idea add Ortho mode, and snapping to JS API Measure, and Edit widget in Developers Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/add-ortho-mode-and-snapping-to-js-api-measure-and/idi-p/925442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Add an Orthogonal mode to the JS API and AGOL measure widget.&nbsp; &nbsp;And add snapping; with programmer and/or user-specified layers to snap to.&nbsp; Make both these features accessible by key combo and/or also by graphical user interface (might be more discoverable; but may be nicer to tuck away via key combo for pro apps for power users)&nbsp; I also suggest adding these both to the Editing widget.&nbsp; Would like this in 3.x (because we use WAB 2D) but I would imagine it would probably only make it to the 4.x.</P><P></P><P>Ortho&nbsp;mode in measurement was actually one thing I liked in AutoCad that seems to just work easily and nicely.</P><P></P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/44829">Jianxia Song</A>&nbsp;Here is my user story example - I wanted to measure a 30-foot easement off a property line at a few spots. I would like to measure a straight line at 90 degrees at a few spots, and of course starting at the property line (snapped to). Currently is "eyeballed", which is&nbsp;not optimal.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:33:24 GMT Anonymous User 2020-01-17T19:33:24Z add Ortho mode, and snapping to JS API Measure, and Edit widget https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/add-ortho-mode-and-snapping-to-js-api-measure-and/idi-p/925442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Add an Orthogonal mode to the JS API and AGOL measure widget.&nbsp; &nbsp;And add snapping; with programmer and/or user-specified layers to snap to.&nbsp; Make both these features accessible by key combo and/or also by graphical user interface (might be more discoverable; but may be nicer to tuck away via key combo for pro apps for power users)&nbsp; I also suggest adding these both to the Editing widget.&nbsp; Would like this in 3.x (because we use WAB 2D) but I would imagine it would probably only make it to the 4.x.</P><P></P><P>Ortho&nbsp;mode in measurement was actually one thing I liked in AutoCad that seems to just work easily and nicely.</P><P></P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/44829">Jianxia Song</A>&nbsp;Here is my user story example - I wanted to measure a 30-foot easement off a property line at a few spots. I would like to measure a straight line at 90 degrees at a few spots, and of course starting at the property line (snapped to). Currently is "eyeballed", which is&nbsp;not optimal.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:33:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/add-ortho-mode-and-snapping-to-js-api-measure-and/idi-p/925442 Anonymous User 2020-01-17T19:33:24Z