topic Re: SketchValueOptions for new arcgis-sketch web component in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

SketchValueOptions for new arcgis-sketch web component

Insa_bel — Fri, 29 May 2026 09:25:35 GMT

Hello!

I am currently in the process of migrating our widgets to the new web components.

While migrating the Sketch Widget, I ran into an issue. I do not see any option anymore to set the SketchValueOptions. We use the valueOptions to change the units for the tooltip to nautical-miles like this:

valueOptions: {

displayUnits: {

length: 'nautical-miles',

area: 'square-nautical-miles'

}

The only unit related option when working with the arcgis-sketch (that I found) is setting the unit system for the labels (labelOptions) via a PortalItem on the Map?

This only works with SceneViews, but we use a MapView.

I could not find any unit options that only apply to the sketch component directly.

Could you please help me out there?

Re: SketchValueOptions for new arcgis-sketch web component

Insa_bel — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:39:19 GMT

Re: SketchValueOptions for new arcgis-sketch web component

JeffreyThompson2 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:27:45 GMT

The documentation doesn't explain this very well, but all the properties and functions of a Widget should still be accessible in a Component through JavaScript. You just need to use the document.getElementById() method to capture the DOM node of the Component. That DOM node is for all practical purposes the Widget.

const sketchWidget = document.getElementById('sketchComponentId') sketchWidget.valueOptions = myValueOptions