Need to know if a jQuery UI Widget has been applied to a DOM object

Question

I\'m using jQuery and have some interactions with a jQuery UI where I need to get options. However there\'s a possibility that the jQuery UI function has not been applied yet t

Answer 1

As of jQuery UI 1.11, widgets can be directly tested for via the instance method:

var hasProgressbar = ($(element).progressbar("instance") !== undefined);

Documentation: http://api.jqueryui.com/jQuery.widget/#method-instance