topic Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

BrantSollis2 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:52:41 GMT

I am testing out the much needed Print widget in Experience Builder, and I noticed that only some of my graphics from the Draw widget are showing up in my exported maps. The issue seems to be persistent on the Line and Polygon tools, but Rectangle and Circle seem to work occasionally.

As shown in the preview:

All styles of graphic show in Map View

Output from the Print Widget (map only):

Only Rectangle and Circle are shown in output.

This behavior seems to occur regardless of what layout or format options are used. I'm assuming it may be a bug, but has anyone seen similar behavior?

Thanks,

Brant

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

Jianxia — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:58:35 GMT

@BrantSollis2 , could you please try something similar in the new map viewer and see if the problem occurs there? This will help us narrow down where the problem is as both new map viewer and Experience Builder use the printing capability of JSAPI 4. Thanks.

cc to @ShengdiZhang

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

FredericPoliart_EsriAU — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 01:29:32 GMT

Print Widget: Great addition!

* Is there a way to specify an output other than .png? (ex: pdf file)
* The line and polygon from your draw widgets don't seem to be pushed forward onto the Print geoprocessing task. (drawn points do work)
* Is there a printWidget and drawWidget we can download separately for ExB Developer Edition?

thank you

Also : your draw widget shows some size, colors, transparency but then that section disappears as soon as I draw one point on the map .

Next: draw text (color/font/rotation) and Callout bubbles?

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

TonghuiMing — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:38:23 GMT

The Draw widget does not use the mechanism with Map Viewer (Map notes in classic or Sketch layers in the new version), so a comparison with Map Viewer would not be quite relevant.

@BrantSollis2 We will take a look at this.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

TonghuiMing — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:49:55 GMT

the draw widget shows some size, colors, transparency but then that section disappears as soon as I draw one point on the map .

@FredericPoliart_EsriAU - The settings below relate to the type of the point symbols. For vector symbols (like the default one), it has the fill/outline/transparency settings; for picture symbols, these settings are not applicable except for the size customization - this is expected.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

MarcoPoetsch — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:44:49 GMT

Hi @Jianxia and co,

I have a related problem.
I draw polygons, lines and points on the map, but only the point are getting printed.

This is what I drew:

This is what I get:

And, interestingly, this is what i get after modifying (moving) all drawings:

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

MatAzzopardiRWE — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:58:41 GMT

I'm currently experiencing a problem with the print widget............viewing the PDF in Chrome/Edge, the text appears fine, however, on opening in PDF application, AerialUnicodeMS is missing and showing all text as DOTS.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

BrantSollis2 — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:25:37 GMT

@Jianxia @TonghuiMing
Thank you both for following up! I did test it in the new Map Viewer, and the behavior is as expected (all sketches shown in the output).

@TonghuiMing As you stated, it appears the New Map Viewer uses a different mechanism for drawing graphics. Is it possible to use Sketch Layers in ExpBuilder? The map viewer already has the important functionality of adding Text graphics and snapping.

-Brant

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

TonghuiMing — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 03:43:00 GMT

@BrantSollis2 @MarcoPoetsch - The graphics drawn from the Draw widget should display properly when using the Print widget now.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

TonghuiMing — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 03:50:40 GMT

The Map Viewer builds its advanced functionality (such as the text you mentioned) on top of the Sketch widget, as the function of MV itself. Thus, it is not possible for us to reuse any of those, unfortunately.

Good thing is that there is already an Esri Support request for text symbols (ENH-000121392), as well as the request in the community for the API Sketch widget - https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-javascript-ideas/sketch-widget-include-text-option/idc-p/1132566#M101

As for the snapping function, it is doable as an enhancement since Sketch already supports it. Feel free to post it in ExB Ideas or bring it up via Esri Support and we will evaluate based on the feedback. Thanks.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

MarcoPoetsch — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:17:17 GMT

Thanks @TonghuiMing, its working now.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

JianxiaSong — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:07:02 GMT

@MatAzzopardiRWE , this is strange. cc to @TanuHoque for help.

Re: New Print Widget output does not show graphics from Draw widget

erica_poisson — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:35:29 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing -

I realize this post is closed, but hope someone can help me. We are using the Draw widget and notice that if draw on the map there is no way to provide the drawn feature a label. If you select to add a legend in the printed output, the drawn in features are labeled as "Override 1", "Override 2", etc. This is not ideal. I can not find a way to enable users to add a label via the widget settings.

Is this possible, or is this in the future workplan for Experience Builder?

Thank you,