LocalLayerWidget Version 2.5 and AccessifizrWidget Layer - 09/28/2017

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

I've been having a blast playing around with the new Web AppBuilder, and have taken a few cracks at putting together some custom Widgets that I'd like to share with the community.  I hope these can assist in everyone's future Mappmaking endeavours!

LocalLayerWidget

LocalLayerWidget v 2.5

September 28 2017 : LocalLayerWidget v2.5 released:  This major release includes the following enhancements for the widget.  Thanks to everyone who's donated!:

Release LocalLayerWidget 2.5 · cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer · GitHub 

  • Support for 2.5 Release of ArcGIS Web App Builder
  • Support for Custom Layers via Transformers
  • Demos and sample apps
  • Prototype 3D Widget
  • Dynamic GUI changes at runtime and css insertion via odds.json/odds.css
  • And more!

November 14, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v2.2 released:  This major release includes the following enhancements for the widget:

Release LocalLayer v2.2 · cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer · GitHub 

  • Related Table Viewing and Editing
  • ImageService Viewing and Popups
  • WMS Service Viewing and Popups
  • Ability to integrate with the IncidentAnalysis widget
  • Hide Layer In Legend capability added
  • Dynamic mode added, allowing for URL-fed configuration files
  • And more!

May 18, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.2.0 released:  This substantial change for Web App Builder v.2.0. removes the need to edit any core files in the Web App Builder, unlike previous versions.  A slight change will still be necessary for the AttributeTable widget to work properly with LocalLayerWidget layers.

  • https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer/releases/tag/v2.0
  • Enhancements:
    • Added autorefresh capability for dynamic layers, and sub-minute decimal values can be specified for time.
    • Added support for non-consecutive sublayer numbering to support 10.3.1 mapservices
    • Editor Tracking via an organizational Active Directory instead of ArcGIS Online User now supported
  • Bug Fixes:
    • View Attachments now works for Dynamic Layers
    • Addition of GeoJson layers fixed
    • Fix to MapService sublayer visibility when no sublayers are selected to display by default.

Mar 29, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.1.3.1 released; Contains bugfixes to v.1.3. related to custom rendering for Feature Layers and toggling sublayer visibility in the LayerList widget.

Mar 22, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.1.3 is now available!  (Note the version naming change; Version 1.3 refers to its compatibility with v1.3 of the WAB - This is indeed the latest version of the widget as of March 22, 2016).  Be sure to read the github page to see what tweaks need to be made to ensure that everything continues running smoothly in version 1.3 of the Web AppBuilder.

  • Includes support for GeoJSON and WebTileLayers
  • Custom Symbology and Labelling Options for Feature Layers
    • Currently requires the use of playground to generate custom json layer and label styling for Feature Layers.  For more information, please follow the instructions on the Github page.

Feb 10, 2015: LocalLayerWidget v.1.5 is now available!  This release contains full support for adding Tiled layers to your application directly from ArcGIS Server, in addition to the Basemap, Dynamic, and Feature layers available before.  Feel free to grab the widget from our Release page located at https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer/releases.

Feb 2, 2015: LocalLayerWidget v.1.2 is now available!  This release provides a great GUI developed by Robert Scheitlin to more easily add Feature, Dynamic, and Basemap layers to your ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Applications.  Take it for a spin, and please keep us informed of any bugs or desired enhancements through our Github Issue Tracker located at https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayerWidget/issues.

Jan 12, 2015: Note that LocalLayerWidget v.1.1 is now available, which provides Click-To-Identify support and the option to add Feature and Basemap layers in addition to Dynamic layers.

The LocalLayer Widget is intended to allow the direct addition of MapServices to an ArcGIS Web AppBuilder application, without needing to wrap the desired services in an ArcGIS Online/Portal Web Map.

https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayerWidget

Basically, your basemap will still need to come from Portal/AGOL, but otherwise you just provide direct URLs to your own MapServices in the widget's configuration settings.  The MapServices should load and display as usual in the map, and cooperate with the Legend, LayerList, and Attribute Table widgets. Click-To-Identify functionality won't work currently, though, because the current WAB implementation relies on Portal for all the popup info.  As stated in the January 12th 2015 release, popups are fully customizable.  Note that it's not an in-panel widget, so you'll need to follow a few extra steps in the project's Readme file.

AccessifizrWidget

Let's make Mapps accessible for everyone!  With an eye on WCAG compliance, the Accessifizr Widget is designed to help make web applications keyboard navigable without having to modify core application code and UI.

https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/AccessifizrWidget

Information about how to configure this widget is available in the core Accessifizr.js library project available here‌, but the gist is that you create a JSON-based 'roadmap' detailing the keyboard navigation of your web application, and how it should change in response to users entering modal menus, hitting the escape button, etc.  For applying descriptive alternate text to page elements, the widget leverages dojo's built-in internationalization support to specify multilingual alternate text strings.  The end result is a web app that, hopefully, is a bit easier to use for people with mobility or visual challenges.

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JohnLucotch1
New Contributor II

Adam

I just wanted to let you know for the time being I had to the map services through the Layer List.  This seemed to increase speed.

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deleted-user-CQZbjNeBXm49
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Adam and Robert Scheitlin, GISP

Thank you for this wonderful widget which helped reduce over reliance on AGOL and helping us shield internal services from public. However, i have an issue, the widget don't seem to use the config attribute table.json which i had customised for my web app, is there a way to edit which fields are visible on the "Attribute Table" using the LocalLayer Widget?

Thanks again

Baba

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
MVP Emeritus

Baba,

  No the Attribute table does not control the visible fields for other widgets. You need to configure the LL widgets visible fields.

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deleted-user-CQZbjNeBXm49
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply, what i mean is the fields in the attribute table all show disregarding the configuration not show some fields in the attribute table

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

Hey Babatope, try removing the Attribute Table from your App entirely before adding and configuring the LocalLayer widget.  Make sure that the actual Configuration file for the Attribute Table widget under the /configs/ folder is gone.  It's been awhile since I tried this, but I think when you re-add the Attribute Table widget after configuring LocalLayer, it will instantly read any layers present in the map and give you some visibility/configuration options for your LocalLayer layers.

Let us know if this works!

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deleted-user-CQZbjNeBXm49
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the reply can you elaborate on the removing of the attribute widget, because this seems to break my application....

Regards

Baba

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

Have you made the code change to your AttributeTable Widget described here, Babatope?  What version of the WebAppbuilder are you using?  From your posts above, it sounds like you're able to configure the AttributeTable widget for your LocalLayer layers, but your configuration isn't actually being used by the application, does this sound correct?

BarnabyRockwell
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Babatope,

Besides what Adam wrote above, remember to do this for your app to get the Attribute Table working properly:

Attribute Table:

To ensure that the Attribute Table widget accepts your LocalLayer Layers, perform the following change.

1) In \client\stemapp\widgets\AttributeTable\setting\Setting.js, change line 375 from

utils.readConfigLayerInfosFromMap(this.map, true, true)

to

utils.readConfigLayerInfosFromMap(this.map, false, true)

Changing that first 'true' to a 'false' will tell the menu to read all layers from the map as normal, instead of just ArcGIS Online layers. Changing the second 'true' to a 'false' will let the Attribute Table include MapNotes layers from AGOL WebMaps.

GitHub - cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer: The LocalLayer Widget for ArcGIS Web AppBuilder is intended to al...

Also note this edit to the _ResourceManager.js file in the \widgets\AttributeTable folder shown in this thread:

WAB Dev 2.0: How to get layer names for Attribute Table widget to be read from config file

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deleted-user-CQZbjNeBXm49
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Barnaby,

Yes i have done this already, my Layers work with the attribute table. however the attribute table config.json doesn't work with the layerlist when using LocalLayer widget

Cheers

Baba

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BarnabyRockwell
Occasional Contributor III

Hi Babatope,

I suggest you add the edit given in that thread, if you haven't already:

https://community.esri.com/message/599544 

Otherwise, the Attribute Table config file won't be fully used by the app.  For example, layer names in the Att. Table will not be read from that file.

Cheers,

Barnaby