Hi Andrew Murdoch,
I am triggered by the last part of your question:
ideally we want a small button on the map that looks like the other widget buttons.
Yes, you can add your own custom button, with a look and feel similar to the other widget buttons if you choose one from Esri Icon Font (Calcite theme) | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.16
Below you will find a little sample app showing how this should work:
- Create a <div> with your button - I have chosen the printer icon: <div id="myOwnPrinterButton" class="esri-component esri-widget--button esri-widget" role="button"><span title="This looks like a printer button" id="custom-printer" class="esri-icon esri-icon-printer"></span></div>
- Add this to the view.ui like this: view.ui.add(["myOwnPrinterButton"], "top-right");
- Add an event listener: printerButton.addEventListener("click", printerAction);
- Call a function
In my case the function is just a simple alert. It is up to you to implement the full printing functionality that you are describing in your question.
Here you can see it working in CodePen:
ArcGIS JavaScript Tutorial - Add your own custom button
HTH,
Egge-Jan
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
<title>ArcGIS JavaScript Tutorials: Add your own custom button</title>
<style>
html, body, #viewDiv {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.16/esri/themes/light/main.css">
<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.16/"></script>
<script>
require([
"esri/Map",
"esri/views/MapView",
], function(Map, MapView) {
var map = new Map({
basemap: "topo-vector"
});
var view = new MapView({
container: "viewDiv",
map: map,
center: [-118.80500, 34.02700],
zoom: 13
});
view.ui.add(["myOwnPrinterButton"], "top-right");
var printerButton = document.getElementById("myOwnPrinterButton");
printerButton.addEventListener("click", printerAction);
function printerAction(evt) {
window.alert("Functionality to be implemented")
}
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="viewDiv"></div>
<div id="myOwnPrinterButton" class="esri-component esri-widget--button esri-widget" role="button"><span title="This looks like a printer button" id="custom-printer" class="esri-icon esri-icon-printer"></span></div>
</body>
</html>
Hi Andrew Murdoch,