selectQuery.Geometry?

Question

In the sample beolw

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples_start.htm#jssamples/ed_attribute_inspector.html

what does this line signify..selectQuery.geometry = evt.mapPoint;

Somehow I am not able to return  evt.mappoint  objetct that it needs to return when I add an alert(map.evt)..Can someone guide me on this

Thank you in advance

akpagaakpaga · Answer

Thank you jeff.

JeffPace1 · Answer

In the sample beolw

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples_start.htm#jssamples/ed_attribute_inspector.html

what does this line signify..selectQuery.geometry = evt.mapPoint;

Somehow I am not able to return  evt.mappoint  objetct that it needs to return when I add an alert(map.evt)..Can someone guide me on this

Thank you in advance

its in the onclick event, so it is setting the selection location (the query's geometry, i.e. where to search) to the coordinates of the evt
Since the onclick is in screen geometry (pixel height/width) the event (evt or click) 's mapPoint property is "where the user clicked the map in map units).