topic Re: How to find a widget in the view.ui after creation in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-find-a-widget-in-the-view-ui-after-creation/m-p/675798#M62955 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nick,</P><P>At the moment you need to return the widget reference and use this.&nbsp;I have created an enhancement request to get the widgets from the view.ui in a future version of the API.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:28:15 GMT SaschaBrunnerCH 2019-08-22T09:28:15Z How to find a widget in the view.ui after creation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-find-a-widget-in-the-view-ui-after-creation/m-p/675797#M62954 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I create my ui widgets in an enclosed function so i lose their reference when the function completes.</P><P>I want to be able to find these objects/variables without passing them globally.</P><P>For example, I want to find my sketch widget after creation and after it is no longer in the local scope.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:18:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-find-a-widget-in-the-view-ui-after-creation/m-p/675797#M62954 NickStapler 2019-08-21T23:18:35Z Re: How to find a widget in the view.ui after creation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-find-a-widget-in-the-view-ui-after-creation/m-p/675798#M62955 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nick,</P><P>At the moment you need to return the widget reference and use this.&nbsp;I have created an enhancement request to get the widgets from the view.ui in a future version of the API.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:28:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-find-a-widget-in-the-view-ui-after-creation/m-p/675798#M62955 SaschaBrunnerCH 2019-08-22T09:28:15Z