topic Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:21:47 GMT

Hi All

I am having an issue with Calcite maps Javascript and the 4.x LayerList widget using Android Chrome. It seems that when the layer list widget has selectionEnabled: true - I am unable to turn the layers on/off and/or expand the layers in the widget. I can reorder the layers without issue however. This only seems to happen when the view is small as on a phone...it works fine when using a desktop browser.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

Noah-Sager — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 20:02:44 GMT

Hi Michael, could you provide some more information to reproduce the issue? Specifically, a link to a sample that you used, and the type and version of the Android device.

I tested with this sample:

LayerList widget - 4.14

On a Samsung Galaxy s8 with Chrome, and it worked fine.

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:18:28 GMT

Hi Noah,

Yes it works fine for me too on a Pixel 2 with default functionality, but, the same sample above and adding 'selectionEnabled: true' to the LayerList will not allow turning on/off layers or expanding the layers. Reordering the layers works just fine however. The 'selectionEnabled: true' property is the issue. And it appears that it has nothing to do with Calcite.

Mike

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

Noah-Sager — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:29:41 GMT

Gotcha. I can reproduce the issue now. Thanks for reporting this. We'll investigate and I'll update this thread when there is something to share.

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 23:18:32 GMT

Great! Thanks Noah! I look forward to hearing about a solution (or a temp work-around).

Mike

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

Noah-Sager — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:56:59 GMT

Update: we will have this fixed for the Spring release (4.15), and the update should be available now on js-next. Thank you again for reporting this issue. This sneak-peak app should work as expected:

https://codepen.io/noash/pen/eYNpKLN

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:32:46 GMT

Great! Thanks for the quick update!

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

Noah-Sager — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:44:06 GMT

Welcome! Feel free to mark this question as answered if the js-next works for you.

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:35:40 GMT

Hi Noah,

I've been testing this out a bit an noticed one odd thing. It looks like the layerlist checkbox/visible icon has changed a bit. Now when a layer is visible, the icon is a greyed-out eyeball with a slash through it and when it's visible it's a highlighted eyeball with a slash through it. Is this the new UI/UX for the layer list in 4.15?

Thanks

Mike

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

Noah-Sager — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:13:56 GMT

Ah yes, we updated the UI/UX for the LayerList and BasemapLayerList widgets. So if you're using js-next, you should see the new style.

Re: Calcite Maps LayerList Issue

MichaelSnook — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:39:00 GMT

So, I've tested out the new LayerList functionality and, now I'm one for new improvements with everything -but, this new UI/UX is *really* confusing to say the least. The way the layers turn on and off is completely backwards from the TOCs in ArcMap/Pro. It doesn't seem make sense to have an enabled button (the eyeball with the cross through it) to turn OFF a layer, and then the visible layers don't show an icon at all (unless I'm doing something wrong).

The old method was way more intuitive..checkboxes are even better.

Is there a way to choose how the UI/UX is rendered via the LayerList parameters?

Mike