topic Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:52:29 GMT

Hi Robert,

This might be a silly question, but how do you Activate the point selector in the BY SHAPE search option on startup. I cant see where to choose this option anywhere. See images below. Currently when this option is activated the point search is inactive until you click it. I would like it to be already activated when the user selects the BY SHAPE option.

current on startup. preferred startup.

cheers

Rod

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:02:19 GMT

Rod,

Sure you can just add this line of code to the end of the _initDrawBox function:

this.drawBox.activate("POINT");

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:15:25 GMT

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the info, I added the code to the widget.js file with no success. Have I changed the wrong file and if so which one should I change?

Rod

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:27:19 GMT

Rod,

What I did and tested just fine was add that one line to the Widget.js _initDrawBox function at the end of that function block.

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 01:43:09 GMT

Ok, I'll try again and let you know the outcome.

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:11:19 GMT

Hi Robert

Got it to work using single quotes around the point entity, eg ('POINT') instead of double quotes. Does this make sense!

Rod

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:51:26 GMT

Nope not at all...

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:20:05 GMT

Anyway its working, so I'll mark it as answered.

cheers

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RodWoodfordOld — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:09:08 GMT

Hi Robert,

Just noticed an odd behaviour, when running an app with this code change set, its fine on start-up but when you open another widget, say the legend for example and then go back to the eSearch BY SHAPE option the point function is not activated. So it appears to only work on start-up. Can this be resolved?

Rod

Re: eSearch - By Shape option Activated on open

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:42:30 GMT

Rod,

It is likely to do with the onClose event in the Widget.js

onClose: function () {

this.drawBox.deactivate();