topic Launch a widget from a button but not have a panel/UI in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

Launch a widget from a button but not have a panel/UI

sreeharikottoormadam — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:21:31 GMT

Is there a way to launch a widget from a button but not have a panel/UI?

- I have a custom widget (widget A) and within that, from a button click user need to open another widget (widget B) , but widget B should not added to the UI/panel.

Re: Launch a widget from a button but not have a panel/UI

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:16:54 GMT

Sreehari,

If you have a widget that is developed to not have a panel (ie. the manifest.json has "inPanel": false,) then you can call if from a button using the code in this link:

https://community.esri.com/thread/219253-open-widget-programatically-foldable-theme

Re: Launch a widget from a button but not have a panel/UI

sreeharikottoormadam — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:27:57 GMT

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the help. This worked for me (Launchpad Theme).

var widgetsCfg = this.appConfig.widgetPool.widgets;
var widgetId;
for(var i in widgetsCfg){
if(widgetsCfg.name == "MyWidget_Name"){
widgetId = widgetsCfg.id;
break;
}
}
var widgetCtlr = WidgetManager.getInstance().getWidgetsByName("AnchorBarController")[0];
widgetCtlr.setOpenedIds([widgetId]);