How do I get a component's id from its event handler?
I have a few dozen buttons. When one of the buttons is clicked, I'd like to know what the button's component id is so I can use it in its Click event handler, running JS code. The properties available via self don't seem to include the component id.
A workaround that I'm using is to hide the id as a tooltip and read self.tooltipText from the event handler script, but it would be nice to have a cleaner solution than that. Alternatively, is there a way to associate arbitrary user data on a component?
Update: I don't seem to even be able to refer to a component using self or this from its own properties, other than scripts.
For example, I have a button group and I'd like to compute the labels based on the component's own values, but e.g. {{ this.values }} doesn't work. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks for your response!
Hmm, triggeredById provides a string reference but there seems to be no way to dynamically look up the control (as in document.getElementById())?
What I'd ideally like to do is be able to set a custom "userInfo" or "context" value on a component (e.g. button1.userInfo = "cancel_emergency"), then be able to look up this value from a query (e.g. var cmdName = triggeredByComponent.userInfo). I can work around the first part with tooltipText and the second part with a component ID to custom value mapping in a temporary state variable, but it would be nicer to do it more "directly".
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@john_gronska ok so if I am duplicating you correctly you need a pass by reference instead of a string. This is pretty standard for events in other languages. I can see a use case or two for this.
And I think you are also advocating for component custom properties, which I believe are currently immutable. Interesting idea.
Since Retool does not do these now might I suggest putting these into Feature Requests?
Thanks for the feedback. I will put into Feature Requests!
P.S. Doesn't have to be mutable components with arbitrary custom properties, just need one.