topic Re: Programmatically select template from favorites in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Programmatically select template from favorites

FridjofSchmidt — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:08:29 GMT

Hello, I would like to programmatically select a feature editing template from the list of favorites. For example, when the user clicks a button, the list of favorite templates appears and the first item under a certain folder gets selected. Is there a recommended way of doing this?

Re: Programmatically select template from favorites

GKmieliauskas — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:00:32 GMT

Hi,

Have you tried GetTemplates method from MappingExtensions?

More info here.

There is ArcGIS Pro SDK community sample for choosing template from list:

https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-pro-sdk-community-samples/tree/master/Editing/TransferAttributes

Re: Programmatically select template from favorites

FridjofSchmidt — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:57:02 GMT

OK, this might be an option, but actually I was planning to go with the existing UI: Selecting a template from the list of favorites so that it appears selected, expands, and activates its default tool.

It seems I can get hold of the TemplateFoldersVM in esri_editing_CreateFeaturesDockPane and its children via reflection, but I'd prefer a supported solution.

Re: Programmatically select template from favorites

NarelleChedzey — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:22:19 GMT

Hello,

Currently there is no method in the API to access the set of favorite templates. Access to templates is currently only from a map member (layer or standalone table) using the GetTemplates method. I will add an issue to our backlog to address this in a future release.

Narelle

Re: Programmatically select template from favorites

FridjofSchmidt — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:02:39 GMT

Thank you Narelle, I really appreciate it and I am looking forward to working with this future release.

For those interested, my current approach is this:

static bool SelectFirstTemplateFromFolder(string folderName) { var pane = FrameworkApplication.DockPaneManager.Find(DAML.Dockpane.esri_editing_CreateFeaturesDockPane); pane.Activate(); var paneType = pane.GetType(); var pi = paneType.GetProperty("SubPanelIndex"); pi?.SetValue(pane, 0); pi?.SetValue(pane, 1); // Switch to Favorites pi = paneType.GetProperty("TemplateFoldersVM"); var templateFoldersVM = pi?.GetValue(pane); pi = templateFoldersVM?.GetType().GetProperty("RootFolderChildren"); if (pi?.GetValue(templateFoldersVM) is IEnumerable col) { foreach (var item in col) { var itemType = item.GetType(); pi = itemType.GetProperty("Name"); var name = pi.GetValue(item); if (Equals(name, folderName)) { pi = itemType.GetProperty("Children"); if (pi?.GetValue(item) is IEnumerable children) { var enumerator = children.GetEnumerator(); if (enumerator.MoveNext()) { var child = enumerator.Current; var childType = child.GetType(); pi = childType.GetProperty("IsSelected"); pi.SetValue(child, false); pi.SetValue(child, true); return true; } } break; } } } return false; }