Is it possible to trigger an event from Workshop to a custom widget embedded?

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A custom widget can trigger an event that propagates to Workshop.

However, is it possible to trigger an Event from Workshop that propagates to the custom widget embedded in Workshop ?

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There is nothing like the pattern I think this question suggests where a custom widget can register a callback that the host module will call on behalf on the custom widget.

A host module may communicate with an embedded custom widget through variable updates, which the custom widget may implement custom logic to respond to changes in value as they happen.

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Iā€™m asking for something simpler than this, similarly to what Slate<>Workshop integration allows, where Slate can listen for events emitted by Workshop.

https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/workshop/widgets-iframe#triggerable-events

Like basically - going into a theoritical implementation - can Workshop emits an event using iframe.contentWindow.postMessagefor the child custom widget to capture with, by listening for the event using the window.addEventListener("message", ...) handler.