Looks like it should work, try this as a proof-of-concept:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<title>Layer List WMS</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.30/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.30/esri/css/esri.css">
<style>
html, body, .container, #map {
height:100%;
width:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
margin:0;
font-family: "Open Sans";
}
#map {
padding:0;
}
#layerListPane{
width:25%;
}
.esriLayer{
background-color: #fff;
}
.esriLayerList .esriList{
border-top:none;
}
.esriLayerList .esriTitle {
background-color: #fff;
border-bottom:none;
}
.esriLayerList .esriList ul{
background-color: #fff;
}
</style>
<script>var dojoConfig = { parseOnLoad: true };</script>
<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.30/"></script>
<script>
require([
"esri/map",
"esri/dijit/LayerList",
"esri/layers/WMSLayer",
"esri/layers/WMSLayerInfo",
"esri/geometry/Extent",
"dijit/layout/BorderContainer",
"dijit/layout/ContentPane",
"dojo/domReady!"
], function(
Map,
LayerList,
WMSLayer,
WMSLayerInfo,
Extent
) {
var map = new Map('map', {
basemap: 'streets',
center: [-96, 37],
zoom: 4
});
var layer1 = new WMSLayerInfo({
name: '1',
title: 'Rivers'
});
var layer2 = new WMSLayerInfo({
name: '2',
title: 'Cities'
});
var resourceInfo = {
extent: new Extent(-126.40869140625, 31.025390625, -109.66552734375, 41.5283203125, {
wkid: 4326
}),
layerInfos: [layer1, layer2]
};
var wmsLayer = new WMSLayer('https://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services/Specialty/ESRI_StatesCitiesRivers_USA/MapServer/WMSServer', {
resourceInfo: resourceInfo,
visibleLayers: ['1', '2']
});
var counter = 0;
wmsLayer.on('visibility-change', function(layer) {
console.log ('The layer changed. layer.id: ', layer.target.id);
console.log ('counter: ', counter);
counter++;
});
map.addLayers([wmsLayer]);
var myWidget = new LayerList({
map: map,
layers: [wmsLayer]
},"layerList");
myWidget.startup();
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="claro">
<div class="container" data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/BorderContainer"
data-dojo-props="design:'headline',gutters:false">
<div id="layerListPane" data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane" data-dojo-props="region:'right'">
<div id="layerList"></div>
</div>
<div id="map" data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane" data-dojo-props="region:'center'"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
