topic Re: Disable Editing Geometry of Features in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Disable Editing Geometry of Features

AaronDrake — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:31:34 GMT

Is there a simple way to disable the ability to edit the geometry of features in a FeatureLayer? Essentially I want to load 3-5 layers in to my application, and disable the ability to add, delete, move, etc any of the features; however, I want the users to be able to update the attributes of the features.

I am working with the following sample:
http://help.arcgis.com/EN/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples_start.htm

In this sample there is only one layer that is being edited. How would you do more than one?

I tried the following to change the FeatureLayer, but the attributes do not show up in the InfoWindow after I switch the FL.

FLEdit1 = "http://myserver.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/fledit1/0"
FLEdit2 = "http://myserver.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/fledit1/1"

function editSetLayer (strFeatureLayer){
 
 FL = new esri.layers.FeatureLayer(strFeatureLayer, {
  mode: esri.layers.FeatureLayer.MODE_SELECTION,
  outFields: ["*"]
 });
 
 markerSymbol = new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol.STYLE_SQUARE, 15, new esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol.STYLE_SOLID, new dojo.Color([0, 0, 255]), 0.5), new dojo.Color([0, 255, 255, 0.5]));

 FL.setSelectionSymbol(markerSymbol);
 
};

editSetLayer(FLEdit1);

Any help is greatly appreciated...

Re: Disable Editing Geometry of Features

derekswingley1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:41:22 GMT

Yes, you can do this by using the attribute inspector. See this sample: Using the Attribute Inspector. To edit multiple layers, add additional objects to the layerInfos array.

Re: Disable Editing Geometry of Features

ShaningYu — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:20:08 GMT

swingley:
The Attribute Inspector appears to be wonderful. I would like to have 2 general Q's:
1) It should be also applicable for JS Extension for Google Maps API's application.
If the layer is an esri.layers.FeatureLayer, this method used in the tool should be able to apply for. True or false?
2) If I add a .gpx file (converted from a shapefile, gpx is actually an xml file) on the map, can this be layer be defined as an esri.layers.FeatureLayer?
Thanks for your attention.
Yours,
Shaning

Re: Disable Editing Geometry of Features

AaronDrake — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:55:04 GMT

Thanks...

I was able to add a second layer to the layerInfos array; however, now I need to be able to select features in this second layer. In the example it is set to select only from the petroFieldsFL. It needs to select from all of the FL's I load into the map, or from a layer the user specifies. I can manually change it from petroFieldsFL to myFL, and it works.

I just need to be able to do it dynamically...