Render Legend Widget outside MapView?

IsaiahAguilera · ‎01-25-2018

Is there a way to render the Legend widget outside of the mapview in the 4.x api? For instance in the 3.x api I was able to place the legend in a modal because you had more control over where it was placed in the dom. But it seems here I can only add it to the map view via the ui.add() method. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Isaiah Aguilera

RobertScheitlin__GISP · ‎01-25-2018

Isaiah,

Sure you can place it where you want:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
  <title>Legend widget - 4.6</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.6/esri/css/main.css">

  <style>
    html,
    body{
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
      overflow: hidden;
    }

    #viewDiv {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      height: 100%;
      width: calc(100% - 205px);
      overflow: hidden;
    }

    #legendDiv {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      right: 0;
      z-index: 500;
    }
  </style>

  <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.6/"></script>
  <script>
    require([
        "esri/views/MapView",
        "esri/widgets/Legend",
        "esri/WebMap",

        "dojo/domReady!"
      ],
      function(
        MapView, Legend, WebMap
      ) {

        var webmap = new WebMap({
          portalItem: { // autocasts as new PortalItem()
            id: "4abe6a830b8f466dacf8abfde567a781"
          }
        });

        var view = new MapView({
          container: "viewDiv",
          map: webmap
        });

        view.when(function() {
          // get the first layer in the collection of operational layers in the WebMap
          // when the resources in the MapView have loaded.
          var featureLayer = webmap.layers.getItemAt(0);

          var legend = new Legend({
            view: view,
            layerInfos: [{
              layer: featureLayer,
              title: "NY Educational Attainment"
            }]
          }, "legendDiv");

          // Add widget to the bottom right corner of the view
          //view.ui.add(legend, "bottom-right");
        });
      });
  </script>
</head>

<body class="calcite">
  <div id="viewDiv"></div>
  <div id="legendDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>
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RobertScheitlin__GISP · ‎01-25-2018

Isaiah,

Sure you can place it where you want:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
  <title>Legend widget - 4.6</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.6/esri/css/main.css">

  <style>
    html,
    body{
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
      overflow: hidden;
    }

    #viewDiv {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      height: 100%;
      width: calc(100% - 205px);
      overflow: hidden;
    }

    #legendDiv {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      right: 0;
      z-index: 500;
    }
  </style>

  <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.6/"></script>
  <script>
    require([
        "esri/views/MapView",
        "esri/widgets/Legend",
        "esri/WebMap",

        "dojo/domReady!"
      ],
      function(
        MapView, Legend, WebMap
      ) {

        var webmap = new WebMap({
          portalItem: { // autocasts as new PortalItem()
            id: "4abe6a830b8f466dacf8abfde567a781"
          }
        });

        var view = new MapView({
          container: "viewDiv",
          map: webmap
        });

        view.when(function() {
          // get the first layer in the collection of operational layers in the WebMap
          // when the resources in the MapView have loaded.
          var featureLayer = webmap.layers.getItemAt(0);

          var legend = new Legend({
            view: view,
            layerInfos: [{
              layer: featureLayer,
              title: "NY Educational Attainment"
            }]
          }, "legendDiv");

          // Add widget to the bottom right corner of the view
          //view.ui.add(legend, "bottom-right");
        });
      });
  </script>
</head>

<body class="calcite">
  <div id="viewDiv"></div>
  <div id="legendDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>
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IsaiahAguilera · ‎01-25-2018

Well that's pretty simple! Honestly I don't think there is any reference in the api docs to that being an option anymore. In the constructor section of the Legend Widget there is no reference that I can find. But I am glad it is still there. Thanks Robert! I'll give that a shot.