topic Set initial extent not working after deploy? in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Set initial extent not working after deploy?

RobertSommers — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:50:23 GMT

I'm curious if anyone else is having this problem or has found a way to deal with it:

When I create a new App in Developer I have to choose a web map. In the web map I have chosen to use the "Web Map's Default Extent" at app initialization. So, every time the app is initialized it should start at the web map's default extent.

After I deploy the app to our server, however, this default extent preference seems to be "broken". For example, if I zoom in to the map, then I close the browser window, and then I go back to the map, it initializes at my last view.

Am I missing a setting? Does anybody else have this issue? Thanks.

Re: Set initial extent not working after deploy?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:54:20 GMT

Derrick,

See this thread for an explanation and work around:

How to turn off new "auto saved map extent and layer visibility" in Nov 2015 update?

Re: Set initial extent not working after deploy?

RobertSommers — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:13:08 GMT

Thanks, Robert

I just had to comment out the onBeforeUnload function in MapManager.js and it does not save the last extent anymore.