In my simple project I have 2 views - a line item view (Brand) and App. I have attached function that allows selecting multiple items:

var BrandView = Backbone.View.extend({

...some code...

    toggle_select: function() {

        this.model.selected = !this.model.selected;

        if(this.model.selected) $(this.el).addClass('selected');

        else $(this.el).removeClass('selected');

        return this;

    }

});



var AppView = Backbone.View.extend({

...some code...

    delete_selected: function() {

        _.each(Brands.selected(), function(model){ 

            model.delete_selected();

        });

        return false;

    },

});

Thing is, I want to know how many items are selected. In this setup selecting is NOT affecting the model and thus not firing any events. And from MVC concept I understand that views should not be directly talking to other views. So how can AppView know that something is being selected in BrandViews?

And more specifically, I AppView to know how many items were selected, so if more than 1 is selected, I show a menu for multiple selection.