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

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

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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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

Adam, 

Have you tried the 3-d version of the widget in a WD 2.4 app?  Could that work?  If so, that would get around the layer visibility issue in WD 2.5.

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

It should; The 3D widget was originally created for the 2.4 builder.  Feel free to give it a try, certainly.

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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

Do you think it would be possible to address the issue of the sublayer visibilities as set in 3D LL widget config not being honored by altering the widget?  Or is that issue intractable in 2.5 3D apps since it is present even if LL widget is not used?

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
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Barnaby,

   The sublayer issue is a JS API 4.4 issue that is a known bug in the 4.4 release.

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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

Wow.  Thanks, Robert!  Perhaps this "bug fix and enhancement" caused the problem?

BUG-000102949: SceneView now honors parent layer visibility when working with sublayers.

Release notes for 4.4 | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.4 

Or did you hear of the problem somewhere else?

Will we have to wait for WD 2.6 for a fix?

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
MVP Emeritus

That is the bug and yes because it is a JS API bug we will have to wait for for the API team to fix this.

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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

The preview option in LL 2.5 is very interesting and I'm wondering if there is, or could be, a way to generate a complex URL as in the preview option that would open an app, zoom to an area/bookmark, and set layer/sublayer visibility.  Being able to provide such complex links to an app would be very useful to me. 

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AdamDrackley
Occasional Contributor III

The preview functionality might be one method of doing this, Barnaby, but I've had success in the past using the WABs built-in URL parameter functionality with LocalLayer layers. Give it a try!

Use URL parameters—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) | ArcGIS for Developers 

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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

Excellent, Adam!  Thank you very much for the link!

Edit:  it's a pity that no info is given on specifying layer/sublayer visibility!  😞  I wonder if there is a way to do that?  That information is saved as a part of the app "state" which is saved in cookies...

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BarnabyRockwell
Regular Contributor

I found a way to generate a URL that will open an app having LL widget and set layer visibility!  I don't know how I would do it if the app wasn't using LL widget.  So this is another large benefit to using the LL widget!

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