• Obtaining Gadget Preferences
• Saving Gadget Preferences
• Obtaining a Gadget Module ID
• Obtaining Gadget Parameters
• HTML Unescape

jQuery.pref and jQuery.prefArray require setprefs

<Require feature="setprefs" />

Obtaining Gadget Preferences

jQuery.pref can be used to obtain preferences

  var comment = $.pref('comment');
  var lastModified = $.pref('lastModified');
  var footprint = $.pref('footprint');

jQuery.prefArray can be used to obtain preferences as array

   var feeling = $.prefArray('feeling');
   console.info(feeling); // ['well', 'bad', 'cool']

Saving Gadget Preferences

jQuery.pref can be used to save preferences

  $.pref('comment', 'Say Hello!');
  $.pref('lastModified', new Date().getTime());
  $.pref('footprint', false);

Moreover, groups of preferences can be specified and saved in the same way

  $.pref({
    comment: 'Say Hello!',
    lastModified: new Date().getTime(),
    footprint: false
  });

Furthermore, preferences can be saved as array

   $.pref('feeling', ['well', 'bad', 'cool']);

Obtaining a Gadget Module ID

jQuery.pref can be used to obtain a module ID

  var moduleId = $.pref('mid');

Obtaining Gadget Parameters

jQuery.pref can be used to obtain iframe URL parameters

  var appId = $.pref('aid'); // appId
  var nocache = $.pref('nocache');

HTML Unescape

jQuery.pref and jQuery.prefArray are HTML Unescapes

  $.pref('comment', '<b>Say Hello!</b>');
  var comment = $.pref('comment');
  console.info(feeling); // '<b>Say Hello!</b>'