Dialog Close Notification for MenuItems

I'm creating a plugin that does not define a device or action. Instead, it just configures an existing device. The configuration interface is implemented as a MenuItem with a ConfigUI in MenuItems.xml. Here's an example from the Plugin Dev Guide:

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    <MenuItem id="menu3">
        <Name>Turn Off Light...</Name>
        <CallbackMethod>turnOffLight</CallbackMethod>
        <ButtonTitle>Turn Off</ButtonTitle>
        <ConfigUI>
            <Field id="targetDevice" type="menu">
                <Label>Light:</Label>
                <List class="self" filter="self.myLightType" method="getDynamicList" />
            </Field>
        </ConfigUI>
    </MenuItem>


Indigo will open a configuration dialog when the user selects the menu item from the Plugin menu. When the user presses the "Execute" button (or "Turn Off" in the example above), the defined callback method is invoked. However, it doesn't appear that anything happens if the user instead presses the "Cancel" button. Is there a Dialog Close Notification method for a MenuItem callback that captures the state of the cancel button? Thanks!

I'm pretty sure that if the user clicks cancel, then your call back method just doesn't get called. Why do you need to know the menu dialog was displayed if the user cancels the call?

[matt (support)]

Is there a Dialog Close Notification method for a MenuItem callback that captures the state of the cancel button? Thanks!

Currently, menu item callbacks do not have a validate-on-close callback.

Why do you need to know the menu dialog was displayed if the user cancels the call?

As the user is clicking around in the UI, I'm updating a dictionary in the background. When the user presses the "Save" button, that data in the dictionary will get used to update properties on a thermostat. When the user presses the "Cancel" button, I'd like to delete or maybe clear out the dictionary.

As I've thought through this more, I don't think it really matters if I clean up the dictionary. I can just initialize the dictionary the next time the UI is opened.

Thanks for the info guys.