topic Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)? in .NET Maps SDK Questions

SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:37:01 GMT

I have code that I wrote in .NET runtime 10.2.7 using the MapView.Editor that allows the user to draw a polyline on the map. I'm sure it came from one of the samples. I'm trying to do the same thing in Quartz (WPF only), and it doesn't seem to work as expected. When I click my button, the map is clearly in editor mode, and I can click to draw the polyline. However, there doesn't seem to be a way to end the editing mode. Typically this is a double-click, but that does nothing. I'm left with the polyline in edit mode.

Maybe I'm missing a step, but I couldn't find an example in the docs or in the sample code.

Here is my button click code:

private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    var geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(SketchCreationMode.Polyline);

    GraphicsOverlay graphicsOverlay;
    if (MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays.Count < 1)
    {
        graphicsOverlay = new GraphicsOverlay();
        MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays.Add(graphicsOverlay);
    }
    else
        graphicsOverlay = MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays[0];

    var outlineSymbol = new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbolStyle.Solid, Colors.Black, 1.0);
    var line = new Graphic(geometry, outlineSymbol);

    graphicsOverlay.Graphics.Add(line);
}

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

StefanKallin1 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:24:45 GMT

The new editor is slightly different compared to the one present in version 10.2.7.

The new one offer two ways of drawing geometries; "Draw and edit" (default) and "draw and commit".

If you use the StartAsync method with the boolean drawAndEdit set to false you will be able to commit your geometry using double-click.

var geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(SketchCreationMode.Polyline, false)

The default option offer a more flexible way of creating and editing geometries but as far as I can tell you will have to call SketchEditor.CompleteCommand.Execute(null) yourself to finalize the geometry and exit edit mode.

I will let you know if I find some other solution to this.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:28:45 GMT

Awesome! Such a small detail made a huge difference. Thanks!!

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

MichaelBranscomb — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:27:22 GMT

Hi,

We'll review the doc for this area and look at clarifying the behavior (SketchEditor.StartAsync Method (SketchCreationMode, Boolean)).

Cheers

Mike

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:53:12 GMT

This has gotten me on the right track, but I have a quick follow-up .... If I have this line of code to sketch a shape, it throws an exception if the user presses the Enter/Return key while the shape is editable. I've tried capturing the key press on both the map view and main window, but this happens before the key down or up events.

_geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(SketchCreationMode.Polyline, true);

I'm attaching a screenshot of the exception details.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

StefanKallin1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:37:03 GMT

 try
 {
 geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(SketchCreationMode.Polyline) as Polyline;
 }
 catch (TaskCanceledException)
 { }

This should solve this particular issue. I used this in my test code.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:48:04 GMT

Thanks again!

It's seems counter-intuitive that Enter/Return key press would cancel the operation. It seems more logical that Enter would complete the operation, while ESC would would be more appropriate for cancel. But the confusing thing to me is that Enter does nothing while editing in runtime 10.2.7 or in ArcMap. Michael Branscomb, is any particular reason for the change in v100.0 and more specifically choosing Enter to cancel the operation instead of ESC?

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

dotMorten_esri — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:31:45 GMT

Enter/ESC doesn't cancel the editing. We have no such thing. Are you sure your app doesn't trigger some code when you click enter? ie does the "draw" button still have focus, so when you hit enter, it starts a new draw, which causes the previous one to get cancelled (this would have been an issue in 10.2.x as well)

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:05:27 GMT

Morten Nielsen, you nailed it! After some testing and debugging, it looks like my draw button still has focus. If I force focus to the map view (i.e. MyMapView.Focus() ), the behavior goes away. Now the next question is why doesn't the MapView gain focus automatically when I do SketchEditor.StartAsync() and start drawing?

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

dotMorten_esri — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:10:02 GMT

> ow the next question is why doesn't the MapView gain focus automatically when I do SketchEditor.StartAsync() and start drawing?

That's a great question. I'll log an enhancement request 😉

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

KeithGemeinhart1 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:30:25 GMT

Thanks!! I can send you my test code if you need it.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

dotMorten_esri — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:35:45 GMT

No need. I have enough information here.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

BjørnarSundsbø1 — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:15:34 GMT

I've just upgraded to 100.2.0, and experience the same problem with double click not completing/cancelling the edit. I've tried passing in false to drawAndEdit, but it is not completed. Double clicking the right mouse button cancels the edit though, but that doesn't seem like an intuitive way of exiting. I've also tried subscribing to the GeoViewDoubleTapped event to complete/cancel the operation, but this event is not triggered every time on double click. I assume it is because I'm the last delegate, and the event has already been set to Handled,and my handler is not called.

Since I need to add an initial point to start measuring at the right click location, I pass a polyline with the initial position.

Even if drawAndEdit = false would have worked, this parameter is not available to the override that accept a geometry. I suppose that in some way it makes sense that drawAndEdit would be enabled since the documentation says the parameter edits the existing geometry. In the past, you could implement some events to add the initial point, but I can't find these events to do the same as before.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

JenniferNery — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:43:55 GMT

As you pointed out `drawAndEdit`, which completes draw by double-click for SketchCreationMode.Polygon/Polygline, is not an option when passing existing geometry. But you should be able to execute Cancel/Complete any time to mimic the same behavior during edit. Are you seeing a regression in v100.2.0?

I had just tried the following code with latest. GeoViewDoubleTapped event fires just fine, CompleteCommand also gets executed returning the updated geometry.

public MainWindow()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    MyMapView.Map = new Map(Basemap.CreateTopographic());
    MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays.Add(new GraphicsOverlay());


    MyMapView.GeoViewDoubleTapped += (s, e) =>
      {
          if (_editStarted && MyMapView.SketchEditor.CompleteCommand.CanExecute(null))
              MyMapView.SketchEditor.CompleteCommand.Execute(null);
      };
}

private async void OnDraw(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        var geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(SketchCreationMode.Polygon, false);
        var overlay = MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays[0];
        overlay.Graphics.Add(new Graphic(geometry, new SimpleFillSymbol()));
    }
    catch (TaskCanceledException) { }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, ex.GetType().Name);
    }
}

private bool _editStarted = false;
private async void OnEdit(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Graphic graphic = null;
    try
    {
        var overlay = MyMapView.GraphicsOverlays[0];
        graphic = overlay.Graphics.FirstOrDefault();
        if (graphic == null)
            return;
        graphic.IsVisible = false;
        _editStarted = true;
        var geometry = await MyMapView.SketchEditor.StartAsync(graphic.Geometry);
        graphic.Geometry = geometry;
    }
    catch (TaskCanceledException) { }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, ex.GetType().Name);
    }
    finally
    {
        _editStarted = false;
        if (graphic != null)
            graphic.IsVisible = true;
    }
}
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Can you share some code on how I may be able to reproduce the issue?

Thank you.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

BjørnarSundsbø1 — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:23:02 GMT

I'll try to mock up a sample. However, I forgot to mention that I'm upgrading from 10.2.7, so I can't say for sure that there is a regression from 100.1. I'll try to tripple check my claim that the GeoViewDoubleTapped event is not raised on double click, tomorrow.

Re: SketchEditor broken in Quartz (WPF/v100.0)?

BjørnarSundsbø1 — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:44:41 GMT

Jennifer Nery Submitted as part of support case with title "ArcGIS .Net Runtime 100.2.0 crashes"