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Is there an "on dijit created" event?

JeffPace — Tue, 27 May 2014 19:36:42 GMT

i need to hook an onclick event to an element that doesnt exist until a dijit is created

 editorWidget = new Editor(params,'editorDiv');       
        editorWidget.startup();

          //override attribute button to show attribute pane
           function openAttribute(){
               
               registry.byId("EditContainer").selectChild(registry.byId("editAttributePane"));
          };
            //element doesnt exist until editorWidget is done being created, so sometimes this works, sometimes it doesnt
              registry.byId('btnAttributes').attr('onClick', openAttribute);

but the registry.byId('btnAttributes') is null until the editor dijit is done being created. I would prefer not to set timeouts (i even tried 3 seconds, seems 50/50 that it would work)

Is there a way to figure out that the editor dijit is done starting up?

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

RobertoPepato — Wed, 28 May 2014 11:39:06 GMT

Have you tried dojo/ready (not the domReady! plugin)?

See the notes on Dijits/Widgets on the domReady! documentation: http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.9/dojo/domReady.html#dojo-domready.

Best,

Roberto Pepato

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

JeffPace — Wed, 28 May 2014 12:30:27 GMT

ok, but since this is an esri dijit, called from within a custom widget, I am not sure to put the ready code.

Basically,
1.the dom structure is there.
2. user logins in. On successful login, creating my custom editing Widget is called.
3. Feature layers and attribute inspector load. Once they are loading, esri's editor dijit is created (startup called).
4. Once the dijit is created, i need to hook an onclick method to one of the edit toolbar functions. However, I never know when its dom elements will exist.

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

UjjwalNarayan1 — Wed, 28 May 2014 13:23:37 GMT

Can you attach/remove the button click handler in the editor widgets onShow / onHide events?

Otherwise extend the Editor widget class and fire an event in your custom widget's startup method. Something like this might work..

define(["esri/dijit/editing/Editor"], function(Editor),

return declare('my.custom.editor', [Editor], {

   constructor: function(opts) {

   },

   startup: function() {
     this.inherited(arguments);
     this.emit("esri-widget-startup", {});
   }
});

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

JeffPace — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:02:15 GMT

well, in true hacky code fashion, i decided just to loop and wait

          //override attribute button to show attribute pane
           function openAttribute(){          
               registry.byId("EditContainer").selectChild(registry.byId("editAttributePane"));
           };
            //element doesnt exist until editorWidget is done being created, so sometimes this works, sometimes it doesnt
           function waitForWidget() {
                var widget = registry.byId('btnAttributes');
                if (!widget) {
                    setTimeout(waitForWidget, 500); // setTimeout(func, timeMS, params...)
                } else {
                    // Set location on form here if it isn't in getLocation()
                    widget.attr('onClick', openAttribute);
                }
            }
            waitForWidget();

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

BjornSvensson — Wed, 28 May 2014 15:04:50 GMT

Jeff, we are planning to add a "load" event to the Editor dijit at version 3.10. This should solve your problem about knowing when the Editor dijit has been loaded.

Re: Is there an "on dijit created" event?

JeffPace — Wed, 28 May 2014 15:06:45 GMT

awesome thank you!!