How to Search and Zoom programmatically ( with Webapp Builder v1.2)

[SowjanyaSunkara3]

Whatever the Search Widget does after configuration, can it be done behind the scenes?

1.Can I setup a search Widget to read from a Config file (lets say, config file has Map service URLs, Field to search on)

2. And then search and zoom ( by calling the Search/Find Dijit?)

[ZeZhengLi · Accepted solution]

Sowjanya,

     I think you can use search widget to search something behind the scenes like this code snippet.

searchWidgets = widgetManager.getWidgetsByName("Search");
if (searchWidgets.length > 0) {
  var search1 = searchWidgets[0];
  if (search1 && search1.searchDijit) {
  search1.searchDijit.search(text);
  }
}

[SowjanyaSunkara3]

Thank you!