getValue (bric UI Element)

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Hi there,

I have read the dev docs as much as I can find, and I see we can setValue of any UI element belonging to the bric from anywhere in the js file. But I don’t see how we can getValue???

For clarity, an example of the use case I currently have.
I need to show / Hide a UI element based on the value of another UI element, so I need it’s value for a conditional.

// when one UI elements value changes this function fires.
function SetTheTarget(value,stringValue,attrName)
{
	var anotherUIElementVisibility = true
	// How to get some other UI element value from this same bric ?????
	if (someOtherElementValue == someArbitaryValue) { 
		var anotherUIElementVisibility = false
	}
	
	window.webkit.messageHandlers.setUIHidden.postMessage(
		JSON.stringify({
			"attr": "ten-ton-data",
			"hidden": anotherUIElementVisibility
		})
	);
}
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For completeness, simplicity, and brevity. How would you get the current value of any one of your Brics UI elements inside the init function?

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You need to store this yourself within the Brics HTML and then retrieve it when you need it, using JS, data attributes is a good way around this. Download some of our free Brics to get examples of how we have done this in.

If you place all of this stored data onto a html tag with the class remove-on-export this will be removed when you export to keep the output clean. There are various helper classes which you can read about here.

I hope that helps.

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@doobox wowsers! This is exciting, I hope this means we may see Doobox creating brics? I bought every single one of your stacks, they are awesome!

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Thanks Norm. Yeah, I can do that. Just wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing an api call :+1:

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Maybe. Blocs is a fairly complete package as it stands, capable of almost anything out of the box
I have a few ideas cooking.

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That will be interesting to see, although some of the Doobox bangers would be good to see Spin, Vegas, Flood, Obscure

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I’m a big fan of Blocs’ built-in features and rarely need to use any third-party plugins. However, when a developer understands what you’ve just said, it’s incredibly exciting and promising! I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing your ideas come to life!

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Now this is a sight I’m happy to see !

Welcome @doobox to blocs. Huge fan of your work……can’t wait to see what you bring!

This is a great time for Blocs

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