ArcGIS API for JavaScript ^3.29

FeatureTable updates

The FeatureTable class had several enhancements in this release.

• Attachments - FeatureTable now supports FeatureLayer attachments. To display attachments in the FeatureTable, set the feature table's showAttachments property to true.
• New properties - The properties below were added to the FeatureTable class:
  • showAttachments - When set to true, FeatureTable displays the attachment column.
  • showStatistics - Displays or hides the 'Statistics' option in column menus for numeric fields.
  • showFeatureCount - Displays or hides total number of features and selected number of features in the grid header.
  • batchCount - The number of features a service will try to fetch.
  • gridOptions - Now has additional properties to customize the look and feel of dgrid.
    • columnHider - An optional dGrid property that displays or hides 'Show/Hide Columns' command from the 'Options' menu.
    • columnResizer - An optional dGrid property that adjusts the last column's width to "auto" at times where the browser would otherwise stretch all columns to span the grid.
    • sort - Overrides the default sort field. Values are sorted in ascending order.
    • pagingDelay - The minimum amount of time in milliseconds to wait after scrolling occurs before requesting items from the server.

Measurement widget updates

The Measurement widget had several bug fixes and some enhancements.

• The location tool now show latitude and longitude, previously it showed it in reverse order (i.e., x,y).
• When changing units, the re-calculated measurements are more accurate.

Directions widget updates

The Directions widget now supports saving out route layers. Using this widget, the route layer can be opened, modified (using waypoints or stops), and saved again. In addition to this, the route layer can also be shared to other users within your organization. Development on additional ArcGIS routing tools is underway to implement opening and saving route layers, ultimately providing routes that can be utilized in various workflows across the ArcGIS platform.

Updated vector basemaps

Vector basemaps have been updated to work with the latest beta version. With this update comes new items and URLs. For additional information regarding this, please visit the Updates to Esri Vector Basemaps Released (Beta 2) blog article where it discusses this in more detail.

WMS services updates

WMS pop-ups can now be enabled in the web map or directly through code. In addition to popups, WMS services can now display properly while panning across the international dateline. The dateline issue is a well-known challenge with WMS and is generally not supported in other competing client technologies.

LocateButton automatically hides when used in a non-secure environment

Chrome recently updated its security requirements, requiring apps that use some HTML5 web APIs such as Geolocation, to use a secure origin (e.g. HTTPS). Please visit the Increased web API security in Google Chrome blog article which discusses this. The LocateButton uses this API to prompt the user for permission to find their location. With this update to the Chrome API, the LocateButton will automatically hide when not using a secure origin.

New locales

Version 3.17 adds support for Croatian and Serbian locales. See Localization topic for more information about using different locales.

• Add the following line snippet to any code sample to see it in Croatian (hr).

  <script>
    var dojoConfig = {locale: "hr"};
  </script>

• Add the following line snippet to any code sample to see it in Serbian (sr).

  <script>
    var dojoConfig = {locale: "sr"};
  </script>

Attribution guidelines documentation

Esri requires that when an ArcGIS Online basemap is used in an app, the map must also include Esri attribution. In the past, it was sometimes unclear what exactly needed to be cited and what did not. To help alleviate any confusion, an updated version of attribution guidelines has been documented in detail. Please refer to this for any questions specific to attributing your data.

Updated Web Map Specification documentation

Updates and improvements have been made to the ArcGIS Web Map Specification. This documentation discusses how web maps work and why having a solid specification is important. Please refer here to any specific questions that may arise on what exactly is comprised within the web map object.

WFSLayer beta changes

The WFSLayer has been modified. It is still in beta. See the WFSLayer sample for how to create WFS layers using the fromJson() method.

API updates and enhancements

• New resourceInfo constructor option properties, getFeatureInfoURL and featureInfoFormat on class WMSLayer
• New properties portalUrl, showSaveButton on class Directions
• New properties batchCount, editOn, showAttachments, showFeatureCount, showStatistics on class FeatureTable
• New properties featureInfoFormat, getFeatureInfoURL on class WMSLayer
• New properties queryable, showPopup on class WMSLayerInfo
• New property timeWindowsAreUTC on class RouteParameters
• New events .on("feature-collection-created"), .on("route-item-created"), .on("route-item-updated") on class Directions
• New method loadRoute() on class Directions
• New methods clearSelection(), filterSelectedRecords(), getFeatureDataById(), getRowDataById(), refresh(), resize() on class FeatureTable

Bug fixes and enhancements

• BUG-000094696: WMS layers now work across the international date line. NOTE: A thin gap line is visible where the dateline is located. Also, the images may flash when the display transitions from one world to two, or vice versa.
• BUG-000093999: Fixed an issue where the Measurement widget threw an error if passing a point into the Measure function.
• BUG-000095216: Fixed an issue when specifying useCodedValues would not display the correct label.
• BUG-000095029: Now able to select a row from a FeatureTable that derives from a feature collection.
• BUG-000093940: Fixed an issue where the Directions widget did not recognize minStops or maxStops properties.
• ENH-000094143: Added support for NAD1983 Idaho Ada Transverse Mercator projection.
• BUG-000093770: Fixed an issue where labeling would not work correctly if setting the LabelClass' where property.
• BUG-000096064: Fixed an issue where the FindExistingLocations widget threw an error specific to a missing .gif image.
• BUG-000093839: Fixed an issue where the measurement widget did not convert values correctly.
• Fixed an issue where passing in streets-navigation-vector for the BasemapToggle.nextBasemap's resulted in no thumbnail image and a raised error.

Additional packages

Version 3.17 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript include:

• dgrid versions
  • dgrid version 1.1.0 (since version 3.17)
  • dgrid version 0.3.17 (since version 3.13)
    
    NOTE: If working with version 1.1.0, please reference the dgrid1 directory, whereas version 0.3.17 should reference the dgrid directory. Please refer to the dgrid 0.4 Migration Guide for additional information on migrating to the newer version.
• Dojo version 1.11.1 (updated for version 3.17)
• dstore version 1.1.1 (since version 3.16)
• put-selector version 0.3.6 (since version 3.13)
• xstyle version 0.3.2 (updated for version 3.17)

Additional Resources on GitHub

Be certain to check out any updates to the repository on GitHub with TypeScript definitions for the JS API as well as the jshint options file used by the JS API team.