The feature 5850 changed widgetVar's scope,
removing them from window to new function PF('widgetVar')
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// instead myWigetVar.samplemethod(); // use PF('myWidgetVar').samplemethod(); // or var myWidgetVar = PF('myWidgetVar'); myWigetVar.samplemethod();
It's a feature that ended up coming down from upstream version not intentionally. Therefore, it will be removed in the 3.5.11-UR release.