jQuery UI Widget Factory and prototype?

Question

Using the jQuery UI Widget Factory, how do I set a property that holds the same value across all instances of the plugin? (So that if the value is changed in one instance, it is changed across all instances.)

eg

$.widget( "myplugin" , { 

   avalue : 1,

});

That right there should work since it's a global declaration. You may want to namespace your globals though to prevent collisions. — Mike Robinson
– Mike Robinson, Commented Dec 21, 2012 at 17:19

Richard Scarrott · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-03 02:50:00Z

1

One way to do this would be to store the value in a closure like this:

(function () {
    var value = 0;

    $.widget('my.plugin', {
        _create: function () {
            value++;
        },
        getValue: function () {
            return value;
        }
    });
})();

$('.element').plugin();
$('.second-element').plugin();

$('.element').plugin('getValue'); // 2

answered Feb 3, 2013 at 2:50

Richard Scarrott

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