Accessing widget instance from outside widget

Question

This is a simple widget mock:

(function ($) {

    $.widget(\"ui.myDummyWidget\", {

        options: {
        },

        _create: function () {
        },         


        

Answer 1

There is also a method created when a Widget is defined, you can simply call the instance method to get the actual Widget instance like so:

//Create the Instance
$("#elementID").myDummyWidget(options);

//Get the Widget Instance
var widget = $("#elementID").myDummyWidget("instance");

Or you can do it as a one-liner:

var widget = $("#elementID").myDummyWidget(options).myDummyWidget("instance");