topic Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

2.1 removal of ClassicController

AdamMills — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:21:31 GMT

Just out of curiosity, why was the ClassicController UI removed in 2.1?

thanks,
-Adam

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

DerekLaw — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:51:30 GMT

Hi Adam,

The Classic Controller widget that was available in beta, was removed from the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex final release, because a lot of the user feedback we received indicated that it wasn't really a "nice looking" UI. Many said the Header Controller widget was a major improvement in terms of UI design.

During beta, the Classic Controller widget had the advantage of being able to group widgets into dropdown menus. This is now possible in the Header Controller widget by using a <widgetgroup> tag in the <widgetcontainer> tag.

The Widget Container tag

Hope this helps,

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

AdamMills — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:33:33 GMT

thanks Derek, I did not know about widgetgroups. Very nice! This leads to my next question. I see widgetgroup has an icon property, but I don't seem to be able to change it. Do they have a sample somewhere?

thanks,
-Adam

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

AdamMills — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:46:53 GMT

My mistake, I put it in the wrong tag. 😄

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

GustavoMendez_Echenagucia — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:01:52 GMT

Hello

How can i change the icon???

thanks

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

ajaykrishnapillai — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:47:56 GMT

The <widgetgroup> tag is not working on Flex 2.1.
What is the fix?

I used the following the ESRI sample format (see below)..

<widgetcontainer layout="horizontal">
        <widgetgroup label="Locators">
            <widget label="Find U.S. address"
                icon="assets/images/i_target.png"
                config="widgets/Locate/LocateWidget_US.xml"
                url="widgets/Locate/LocateWidget.swf"/>
            <widget label="Find European addresses"
                icon="assets/images/i_pin2.png"
                config="widgets/Locate/LocateWidget_EU.xml"
                url="widgets/Locate/LocateWidget.swf"/>
            ...
        </widgetgroup>
    </widgetcontainer>

Re: 2.1 removal of ClassicController

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:22:49 GMT

ajay,

If you look at or use the config-all.xml it works just fine so I don't know what kind of issue you are having.