To access state collection of the element use its state property: element.state

Properties
link	rw	true/false, true if this element is a link - has href attribute defined.
hover	rw	true/false,
active	rw	true/false,
focus	rw	true/false, this element is in focus. To set focus on the element is it enough to assign true value to the attribute: el.state.focus = true;
tabfocus	r	true/false, this element is in focus and got the focus due to TAB/SHIFT+TAB key handling.
visited	rw	true/false,
current	rw	true/false,
checked	rw	true/false,
disabled	rw	true/false,
readonly	rw	true/false,
expanded	rw	true/false,
collapsed	rw	true/false,
incomplete	rw	true/false,
animating	r	true/false, element is running animation.
focusable	r	true/false, element is focusable. Focusable is the element having either: tabindex >= 0 attribute defined or it has behavior that has focus handler defined.
anchor	rw	true/false, element is an anchor (first element) in selection.
synthetic	rw	true/false, element was synthesized - created by some behavior.
popup	rw	true/false, element is shown as popup window. To close such popup window simply assign value false to the attribute: el.state.popup = false;
ownspopup	r	true/false, element is requested popup to be shown and that popup is visible. Following: el.popup(elementToPopup, pos); will cause this flag to be set for the element el.
empty	r	true/false, the element is empty - has no children and no text.
busy	rw	true/false, element is requested data to be delivered by calling el.request(...) and that data is not delivered yet.
dragover	r	true/false, the dragged element is over the element.
droptarget	r	true/false, dragging is active and the element is active drop target for the dragging element.
moving copying	r	true/false, either one of these is true for the element that is being dragged. Engine creates copy of drag-source element and that copy is being dragged.
dragsource	r	true/false, element one of these is true for the element that being dragged.
pressed	rw	true/false, element has mouse pressed in it.
isltr isrtl	r	true/false, element is in directional environment - itself or one of its parents has attribute dir defined.
Methods
*get*	() returns: int Returns integer - "ORed" set of Element.STATE_*** constants.
*set*	(flags:int) returns: undefined Sets flags. flags here "ORed" set of Element.STATE_*** constants.
*clear*	(flags:int) returns: undefined Clears flags.