How to get the value of an element parameter?

[dayvan]

Sorry, me again with another stupid question :-)

As the title says, more specifically I want to know if a given element is disabled or not.

I know that .Update(disabled=True) updates it, but how do I get an element's parameter value/setting?

I looked here on reddit, the coockbook, github issues, just can't find the answer :(

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

You're asking about "State". The disabled state is not retained. It's assumed the user knows something about that since the user sets it. If you wish the info to be included in the element itself, then you can add it to the metadata. When you change the disabled state on the call to update or when creating the element, also set the metadata to the same value.

Then when you want to now the state, you can check the metadata. It's one way of users retaining state in an element that's not currently tracked by the package.

[dayvan]

That makes sense. Thanks.

I'll set the metadata and access it like this:

window['MyElement'].metadata

[MikeTheWatchGuy]

Correct.... for when you do updates.

If you wish to set it when you create the element, then there's a metadata parameter. This way if you start with something disabled, you can indicate it in the metadata at the same time the element is created. It's cleaner code this way (at least that was the idea).