topic Re: Identify Features in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Identify Features

MelanieHammond1 — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:05:18 GMT

Has anyone else experienced that identify still brings up a pop up for layers that aren't even turned on in the map? I am using a map published with Server and placed on ArcGIS Online.

Re: Identify Features

MattMcGuire — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:46:45 GMT

I've noticed that. Perhaps more troubling, I've also noticed that popups don't work for layers that are off initially.

I have a web app that has multiple services from our ArcGIS Server. Most of the layers in each service are "off" (not visible) by default. They are also off in the web map. Popups for all layers are enabled. When I publish as a Web AppBuilder application, the popups for layers that are "off" do not show up, even after the end user turns the layer on in the Table of Contents widget.

My first work around is to turn all layers on in the web map. Now popups work, but as you've found, all layers in each service popup on every identify, even if some of the layers are off in the Table of Contents.

Re: Identify Features

MelanieHammond1 — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:51:00 GMT

It is almost as if WebApp Builder does not correctly recognize when layers are on or off. Simply shows popups for anything you enabled in the web map. I had not noticed your further issue, but it would make sense if it can't correctly recognize settings from the actual map.

Hope Esri is looking into this. Kind of a deal breaker especially considering there isn't an actual identify tool you can control.

Re: Identify Features

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:44:26 GMT

I have found that in the developer version you can go into the \jimu.js\MapManager.js file and make this change:

var webMapOptions = {

mapOptions: mapOptions,

bingMapsKey: appConfig.bingMapsKey,

usePopupManager: true

};

By adding the usePopupManager option it fixes the issue with identifying layers, but I find that it semi breaks other widgets like measure and draw because now when you click on the map to measure you get the measure tool and the identify popup comes up.

Re: Identify Features

JuliaGuard — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:39:46 GMT

Hey all,

Thanks for sharing this issue. It has now been identified and logged as a software bug in our system. The bug has been marked as "assigned", which means that the behavior is now under consideration to be fixed in a future release.

Hope this helps,

Julia

Esri Technical Support

Re: Identify Features

KellyHutchins — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:54:24 GMT

Stan,

I'm not familiar with the WAB code but you should be able to disable the popups when the measurement widget is active by setting map.showInfoWindowOnClick(false). Then when you deactivate the measure tool you can turn popups back on using map.showInfoWindowOnClick(true).

You may see that they already have code in the WAB that does this by enabling/disabling the clickEventHandler and clickEvent Listener. Once you set usePopupManager to true those no longer work and you have to switch to the showInfoWindowOnClick approach.

Hope this helps.

Re: Identify Features

StanMcShinsky — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:54:15 GMT

Kelly,

Thanks for the help. After you mentioned using map.showInfoWindowOnClick I tried to look it up but there was not much out there for that. All I found was this link esri/arcgis/utils | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript that has this When using usePopupManager: true in the options parameter in the createMap method, the clickEventHandle and clickEventListener will be undefined. Instead use the Map.setInfoWindowOnClick to control visibility of the popup. It did not give any examples on how to do that. I tried a few things and I think I found one that works. From what I can tell it looks good to me.

For the measurement widget I opened \widgets\Measurement\Widget.js and commented out two lines and added two new ones right around line 69.

aspect.after(this.measurement, 'setTool', lang.hitch(this, function() {
    if (this.measurement.activeTool) {
      //this.disableWebMapPopup();
      this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(false);   //added this
    } else {
      //this.enableWebMapPopup();
      this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(true);   //added this
    }
}));

It looks like you need to add these lines of code to other widgets that need map clicks like draw.

Re: Identify Features

TarigAhmed1 — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:41:08 GMT

I'm experiencing the same problem.

I'm using WAB on ArcGIS Online.

Re: Identify Features

TarigAhmed1 — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:42:05 GMT

I'm experiencing the same problem. Any luck?

I'm using WAB on ArcGIS Online, not the Dev version.

Re: Identify Features

MattMcGuire — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:51:26 GMT

The solution posted by Stan McShinsky‌ seems to work (at least the first half - I haven't tested the second half) but it isn't available for the AGOL version. As Julia Guard‌ noted, ESRI is aware of the issue, but hasn't committed to fixing it within any specific timeframe.

Re: Identify Features

StanMcShinsky — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:54:17 GMT

OK I did some more digging and found the place to fix the draw widget.

\jimu.js\dijit\DrawBox.js

around line 165

Comment out this.enableWebMapPopup(); and add in this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(true);

deactivate:function(){
  //this.enableWebMapPopup();
  this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(true);    //Added this
  if(this.drawToolBar){
    this.drawToolBar.deactivate();
  }
  query('.draw-item',this.domNode).removeClass('selected');
},

around line 245

Comment out this.disableWebMapPopup(); and add in this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(false);

_onItemClick:function(event){
  var target = event.target||event.srcElement;
  var items = query('.draw-item',this.domNode);
  items.removeClass('selected');
  html.addClass(target,'selected');
  var geotype = target.getAttribute('data-geotype');
  var commontype = target.getAttribute('data-commontype');
  var tool = Draw[geotype];
  //this.disableWebMapPopup();
  this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(false);    // added this
  this.drawToolBar.activate(tool);
  this.onIconSelected(target,geotype,commontype);
},

Re: Identify Features

MattMcGuire — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:06:22 GMT

Thanks Stan,

This worked for the measure tool. I didn't have quite as much luck with the draw widget. I tried switching setInfoWindowOnClick in the startup and destroy functions of the draw widget. startup seemed to work, but destroy did not give the popup back to Identify. Here's my code starting on line 371 of the Widget.js of the Draw Widget. (I don't seem to have access to the syntax highlighter in my forum window here.)

destroy: function() {

if(this.drawBox){

this.drawBox.destroy();

this.drawBox = null;

}

if(this.pointSymChooser){

this.pointSymChooser.destroy();

this.pointSymChooser = null;

}

if(this.lineSymChooser){

this.lineSymChooser.destroy();

this.lineSymChooser = null;

}

if(this.fillSymChooser){

this.fillSymChooser.destroy();

this.fillSymChooser = null;

}

if(this.textSymChooser){

this.textSymChooser.destroy();

this.textSymChooser = null;

}

this.inherited(arguments);

this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(true); //<<ADDED THIS LINE

startup: function() {

this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(false); //<<ADDED THIS LINE //<<ADDED THIS LINE

this.inherited(arguments);

this.viewStack.startup();

this.viewStack.switchView(null);

}

Re: Identify Features

MattMcGuire — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:12:17 GMT

I posted to soon. I moved the this.map.setInfoWindowOnClick(true); to the onClose function (line 317) and the draw widget now works.

This is a nice backup to have, but would prefer to see it in the AGOL version.

Re: Identify Features

StanMcShinsky — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:20:10 GMT

Looks like both options are good. The reason I did it in the \jimu.js\dijit\DrawBox.js file is because that is where the clickEventHandler and clickEvent Listener are for the draw tool.

To use the code block you need to use the advanced editor.

Re: Identify Features

Jianxia — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:20:35 GMT

Above pop up issues with web map, measure and draw widgets have been fixed in the coming AGOL release and Developer Edition 1.1 in March.

Thanks,

Jianxia

Re: Identify Features

AndySmith — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:11:35 GMT

Hi Jianxia, do you have BUG reference for this? Is it BUG-000084319?

Re: Identify Features

SebastianRoberts — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:12:44 GMT

This still seems to be an issue with the WebApp Builder in Portal at 10.3. Does anyone know when that will be fixed? Unfortunately I can't use the develop edition with Portal because of another bug ( BUG-000086779 ).

Re: Identify Features

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:53:39 GMT

Sebastian,

You will not see that bug fixed in Portal until you get 10.3.1 of Portal when it is released, scheduled release is approximately UC time frame.

Re: Identify Features

Anonymous User — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 14:02:57 GMT

Hi Jianxia

Can you confirm please if this bug was indeed supposed to have been fixed in the WAB Developer's edition 1.1?

I'm experiencing very similar problem using 1.1 - I have a web map with pop-ups enabled (the pop-ups in this web map work fine in AGOL, and also in a web app built using WAB Dev beta 3 edition) where none of the pop-ups appear to work in a web app built using WAB Dev edition 1.1.

All layers are enabled in the web map by default.

Cheers,

-Paul

Re: Identify Features

Jianxia — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 23:53:06 GMT

Paul,

I just ran a quite test on dev edition 1.1 and popup worked fine. Does any popups show up in your app? On the layer list, if you go down to the individual layer level, the context menu allows you to enable/remove the popups as well. Could you provide more details?

Thanks,

Jianxia