Is there a property you can watch or event to listen for to determine when the Search widget is fully loaded/rendered, i.e. the <input> within is available?
What API version are you talking about?
Aaron,
See if this works for you.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<title>Search widget - 4.8</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/4.8/esri/css/main.css">
<style>
html,
body,
#viewDiv {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
</style>
<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/4.8/"></script>
<script>
require([
"esri/views/MapView",
"esri/widgets/Search",
"esri/WebMap",
"esri/core/watchUtils",
"dojo/aspect",
"dojo/domReady!"
],
function(
MapView, Search, WebMap, watchUtils, aspect
) {
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 search = new Search({
view: view
});
console.info(search);
watchUtils.whenDefinedOnce(search, "searchTerm", function(evt){
console.info(search.searchTerm);
});
// Add widget to the bottom right corner of the view
view.ui.add(search, "bottom-right");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="calcite">
<div id="viewDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>