ArcGIS JavaScript: Toggle Labels On and Off?

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11-27-2019 09:33 AM
Egge-Jan_Pollé
MVP Regular Contributor

Hi community,

I think I need your help 🙂

Using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.13 I have created a web map containing a FeatureLayer.

Now I want to be able to toggle the labels for this layers on and off.

Initially I have set the labelsVisible property to false (Labels invisible :-)). By clicking the labels button in the layerlist once I set this property to true and the labels appear 🙂  With this labels button I can now toggle this property between true and false, but the labels are not removed when the property is set to false...

What should I do to get rid of the labels? See screen capture and full code below to see what I have accomplished up to now.

Any suggestions highly appreciated.

TIA,

Egge-Jan

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
  <title>Aan de slag met ArcGIS JavaScript - Labels aan- of uitzetten</title>
  <style>
    html, body, #viewDiv {
      padding: 0;
      margin: 0;
      height: 100%;
      width: 100%;
    }
  </style>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.13/esri/css/main.css">
  <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.13/"></script>

  <script>  
      require([
        "esri/Map",
        "esri/geometry/Point",
        "esri/views/MapView",
        "esri/layers/FeatureLayer",
        "esri/widgets/LayerList",
        "esri/widgets/Expand"
      ], function(Map, Point, MapView, FeatureLayer, LayerList, Expand) {

      var map = new Map({
        basemap: {
          portalItem: {
            id: "7aea6fa913a94176a1074edb40690318" // Topo RD
          }
        }
      });

      var popupTemplate = { // autocasts as new PopupTemplate()
        title: "Provincie",
        content: "{Provincienaam}"
      };

      var renderer = {
        type: "simple",  // autocasts as new SimpleRenderer()
        symbol: {
          type: "simple-fill",  // autocasts as new SimpleFillSymbol()
          style: "none", // The polygon has no fill
          outline: {  // autocasts as new SimpleLineSymbol()
            width: 1.5,
            color: "#F5B041" // Hex Color Code
          }
        }
      };

      const labelClass = {
        // autocasts as new LabelClass()
        symbol: {
            type: "text",  // autocasts as new TextSymbol()
            color: "green",
            haloColor: "black",
            font: {  // autocast as new Font()
            family: "Playfair Display",
            size: 12,
            weight: "bold"
            }
        },
        labelPlacement: "above-center",
        labelExpressionInfo: {
            expression: "$feature.Provincienaam"
        }
      };

      var nederlandseProvinciesLayer = new FeatureLayer({
        url: "https://services.arcgis.com/nSZVuSZjHpEZZbRo/arcgis/rest/services/Bestuurlijke_Grenzen_Provincies_2019/FeatureServer/0",
        title: "Provincies (2019)",
        popupTemplate: popupTemplate,
        renderer: renderer,
        labelingInfo: [labelClass],
        labelsVisible: false
      });

      map.add(nederlandseProvinciesLayer);

	  var view = new MapView({
	    spatialReference: 28992, 
	    container: "viewDiv",
	    map: map,
	    center: new Point({x: 155000, y: 463000, spatialReference: 28992}),
	    zoom: 3
	  });

      var layerList = new LayerList({
        view: view,
        listItemCreatedFunction: function(event){
          const item = event.item;
		  item.actionsSections = [
            [
                {
                title: "Labels",
                className: "esri-icon-labels",
                id: "labels"
                }
            ]
          ];
        }
      });

      layerList.on("trigger-action", function(event) {
        if (event.action.id === "labels") {
          if (nederlandseProvinciesLayer.labelsVisible  == false) {
            nederlandseProvinciesLayer.labelsVisible  = true;
            console.log(nederlandseProvinciesLayer.labelsVisible);
          } else {
            nederlandseProvinciesLayer.labelsVisible  = false;
            console.log(nederlandseProvinciesLayer.labelsVisible);
          }
        }
      });

      layerListExpand = new Expand({
        expandIconClass: "esri-icon-layer-list",  // see https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/esri-icon-font/
        expandTooltip: layerList.label,
        view: view,
        content: layerList,
        expanded: true,
        group: "top-right"
      });

      view.ui.add([layerListExpand], "top-right");
    });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="viewDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>
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Egge-Jan_Pollé
MVP Regular Contributor

Hi Ken Buja,

OK - known issue...

So, my idea that I wanted to add an action to the LayerList widget to turn on and off the labels was right, and actually the way I did implement it was also OK, but for the 4.13 version of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript having an issue here...

I changed the library to 4.12 and then my solution worked fine 🙂

And as Noah Sager‌ states here (Label Geometry with CheckBox ) the issue will be solved in 4.14. This version is due to be released in December 2020 (reasonably soon), but of course a beta version is already available.

So in the end I just decided to use 4.14, and that worked out fine:

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.14/esri/css/main.css">
  <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.14/"></script>

I did publish the final working solution here:

Aan de slag met ArcGIS JavaScript - Labels aan- of uitzetten 

Thanks,

Egge-Jan

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KenBuja
MVP Esteemed Contributor

This is a known issue with GeoJSON, so it may be a problem with FeatureLayers too.

Label Geometry with CheckBox 

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Egge-Jan_Pollé
MVP Regular Contributor

Hi Ken Buja,

OK - known issue...

So, my idea that I wanted to add an action to the LayerList widget to turn on and off the labels was right, and actually the way I did implement it was also OK, but for the 4.13 version of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript having an issue here...

I changed the library to 4.12 and then my solution worked fine 🙂

And as Noah Sager‌ states here (Label Geometry with CheckBox ) the issue will be solved in 4.14. This version is due to be released in December 2020 (reasonably soon), but of course a beta version is already available.

So in the end I just decided to use 4.14, and that worked out fine:

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.14/esri/css/main.css">
  <script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.14/"></script>

I did publish the final working solution here:

Aan de slag met ArcGIS JavaScript - Labels aan- of uitzetten 

Thanks,

Egge-Jan

kapalczynski
Occasional Contributor III

I was wondering if this can be done to specific feature Layers ... I implemented this but listed a couple Feature Layers in the 

Every Feature Layer in the Layer List has the icon and when clicked feature Layer X turns off Feature Layer Ys labels... 

Looking for independent actions on independent features...

layerList.on("trigger-action", function(event) {

 

Is there a widget that would allow you to adjust transparency as well to individual layers?

 

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