topic Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

JustinRiggs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:16:10 GMT

Right now the Search Widget opens with "Select Features" as its default. Is there any way to change that so it opens with the "Search by Attribute" screen instead?

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:49:29 GMT

Justin,

It take one very simple code change... But you have to be using the source code not the pre-compiled viewer.

Add what is in red to the SearchWidget.mxml

<viewer:BaseWidget xmlns:esri="http://www.esri.com/2008/ags"
                   xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
                   xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
                   xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
                   xmlns:Search="widgets.Search.*"
                   xmlns:viewer="com.esri.viewer.*"
                   x="600" y="300"
     currentState="textInput"
                   widgetConfigLoaded="init(); wTemplate.selectedTitlebarButtonIndex = 1">

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

JustinRiggs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:54:16 GMT

Hmmm, I must be using the precompiled version because the code changes didn't have any effect. Thanks anyway...

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:26:18 GMT

Justin,

If you have the SearchWidget.mxml, than you have the source code and NOT the precompiled version. Did you clear your browsers cache?

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

JustinRiggs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:05:44 GMT

Robert,

Yes, I cleared the cache. I also had the widget set to preload, but I turned that off and still no luck. I've copied and pasted the code sample you provided directly into the SearchWidget.mxml page, so I don't think I have any typos...

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:11:23 GMT

Justin,

In flash Builder look at your problems window and see if there is anything listed there.

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

JustinRiggs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:22:35 GMT

Robert,

It's not reporting any problems, but I do have something interesting to report. I'm working on two projects right now - one on 2.2 and one on 2.3. When I added your code on the 2.2 project it worked; when I added it to the 2.3 project it doesn't. I don't know why that would be, but maybe that will help you...

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:35:19 GMT

Justin,

I just tested the exact same change in 2.3 and it worked fine...

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

JustinRiggs — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:56:48 GMT

Justin,

I just tested the exact same change in 2.3 and it worked fine...

Weird. I'll keep toying around with it, but obviously this works. Case closed. (Thanks for your help)

UPDATE: In my 2.3 project, I had to add SearchWidget.mxml to Flex Modules under Project--> Properties. I can be a real knucklehead sometimes.

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

DerekHunter — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:55:14 GMT

Robert,

The only searchwidget.mxml I can find is under the eSearch widget folder. I am using the Search widget and would like to enable the changes you reference above to make the search by attribute appear by default, but can't find the .mxml file.

Derek

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:03:10 GMT

Derek,

If you don't have the SearchWidget.mxml for the standard esri search than it is unlikely that you are using the source code for the flex viewer... Are you using Flash or Flex Builder by adobe? or are you just a Flex Viewer configurer (only modifying the xml files)?

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

DerekHunter — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:13:38 GMT

We just deployed the sample flex site and are editing config.xml and corresponding widget's xml. We just got Flash Builder and would like to edit the widgets source.

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:20:13 GMT

Derek,

You need to download the viewers source than.

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3f6a0bfee48949a88df50bf7686ec72a

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

DerekHunter — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:38:00 GMT

OK...got it. So I add

currentState="textInput" widgetConfigLoaded="init(); wTemplate.selectedTitlebarButtonIndex = 1">

to SeachWidget.mxml. Then my question is where is the proper place to save this to for my site.

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:43:37 GMT

Derek,

Once you have the source code for the viewer you need to add it to FlashBuilder as a project and then make that modification to the search widget and then when all your modifications are done you export a release build and then copy all the file from the bin-release folder to your web server.

Here is the online documentation on this process:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Getting_Started_Developers/01m30000001q000000/

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

Anonymous User — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:10:14 GMT

We just deployed the sample flex site and are editing config.xml and corresponding widget's xml. We just got Flash Builder and would like to edit the widgets source.

Hey Derek, did you ever create a compiled Search Widget that opens with 'Search by Attribute' open rather than 'Search by Graphic'? If so, would you be willing to share? I don't have Flash Builder but would to make that change to my Search Widget...

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:16:41 GMT

Katie,

The OTB Search widget has support for setting what the initial view is by add the initialview tag in the SearchWidget.xml and setting it to text:

<initialview>text</initialview>

Documentation found here:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Search_widget_tags/01m300000023000000/

Re: Open Search Widget with "Search by Attribute" as default

Anonymous User — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:23:11 GMT

Katie,

The OTB Search widget has support for setting what the initial view is by add the initialview tag in the SearchWidget.xml and setting it to text:
<initialview>text</initialview>
Documentation found here:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Search_widget_tags/01m300000023000000/

Ack, I just saw that! Thanks Robert.