Hello,
I believe I've encountered a bug with the v4 print widget, which is causing a postback when clicking button elements. For instance, "Advanced Options", "Refresh", "Map Only", "Export" causes a postback on an aspx in Chrome.
One solution is to add the widget outside of the form tag, e.g. as indicated by ArcGIS JavaScript API 4.11 - Print causes Postback Issue in asp.net - Stack Overflow.
However, the built-in widgets are designed to make it easier to develop and to stay within the widget "ecosystem", so this isn't a preferable solution for me.
Another solution is to add the "type" attribute, as "button", which is actually something recommended by W3 - https://www.w3docs.com/learn-html/html-button-tag.html:
The <button> tag doesn’t have required attributes; however, we recommend always use the type=”button” attribute, if the tag used as an ordinary button.
The recommendation is made as browsers determine default behavior. In my case, when using Chrome on an aspx, it is using "submit" behavior.
I have a solution to iterate over the widget elements in jQuery to add the type attribute, but it's a kludge (we have to detect when the widget is loaded and when hidden elements are made visible). Also, styling of the "Layout" and "Map Only" buttons at the top changes, so that's something else that will need manual correction.
Is there a better solution/recommendation? Is Esri working on a fix?
Thanks!
