[mapguide-users] fusion - default tool selected?

[Mike Adair]

Jason,

Not all widgets have an activateTool method (maybe they should?), and 
for the Pan widget that just calls mapWidget.activateWidget.  It's 
probably best to call mapWidget.activateWidget because the mapWidget 
keeps track of which widget is currently active, so that only one 
mutually exclusive widget will be active at a time.

Documenting th API is a matter of applying the time and resources to 
that issue.  mapWidget.activateWidget() would be the preferred API to 
use in my opinion.

Mike

Jason Birch wrote:
> Mike,
>
> In the Nanaimo CemeteryMap, I think Paul did something like this:
>
>     Fusion.getWidgetsByType('Pan')[0].activateTool();
>
> Could this just be added to the initialized callback, or is it an
> undocumented function (heh, as opposed to all the other undocumented
> documented functions) that shouldn't be encouraged?
>
> Jason
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Adair
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] fusion - default tool selected?
>
> Andrew,
>
> Testing that code snippet doesn't work for me because the 
> activateWidget() method is only defined on the MapWidget.
>
> A more generic solution for this would be to add an 
> <Activated>true</Activated> element for widgets in the 
> ApplicationDefinition file.  Currently there is a <Disabled> property 
> for widgets to disable widgets on startup, this would be something
> similar.
>
> Mike
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