Provides a simple button that animates the View to the user's location when clicked. While tracking, the default button looks like the following:
You can use the view's DefaultUI to add widgets to the view's user interface via the ui property on the view. The snippet below demonstrates this.
The Track widget is not supported on insecure origins. To use it, switch your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. Note that localhost is considered "potentially secure" and can be used for easy testing in browsers that supports Window.isSecureContext (currently Chrome and Firefox).
As of version 4.2, the Track Button no longer displays in non-secure web apps. At version 4.1 this only applied to Google Chrome.
For additional information regarding this, visit the ArcGIS blog, Increased web API security in Google Chrome. :::
var trackWidget = new Track({
view: view
});
view.ui.add(trackWidget, "top-left");
Constructors
new Track(properties)
properties Object See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor. |
// typical usage
var track = new Track({
view: view
});
Property Overview
Name | Type | Summary | |
---|---|---|---|
String | HTMLElement | The ID or node representing the DOM element containing the widget. more details | more details | |
String | The name of the class. more details | more details | |
Boolean | When | more details | |
Object | The HTML5 Geolocation Position options for locating. more details | more details | |
Boolean | Indicates whether the widget will automatically navigate the view to the user's position when a geolocation result is found. more details | more details | |
Graphic | The graphic used to show the user's location in the view. more details | more details | |
String | The unique ID assigned to the widget when the widget is created. more details | more details | |
Boolean | Indicates whether the widget is watching for new positions. more details | more details | |
MapView | SceneView | A reference to the MapView or SceneView. more details | more details | |
TrackViewModel | The view model for this widget. more details | more details |
Property Details
containerString|HTMLElement
The ID or node representing the DOM element containing the widget. This property can only be set once.
declaredClassStringreadonly
The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as
esri.folder.className
.destroyedBoolean
When
true
, this property indicates whether the widget has been destroyed.geolocationOptionsObject
The HTML5 Geolocation Position options for locating. Refer to Geolocation API Specification for details.
Default Value: { maximumAge: 0, timeout: 15000, enableHighAccuracy: true }goToLocationEnabledBoolean
Indicates whether the widget will automatically navigate the view to the user's position when a geolocation result is found. Set to
false
to disable this behavior, leaving full control to the developer.Default Value: trueThe graphic used to show the user's location in the view.
Example:var trackWidget = new Track({ view: view, // Assigns the track widget to a view graphic: new Graphic({ symbol: new SimpleMarkerSymbol() // Overwrites the default symbol used for the // graphic placed at the location of the user when found }) });
idString
The unique ID assigned to the widget when the widget is created. If not set by the developer, it will default to the container ID, or if that is not present then it will be automatically generated.
trackingBooleanreadonly
Indicates whether the widget is watching for new positions.
Default Value: falseviewModel autocast
The view model for this widget. This is a class that contains all the logic (properties and methods) that controls this widget's behavior. See the TrackViewModel class to access all properties and methods on the widget.
Method Overview
Name | Return Type | Summary | |
---|---|---|---|
Destroys the widget instance. more details | more details | ||
Boolean | Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name. more details | more details | |
Object | Registers an event handler on the instance. more details | more details | |
Widget teardown helper. more details | more details | ||
This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. more details | more details | ||
Object | This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. more details | more details | |
Renders widget to the DOM immediately. more details | more details | ||
This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. more details | more details | ||
When executed, the widget will start tracking the user's location. more details | more details | ||
Finalizes the creation of the widget. more details | more details | ||
Stops tracking the user's location when executed. more details | more details |
Method Details
destroy()inherited
Destroys the widget instance.
Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.
Parameter:type StringThe name of the event.
Returns:Type Description Boolean Returns true if the class supports the input event. Registers an event handler on the instance. Call this method to hook an event with a listener. See the Events summary table for a list of listened events.
Parameters:type StringThe name of event to listen for.
listener FunctionThe function to call when the event is fired.
Returns:Type Description Object Returns an event handler with a remove()
method that can be called to stop listening for the event.Property Type Description remove Function When called, removes the listener from the event. - See also:
Example:view.on("click", function(event){ // event is the event handle returned after the event fires. console.log(event.mapPoint); });
own(handles)inherited
Widget teardown helper. Any handles added to it will be automatically removed when the widget is destroyed.
Parameter:handles Handle[]@type - handles to remove when destroyed
postInitialize()inherited
This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. Executes after widget is ready for rendering.
This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. It must be implemented by subclasses for rendering.
Returns:Type Description Object The rendered virtual node. renderNow()inherited
Renders widget to the DOM immediately.
scheduleRender()inherited
This method is primarily used by developers when implementing custom widgets. Schedules widget rendering. This method is useful for changes affecting the UI.
start()
When executed, the widget will start tracking the user's location.
- Deprecated
startup()inherited
- since version 4.2.
Finalizes the creation of the widget.
stop()
Stops tracking the user's location when executed.
Event Overview
Name | Type | Summary | |
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{position: Object} | Fires after the track() method is called and a position is found. more details | more details | |
{error: Error} | Fires after the track() method is called and an error is returned. more details | more details |
Event Details
track
Fires after the track() method is called and a position is found.
Property:position ObjectGeoposition returned from the Geolocation API.
track-error
Fires after the track() method is called and an error is returned.
Property:error ErrorThe Error object returned if an error occurred while tracking.