Find a Component

Apperyio ('component_name') is a shortcut to get a reference to a jQuery Mobile component on a screen by using its designated name. component_name is the name you set in Name property (in the PROPERTIES panel).

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jQuery API

It’s important to familiarize yourself with the jQuery and jQuery Mobile API.

Once you get a reference to an element, you can use the jQuery API to manipulate the element. It is a plain JavaScript and jQuery.

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Example

The example above is a quick and easy way to get access to any component in the screen. It’s equivalent to using jQuery directly:

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Example

Once you get a reference to a component, which part of the jQuery API is available depends on the component. For example, if you get a reference to an Input component, then you could use this to read or set its value:

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Example

If you get a reference to a Label component, then the API is different, and to read the value, you would use: