discussions") class="btn btn-default"}}{{fa-icon "bars"}}{{/link-to}}
-					{{#link-to (query-params show="posts") class="btn btn-default btn-sm"}}{{fa-icon "square-o"}}{{/link-to}}
+					{{#link-to (query-params show="posts") class="btn btn-default"}}{{fa-icon "square-o"}}{{/link-to}}
 				</span>
 
-				{{select-input
+				{{ui/controls/select-input class="control-sort" content=sortOptions optionValuePath="content.sort" optionLabelPath="content.label" value=sort}}
-					content=sortOptions
-					optionValuePath="content.sort"
-					optionLabelPath="content.label"
-					value=sort}}
 			</div>
 			<div class="discussions-toolbar-action">
-				<button class="btn btn-default">{{fa-icon "check"}}</button>
+				{{#ui/controls/action-button class="control-markAsRead"}}{{fa-icon "check"}}{{/ui/controls/action-button}}
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
 		{{#if resultsLoading}}
-			{{loading-indicator size="small"}}
+			{{ui/controls/loading-indicator size="small"}}
 		{{else}}
 			<ul class="discussions-list">
 				{{#each discussion in content}}
-					{{discussions-list-item discussion=discussion}}
+					{{discussions/discussion-listing discussion=discussion}}
 				{{/each}}
 			</ul>
 
 			{{#if moreResults}}
 				<div class="load-more">
 					{{#if loadingMore}}
-						{{loading-indicator size="small"}}
+						{{ui/controls/loading-indicator size="small"}}
 					{{else}}
-						<button class="btn btn-default" {{action loadMore}}>Load More</button>
+						{{#ui/controls/action-button class="control-loadMore" action="loadMore"}}Load More{{/ui/controls/action-button}}
 					{{/if}}
 				</div>
 			{{/if}}

framework/core/ember/app/utils/menu.js

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-import NamedContainerView from './named-container-view';
-import MenuItemSeparator from '../components/menu-item-separator';
-
-export default NamedContainerView.extend({
-
-    i: 1,
-    addSeparator: function(index) {
-        var item = MenuItemSeparator;
-        this.addItem('separator'+(this.i++), item, index);
-    }
-
-});

framework/core/ember/app/utils/named-container-view.js

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-
-export default Ember.ArrayProxy.extend({
-
-    content: null,
-	namedViews: null,
-
-    init: function() {
-        this.set('content', Ember.A()); // this is an important line.
-        this.set('namedViews', Ember.Object.create());
-        this._super();
-    },
-
-	// Add an item to the container.
-	addItem: function(name, viewClass, index) {
-		// view = this.createChildView(view);
-
-		if (typeof index == 'undefined') {
-			index = this.get('length');
-		}
-		this.replace(index, 0, [viewClass]);
-		this.get('namedViews').set(name, viewClass);
-	},
-
-	// Remove an item from the container.
-	removeItem: function(name) {
-		this.removeObject(this.get('namedViews').get(name));
-		this.get('namedViews').set(name, null);
-	},
-
-	// Replace an item in the container with another one.
-	replaceItem: function(name, viewClass) {
-		// view = this.createChildView(view);
-
-		var oldView = this.get('namedViews').get(name);
-		var index = this.indexOf(oldView);
-		this.replace(index, 1, [viewClass])
-		this.get('namedViews').set(name, viewClass);
-	},
-
-	// Move an item in the container to a new position.
-	moveItem: function(name, index) {
-		var view = this.get('namedViews').get(name);
-		this.removeItem(name);
-		this.addItem(name, view, index);
-	},
-
-	firstItem: function() {
-    	return this.objectAt(0);
-    }.property('content.@each'),
-
-    getItem: function(name) {
-    	return this.get('namedViews').get(name);
-    }
-
-});

framework/core/ember/app/utils/tagged-array.js

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+export default Ember.ArrayProxy.extend({
+    content: null,
+	taggedObjects: null,
+
+    init: function() {
+        this.set('content', []);
+        this.set('taggedObjects', {});
+        this._super();
+    },
+
+    pushObjectWithTag: function(obj, tag) {
+    	this.insertAtWithTag(this.get('length'), obj, tag);
+    },
+
+    insertAtWithTag: function(idx, obj, tag) {
+    	this.insertAt(idx, obj);
+    	this.get('taggedObjects')[tag] = obj;
+    },
+
+    insertAfterTag: function(anchorTag, obj, tag) {
+    	var idx = this.indexOfTag(anchorTag);
+    	this.insertAtWithTag(idx + 1, obj, newTag);
+    },
+
+    insertBeforeTag: function(anchorTag, obj, tag) {
+    	var idx = this.indexOfTag(anchorTag);
+    	this.insertAtWithTag(idx - 1, obj, tag);
+    },
+
+    removeByTag: function(tag) {
+    	var idx = this.indexOfTag(tag);
+    	this.removeAt(idx);
+    	delete this.get('taggedObjects')[tag];
+    },
+
+    replaceByTag: function(tag, obj) {
+    	var idx = this.indexOfTag(tag);
+    	this.removeByTag(tag);
+    	this.insertAtWithTag(idx, obj, tag);
+    },
+
+    moveByTag: function(tag, idx) {
+    	var obj = this.objectByTag(tag);
+    	this.removeByTag(tag);
+    	this.insertAtWithTag(idx, obj, tag);
+    },
+
+    indexOfTag: function(tag) {
+    	return this.indexOf(this.get('taggedObjects')[tag]);
+    },
+
+    objectByTag: function(tag) {
+    	return this.get('taggedObjects')[tag];
+    }
+});

framework/core/ember/app/views/discussion.js

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-import NamedContainerView from '../utils/named-container-view';
+import TaggedArray from '../utils/tagged-array';
-import Menu from '../utils/menu';
+import ActionButton from '../components/ui/controls/action-button';
-import MenuItem from '../components/menu-item';
+import DropdownSplit from '../components/ui/controls/dropdown-split';
-import DropdownSplit from '../components/dropdown-split';
+import DropdownButton from '../components/ui/controls/dropdown-button';
-import DropdownButton from '../components/dropdown-button';
+import DiscussionScrollbar from '../components/discussions/stream-scrollbar';
-import DiscussionScrollbar from '../components/discussion-scrollbar';
 import PostStreamMixin from '../mixins/post-stream';
 
 export default Ember.View.extend(Ember.Evented, PostStreamMixin, {
 
-    sidebar: Ember.ContainerView,
+    sidebarItems: Ember.ContainerView,
 
     // Set up a new menu view that will contain controls to be shown in the
     // footer. The template will only render these controls if the last post is
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export default Ember.View.extend(Ember.Evented, PostStreamMixin, {
     didInsertElement: function() {
 
         // We've just inserted the discussion view.
-        this.trigger('populateSidebar', this.get('sidebar'));
+        // this.trigger('populateSidebar', this.get('sidebar'));
 
         // Whenever the window's scroll position changes, we want to check to
         // see if any terminal 'gaps' are in the viewport and trigger their
@@ -60,14 +59,14 @@ export default Ember.View.extend(Ember.Evented, PostStreamMixin, {
     },
 
     setupSidebar: function(sidebar) {
-        this.set('controls', Menu.create());
+        var items = TaggedArray.create();
-        this.trigger('populateControls', this.get('controls'));
+        this.trigger('populateControls', items);
-        sidebar.pushObject(DropdownSplit.create({
+        sidebarItems.pushObject(DropdownSplit.create({
-            items: this.get('controls'),
+            items: items,
             icon: 'reply',
             buttonClass: 'btn-primary',
             menuClass: 'pull-right'
-        }));
+        }), 'controls');
 
         sidebar.pushObject(DropdownButton.create({items: this.get('controls')}));
 

framework/core/ember/app/views/discussions.js

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-import DropdownSelect from '../components/dropdown-select';
+import DropdownSelect from '../components/ui/controls/dropdown-select';
-import ButtonItem from '../components/button-item';
+import ActionButton from '../components/ui/controls/action-button';
-import NavItem from '../components/nav-item';
+import NavItem from '../components/ui/items/nav-item';
-import Menu from '../utils/menu';
+import TaggedArray from '../utils/tagged-array';
 
 export default Ember.View.extend({
 
-	sidebarView: Ember.ContainerView.extend(),
+	sidebarItems: null,
 
 	classNameBindings: ['pinned'],
 
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export default Ember.View.extend({
 
 	didInsertElement: function() {
 
-		this.trigger('populateSidebar', this.get('sidebar'));
+		var sidebarItems = TaggedArray.create();
+		this.trigger('populateSidebar', sidebarItems);
+		this.set('sidebarItems', sidebarItems);
 
 		var view = this;
 
@@ -58,44 +60,37 @@ export default Ember.View.extend({
 		});
 	},
 
-	setupSidebar: function(sidebar) {
+	populateSidebarDefault: function(sidebar) {
-        sidebar.pushObject(ButtonItem.create({
+		var newDiscussion = ActionButton.create({
         	title: 'Start a Discussion',
         	icon: 'edit',
         	class: 'btn-primary'
-        }));
+        })
+        sidebar.pushObjectWithTag(newDiscussion, 'newDiscussion');
 
-        var nav = Menu.create();
+        var nav = TaggedArray.create();
         this.trigger('populateNav', nav);
-        sidebar.pushObject(DropdownSelect.create({
+        sidebar.pushObjectWithTag(DropdownSelect.createWithItems(nav), 'nav');
-            items: nav
-        }));
     }.on('populateSidebar'),
 
-    setupNav: function(nav) {
+    populateNavDefault: function(nav) {
-        nav.addItem('all', NavItem.create({
+        nav.pushObjectWithTag(NavItem.create({
 			title: 'All Discussions',
 			icon: 'comments-o',
 			linkTo: '"discussions" (query-params filter="")'
-		}));
+		}), 'all');
 
-		nav.addItem('private', NavItem.create({
+		nav.pushObjectWithTag(NavItem.create({
 			title: 'Private',
 			icon: 'envelope-o',
 			linkTo: '"discussions" (query-params filter="private")'
-		}));
+		}), 'private');
 
-		nav.addItem('following', NavItem.create({
+		nav.pushObjectWithTag(NavItem.create({
 			title: 'Following',
 			icon: 'star',
 			linkTo: '"discussions" (query-params filter="following")'
-		}));
+		}), 'following');
-
-		nav.addItem('categories', NavItem.create({
-			title: 'Categories',
-			icon: 'reorder',
-			linkTo: '"categories"'
-		}));
     }.on('populateNav'),
 
 	willDestroyElement: function() {