Add an option to disable drawing agent space projectmesa#1778

mesa/experimental/jupyter_viz.py

@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ def make_user_input(user_input, k, v):
 
 @solara.component
 def MesaComponent(viz, space_drawer=None, play_interval=400):
+    """Initialize a component to display a mesa simuliation.
+
+    Args:
+        viz: a component, as returned by :meth:`JupyterViz`
+        space_drawer: optional method to render the agent space for
+            the model; if not specified, will call :meth:`make_space`
+            to render; simulations with no space to visualize should
+            specify `space_drawer=False`
+        play_interval: play interval (default: 400)
+    """
     solara.Markdown(viz.name)
 
     # 1. User inputs
@@ -219,7 +229,10 @@ def on_value_play(change):
 
     with solara.GridFixed(columns=2):
         # 4. Space
-        if space_drawer is None:
+        if space_drawer is False:
+            # if space drawer is disabled, do nothing
+            pass
+        elif space_drawer is None:
             make_space(viz)
         else:
             space_drawer(viz)