EditTool and Extent

[BernadetteSorenson]

I am using the DrawTool to draw an Extent object on the map. When I attempt to move the Extent graphic using EditTool, the graphic won't move. I understand that some of the Extent properties are read only, but I was wondering if anyone has any advice on what to do.  Thanks.

[SarthakDatt]

Hey,

How are you 'activating' the EditTool on the newly created extent?

This is how it should be done:

// ActionScript

var myEditTool : EditTool = new EditTool(myMap)  // make sure you pass in the map object
myEditTool.activate(EditTool.MOVE, [myGraphic]);

//where myGraphic is the newly created graphic(in your case with an extent geometry) 

// MXML and Actionscript

<!-- EditTool, again making sure you pass in the map object -->
<esri:EditTool id="myEditTool" map="{myMap}"/>

myEditTool.activate(EditTool.MOVE, [myGraphic]);  

You can look at : http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tools/EditTool.html#activate()

Lemme know if that helps.

[BernadetteSorenson]

Yes, I am activating the edit tool:

mapEditTool.activate(EditTool.MOVE|EditTool.EDIT_VERTICES, [Graphic(event.target)]);

and I've tested it with Polyline, Polygon and Extent. My Extent object is the only one that won't work with the EditTool.

[SarthakDatt]

Hey Bernadette,

Yes you are right, It looks like the EditTool does not work with Extent geometries for now. It expects the geometry to be either point, line or polygon. I will push in a fix for this.
For the time being as a workaround, try converting your extent to a polygon before passing it to the EditTool.

Something like :

var extent : Extent =  Graphic(event.target).geometry as Extent;

const arrPoints:Array = [
     new MapPoint(extent.xmin, extent.ymin),
     new MapPoint(extent.xmin, extent.ymax),
     new MapPoint(extent.xmax, extent.ymax),
     new MapPoint(extent.xmax, extent.ymin),
     new MapPoint(extent.xmin, extent.ymin)
];

var polygon:Polygon = new Polygon();
polygon.addRing(arrPoints);
polygon.spatialReference = extent.spatialReference;

Graphic(event.target).geometry = polygon;

mapEditTool.activate(EditTool.MOVE|EditTool.EDIT_V ERTICES, [Graphic(event.target)]); 

Lemme know if this works for you.

[BernadetteSorenson]

Sarthak,

I did something similar to your suggestion, using a Polyline. It would be nice to have the EditTool work with the Extent geometries. Thanks again for your help!

Bernadette