topic Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

TracySchloss — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:43:09 GMT

I have used the JSON format successfully for symbology in the past, but this is the first time I've used something besides solid or null for the fill. For this project I wanted a diagonal line. I defined it in JSON format as

var myfill = new SimpleFillSymbol({

"type": "esriSFS",

"style": "esriSFSForwardDiagonal",

"color": [255, 0, 0, 255],

"outline": {

"type": "esriSLS",

"style": "esriSLSSolid",

"color": [255, 0, 0, 130],

"width": 3

}

})

I expected the diagonal lines to be red, but they are black. The red outline is correct. I've tried 3.14 and 3.15 and got the same results.

What gives? I'm following the syntax for symbol objects found in ArcGIS REST API

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:01:30 GMT

Tracy,

Right from the docs:

Symbol color - only applies when SimpleFillSymbol.style = 'STYLE_SOLID'.

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

KenBuja — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:06:35 GMT

This is an issue going back some time...

Re: Graphic symbol, Hatch pattern fill - STYLE_FORWARD_DIAGONAL cannot be colored?

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

TracySchloss — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:08:31 GMT

I don't see that it's mentioned on the link I sent. I didn't cross check it against the API reference, because the API reference often tells you to find the JSON format off the REST help.

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

TracySchloss — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:10:06 GMT

It doesn't seem that complicated for ESRI to fix. I'll have to decide which I'd rather see - red or the cross hatching.

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:10:29 GMT

Tracy,

Here is the link to the JS API reference:

SimpleFillSymbol | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript | Color

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

MiriamBrockmann — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:12:43 GMT

Hello Tracy!

Strange enough i find a way to manage this. At the Moment we change the way, how we

produce PDFs. With a lot of testing and programming I inserted the PrintTask widget.

While Testing our Drawingtool, not expecting anything has changed with the Fillcolor, i make some Testprintouts and there it shoes that the Fillcolour of the screen is still black, but in the Printouts the chosen color is used.

I don't know why this is possible in the printouts and not on screen but for us it's enough.

Area how it looks on screen ( Filling should be red )

and how it looks in the Printout

Maybe this solution helps.

Regards, Miriam

Re: JSON format diagonal fill symbol not the right color?

JoshOng — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:15:25 GMT

Don't know if any of you still want this capability, but one solution is to use a PictureFillSymbol with a graphic having the appropriate repeating diagonal color lines. You just have to make sure they are aligned so that when it repeats it lines up on both edges. It's not perfect, but it gets the effect. I haven't tried it but you can probably use a PNG with transparency if you want lines with gaps.