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Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:55:59 GMT

How do you get the search widget to default to the text search rather than the graphic search.
This seems so trivial, but I have not found the solution.
Thanks,
Chris

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:07:27 GMT

Chris,

Are you talking about SFV 1.3 or Flexviewer 2.1

If FlexViewer 2.1 than add

currentState="textInput"

to the viewer:BaseWidget element.

If SFV 1.3 than add

selectedIndex="1"

to the mx:ViewStack

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:06:03 GMT

Robert,
I am using FV 2.1 - where in the BaseWidget element is the code supposed to be inserted?
Thanks,
Chris

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:14:51 GMT

Chris,

it is just an attribute of the BaseWidget element so it does not matter where you put it inside the element.

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:43:00 GMT

Still not working for me....
So anywhere inside BaseWidget.as?

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:10:43 GMT

Chris,

No you need to add it as a attribute of the viewer:BaseWidget element in your SearchWidget.mxml

Like this:

<viewer:BaseWidget xmlns:esri   ="http://www.esri.com/2008/ags"
       xmlns:fx    ="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
       xmlns:s    ="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
       xmlns:mx    ="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
       xmlns:mxeffects      ="com.adobe.ac.mxeffects.*"
       xmlns:viewer         ="com.esri.viewer.*"
       xmlns:Search        ="widgets.eSearch.*"
       x="600" y="300"
       currentState="textInput"
       widgetConfigLoaded="init()">

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:43:58 GMT

Robert,
Looks like I have version 1.02 - sorry!
I tried the

selectedIndex="1"

in the mx:ViewStack, but it didn't work.
I haven't worked in Flex for awhile, I am behind the times.

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:31:19 GMT

Chris,

This definitely works for me.

<mx:ViewStack id="viewStack" width="100%" height="100%" creationPolicy="all" paddingTop="4" selectedIndex="1">

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:25:33 GMT

Robert,
I have attached my code for you to view - do you see any issue of why the darn search by text won't start on default?
Chris

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:02:13 GMT

Chris,

Based on your code change

selectedIndex="20"
to
selectedIndex="0"

Re: Flexviewer search by text by default

ChrisOwen — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:44:10 GMT

I was experimenting with different index's to try to break it. I must have exported the code with the "20". Anyhow, I have used index "1" with no luck. I guess I am kinda stuck.
Thanks for your help though, much appreciated!
Chris