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Is there a way of checking a draggable instance of a div exists?

 

I'm using kill() for something but it is throwing an error if I try and kill something that's not there, so my question is, can i check for the draggable without getting an error?

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Hello..

Did you mean check if your element exists before killing it?

You could do something like this to check if element exists first
 

var $element = document.getElementById("box");

if($element.length > 0){
    // place kill() code here
    console.log("#box exists in DOM");
}

You would use the length property

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/length

Hope this helps!

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Thanks Jonathan,

 

it's not the element I need to check for, it's whether it has a draggable assigned to it... ideally I'd keep a track on them all but hoping there is a simple way to just check if the draggable exists first as it's not a certainty that some items are draggable.

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Im sure Jack and Carl could give a better answer regarding checking if your Draggable instance exists.

 

But in the meantime .. Have you tried checking if it is an object:

:

var myDraggable;

// instance does not exist - outputs 'undefined' 
console.log(myDraggable);

// create GSAP Draggable instance
myDraggable = Draggable.create("#yourID", {
	type:"y"
});

// do some code stuff here

// check if myDraggable instance is an object
if(typeof myDraggable === 'object'){
    // instance exists
    console.log("myDraggable instance exists");
}

:

If this doesn't help could you please provide a limited example of what your are seeing in a codepen example. This way we can better help you by seeing your code in context.

 

How to setup a codepen example.

 

Thanks!

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