How to retrieve the original selected item programmatically

[awh-tokyo]

When the selected item is changed, I would like to have access to the original unformatted item (as passed to the render templates). The callbacks like onItemAdd seem to provide either the value, or else the value and maybe the formatted DOM element.

Is there any way to retrieve the original item (without re-querying the API for it)?

[awh-tokyo]

Sorry, I just saw your answer to the same question elsewhere. For the sake of future searchers, the answer is:

onItemAdd:function(id,$div){
   const data = this.options[id];
}