nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

How to turn off new "auto saved map extent and layer visibility" in Nov 2015 update?

DanAllen

The November 2015 ArcGIS.com update has a new feature listed for Web AppBuilder where the app automatically saves your last location and layer visibility for the next time you open the app. HOW DO I TURN THIS OFF? This seems to be causing issues with map layers not loading that are coming from our internal server. Plus, I want all the layers to go back to the map default each time on map open.

Thanks

Dan

Vind meer berichten getagd met

Accepted answers

All comments

JakubSisak

Adding ampersand "&" to the end of my URL (without any parameters) worked for me. You can redirect the URL and modify the index.htm to do this automatically.

JakubSisak

Good one Dan! Seems that any parameters tacked on the link trigger the original state of the app. I just added an ampersand "&" without any parameters and it seems to trigger the original state without executing any parameters.

Derek Law

Hi Christy,

You can disable the 'save app state' function on the Attribute tab when configuring your app in Web AppBuilder.

Attribute—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

Hope this helps,

ChristinaSpielman

Has this been fixed? I want to turn off saving session info on a very simple webapp built through the AGOL interface that is embedded in iframe on another website. The popup is annoying for this application.

Thanks!

Christy

Derek Law

Hi Cole,

An "issues addressed" list for Web AppBuilder Developer Edition v1.3 will be posted on GeoNet soon. We are finalizing the document. Thanks for your patience.

EDIT: FYI, the document is now available,

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS Developer Edition v1.3 enhancements

Hope this helps

ColeAndrews

Jianxia Song, is an "issues addressed" list published with the WAB releases? This is done for other esri products, but haven't been able to find it for WAB Dev. I know there is a basic summary of "what's new in v1.3", more specifically interested in bug fixes. Thanks

JianxiaSong

Kim,

We refactor Edit widget in AGOL Nov. Update and Dev Edition 1.3. Since we don't have Display field option in Configure Layer Fields window like Map Viewer, what you see is expected currently. We will add Display field in the next release to resolve it.

Thanks,

Jianxia

KimBülow

it is this line

//onBeforeUnload: function() {

// this.appStateManager.saveWabAppState(this.map, this.layerInfosObj);

//}
to comment out two lines in MapManager.js
so that the layer is not turned off by close of browser window, and window opens again as normal.

It looks to edit widget also has problems similar to ?
Editor can not show, "read only layers" but only layers with edit abled layers:
but if you insert read only layer in editor.json config file, and sets them as read only, displays both read only and write in pop-up window by editing, as the old edition WAB DEV 1.2
popup edit with read only layers.PNG

ChrisMathers

Thats good to know. It should be documented somewhere as the current solution.

JianxiaSong

Dan,

We are able to reproduce and looking into the issue. Thanks for letting us know.

Jianxia

DanAllen

One thing that has not be answered is about how the save app state on exit is turning off all the layers inside of a grouped layer that were defaulted to being checked on in the table of contents. Is this a bug, or by design? Is anyone else seeing this behavior after the November update?

JunshanLiu

There will be a new function in MapManager.js, called onBeforeUnload, you can remove code in this function and app state will net be saved.

JianxiaSong

Dan,

We will make app state an option to configure in the next release. Thanks for the information.

Jianxia

RobertScheitlin__GISP

For those that are searching for the line that Dan is referencing look at this link:

View and edit app—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS

DanAllen

Sometimes all you need to do is read the help menu. ESRI clearly states that if you use several of their new URL parameters, it will not save app state on close. So I simply added "&level=16" to the end of my app shortcut url (my map started at zoom level 16 before), it starts out at the default map extent like it used to, and the issue with grouped layer subordinates being un-checked also goes away.

I guess I would prefer an option in the web app builder configuration page about saving app state, but for now, this workaround will do.

http://doc.arcgis.com/en/web-appbuilder/manage-apps/app-url-parameters.htm

DanAllen

Further testing, the issue we have relates to grouped layers in the table of contents of the Web App. Previously we had for example, several districts that were all checked on, contained in a group layer that was checked off by default. So if a user wants to see all the districts, they just had to check on the group. After the November update, when the app "auto-saves" on close, the next time you open the app, the grouped layer and all its subordinates are all un-checked. So the user who was used to just checking on the group layer, now does so and nothing happens. They have to expand the group and check all the layers on one by one.

I checked the ArcGIS.com map that controls the Web App, and group layer is un-checked and the subordinates are still all checked as they should be, and as by design before the November update.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Dan,

I don't see an configuration for this new feature. So you can not turn it off currently. I would call esri tech support immediately and get this logged as an enhancement request.

Doe mee aan het gesprek

Aangemelde leden kunnen berichten plaatsen, updates volgen en meer. Nieuw hier? Registreer een gratis account.

Snelle Links

Community Help
Find useful guides, FAQs, and documents to help you navigate and make the most of Esri Community.