LocalLayerWidget Version 2.5 and AccessifizrWidget Layer - 09/28/2017

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AdamDrackley
Frequent Contributor

I've been having a blast playing around with the new Web AppBuilder, and have taken a few cracks at putting together some custom Widgets that I'd like to share with the community.  I hope these can assist in everyone's future Mappmaking endeavours!

LocalLayerWidget

LocalLayerWidget v 2.5

September 28 2017 : LocalLayerWidget v2.5 released:  This major release includes the following enhancements for the widget.  Thanks to everyone who's donated!:

Release LocalLayerWidget 2.5 · cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer · GitHub 

  • Support for 2.5 Release of ArcGIS Web App Builder
  • Support for Custom Layers via Transformers
  • Demos and sample apps
  • Prototype 3D Widget
  • Dynamic GUI changes at runtime and css insertion via odds.json/odds.css
  • And more!

November 14, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v2.2 released:  This major release includes the following enhancements for the widget:

Release LocalLayer v2.2 · cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer · GitHub 

  • Related Table Viewing and Editing
  • ImageService Viewing and Popups
  • WMS Service Viewing and Popups
  • Ability to integrate with the IncidentAnalysis widget
  • Hide Layer In Legend capability added
  • Dynamic mode added, allowing for URL-fed configuration files
  • And more!

May 18, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.2.0 released:  This substantial change for Web App Builder v.2.0. removes the need to edit any core files in the Web App Builder, unlike previous versions.  A slight change will still be necessary for the AttributeTable widget to work properly with LocalLayerWidget layers.

  • https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer/releases/tag/v2.0
  • Enhancements:
    • Added autorefresh capability for dynamic layers, and sub-minute decimal values can be specified for time.
    • Added support for non-consecutive sublayer numbering to support 10.3.1 mapservices
    • Editor Tracking via an organizational Active Directory instead of ArcGIS Online User now supported
  • Bug Fixes:
    • View Attachments now works for Dynamic Layers
    • Addition of GeoJson layers fixed
    • Fix to MapService sublayer visibility when no sublayers are selected to display by default.

Mar 29, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.1.3.1 released; Contains bugfixes to v.1.3. related to custom rendering for Feature Layers and toggling sublayer visibility in the LayerList widget.

Mar 22, 2016: LocalLayerWidget v.1.3 is now available!  (Note the version naming change; Version 1.3 refers to its compatibility with v1.3 of the WAB - This is indeed the latest version of the widget as of March 22, 2016).  Be sure to read the github page to see what tweaks need to be made to ensure that everything continues running smoothly in version 1.3 of the Web AppBuilder.

  • Includes support for GeoJSON and WebTileLayers
  • Custom Symbology and Labelling Options for Feature Layers
    • Currently requires the use of playground to generate custom json layer and label styling for Feature Layers.  For more information, please follow the instructions on the Github page.

Feb 10, 2015: LocalLayerWidget v.1.5 is now available!  This release contains full support for adding Tiled layers to your application directly from ArcGIS Server, in addition to the Basemap, Dynamic, and Feature layers available before.  Feel free to grab the widget from our Release page located at https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayer/releases.

Feb 2, 2015: LocalLayerWidget v.1.2 is now available!  This release provides a great GUI developed by Robert Scheitlin to more easily add Feature, Dynamic, and Basemap layers to your ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Applications.  Take it for a spin, and please keep us informed of any bugs or desired enhancements through our Github Issue Tracker located at https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayerWidget/issues.

Jan 12, 2015: Note that LocalLayerWidget v.1.1 is now available, which provides Click-To-Identify support and the option to add Feature and Basemap layers in addition to Dynamic layers.

The LocalLayer Widget is intended to allow the direct addition of MapServices to an ArcGIS Web AppBuilder application, without needing to wrap the desired services in an ArcGIS Online/Portal Web Map.

https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayerWidget

Basically, your basemap will still need to come from Portal/AGOL, but otherwise you just provide direct URLs to your own MapServices in the widget's configuration settings.  The MapServices should load and display as usual in the map, and cooperate with the Legend, LayerList, and Attribute Table widgets. Click-To-Identify functionality won't work currently, though, because the current WAB implementation relies on Portal for all the popup info.  As stated in the January 12th 2015 release, popups are fully customizable.  Note that it's not an in-panel widget, so you'll need to follow a few extra steps in the project's Readme file.

AccessifizrWidget

Let's make Mapps accessible for everyone!  With an eye on WCAG compliance, the Accessifizr Widget is designed to help make web applications keyboard navigable without having to modify core application code and UI.

https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/AccessifizrWidget

Information about how to configure this widget is available in the core Accessifizr.js library project available here‌, but the gist is that you create a JSON-based 'roadmap' detailing the keyboard navigation of your web application, and how it should change in response to users entering modal menus, hitting the escape button, etc.  For applying descriptive alternate text to page elements, the widget leverages dojo's built-in internationalization support to specify multilingual alternate text strings.  The end result is a web app that, hopefully, is a bit easier to use for people with mobility or visual challenges.

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AdamDrackley
Frequent Contributor

Hey Rebecca, a quick question regarding your proxy issue: The proxy address should point to a .ashx proxy page, not a file ending in .config.  Do you have a file like this hosted by your local webserver, and reachable at something like http://<yourDomain>/proxy/proxy.ashx?

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP
MVP Emeritus

<grumble grumble>  Yep, that was totally my mistake.  Thanks Adam for pointing that out.  I still have some other issues, but at least I can get the base and secure dynamic layers to show!    Now I can back track and get things set up right again.  Thanks!

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BillSpiking__GISP
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Hi Rebecca, did this update to the proxy settings fix the issue with the Attribute Table not loading?  I'm still troubleshooting on my end and curious if I've got an issue with my proxy settings.  Thank you!

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP
MVP Emeritus

Hi Bill, No such luck yet.  I'm getting quite a few errors in firebug when I try to open the attribute table.  Maybe they will give a clue (tomorrow)  My guess is a pointer to the proxy will need to be hard coded into another file, OR maybe a cross domain issue.  I may try to deploy my draft app and host it on my web machine to see if that changes anything. 

I'll let you know if I figure it out...and hope you'll do the same!

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BillSpiking__GISP
Frequent Contributor

Absolutely Rebecca!  Thanks!

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AdamDrackley
Frequent Contributor

Hey Rebecca, great idea regarding the Readme.md file, we'd love to better document some of the stickier parts of the widget.  I'll point you towards the project Issue Tracker as a great starting point; Robert and I will be referring to this when it comes to organizing and prioritizing improvements to the tool and its documentation.

https://github.com/cmndrbensisko/LocalLayerWidget/issues

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP
MVP Emeritus

Thanks Adam.  It might be a while (days) before I get my thoughts together in a readable format.  But I'll contribute when I can.

One thing I will mention right away, in your sample in the readme

It would be good to let people know, that this assumes you have renamed the folder from "LocalLayerWidget" (or "LocalLayerWidget-master" ) to "LocalLayer", otherwise the highlighted text above needs to match the folder name.

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BarnabyRockwell
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It would be good to let people know, that this assumes you have renamed the folder from "LocalLayerWidget" (or "LocalLayerWidget-master" ) to "LocalLayer", otherwise the highlighted text above needs to match the folder name.

I agree.  It took me several hours to figure out about that renaming.  I mentioned the necessity of the folder renaming twice in this thread already.  The thread is so complex that Rebecca was most likely not aware of that.

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RebeccaStrauch__GISP
MVP Emeritus

Hi Barnaby, Actually, I think I had noticed, but I'm working on a better "help" document, both for me and others. But as you mentioned, this thread is getting a bit long, so wanted to point that out a bit clearer in case they could add it to the readme.md doc right away.  That is a brick wall for someone just getting started, new to all this and not catching it in the thread.  Simple things like that can frustrate those like me that aren't hard-core developers.

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BarnabyRockwell
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I also am not a hard-core developer, and having to figure out about the renaming frustrated me as well.  Adam has already updated the main github widget page regarding the renaming, although it could be made a little more clear (perhaps with a few simple "steps").

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