topic widget customization in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

widget customization

rajujee — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 21:13:22 GMT

I am new to WAB and widgets. Could you clarify why html starts with "nls". ${nls.fields}, ${nls.add} etc

also how I can understand which class to use where e.g.

your help is greatly appreciated!

Re: widget customization

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:24:07 GMT

Ram,

You need to look at Dojo templated Dijit workflow. Creating Template-based Widgets - Archived Tutorial - Dojo Toolkit

${} in the them means that the value will come from the widget.js file. nls. means that the value comes from the widgets nls folder strings.js file and is a property called "fields" or "add" in the widgets nls\strings.js file (this is for localization of the widget).

also how I can understand which class to use where e.g.

Not sure what you mean here... Are you asking about css class rules or object classes?

Re: widget customization

rajujee — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:03:21 GMT

Thanks Robert for your response. You are very helpful.

I am aware of CSS Selectors however I am wondering how I could reuse WAB CSS classes. could you direct me to appropriate links and guide.

Re: widget customization

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:07:48 GMT

Ram,

There are lots of css files in WAB many are in the jimu.js css folder and the each widget can have a css folder. So it is real hard to answer your question

Re: widget customization

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:09:01 GMT

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