Add ElementReference.IsEmpty or IsInitialized

[vsfeedback]

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When working with Blazor Components, it would be nice if there was a way to tell if an ElementReference has been set.

Since you can't test an ElementReference for null, it would be nice if there was way to indicate if this is set before you refer to it. There must be something you can set in the struct to make it default to IsEmpty equals true then when set IsEmpty becomes false. Or set IsInitialized to true if the element exists.

To me this would make things simpler to work with and a little safer.

Thanks

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Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 2/12/2025, 08:45 AM:

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[javiercn]

Thanks for contacting us.

The ElementReference can be simply compared against == default, but we could add a HasValue method potentially.