Adding and managing tools and toolbars
You can configure tools and toolbars in your Viewer application by using the Add Tool and Manage buttons on the Tools tab on the Application Builder toolbar. Use the Add Tool button to add tools to the Viewer toolbars. Use the Manage button to remove, reorder, and configure tools that have already been added to the toolbars. If custom or third-party tools have been uploaded to the Application Builder as an add-in, they will appear in these dialog boxes along with the out-of-the-box tools. For more information about creating custom tools, see Creating a Tool.
Adding tools
- On the Tools tab of the Application Builder, click Add Tool. The Add Tool wizard appears.
- Select the desired tool and click Next.
- Specify the Toolbar on which to place the tool. Additionally, specify the label, tooltip, and icon if desired.
- Click OK. In the Viewer preview, the tool will immediately be added to the specified toolbar.
Managing toolbars
- On the Tools tab of the Application Builder, click Manage. The Manage Toolbars dialog box appears. All available tools are listed on the left side of the dialog box and the current tools are listed on the right.
- On the Manage Toolbars dialog box, you can manipulate the tools in the application as follows:
- To add a tool, select any of the available tools and click the arrow icon in the middle of the dialog box.
- To add a group or separator to a toolbar, click the drop-down arrow on the Add button and click Add Group or Add Separator.
- To rearrange the order of tools on toolbars in the application, select a tool under Current Toolbars and click the Up or Down arrows.
- To remove a tool, select the tool in the Current Toolbars list and click the Remove button (red X) at the bottom of the list.
- To edit the tool's properties, select a tool and click the Edit button at the bottom of the Current Toolbars list. The Edit Tool dialog box displays allowing you to modify the Label, ToolTip, and Icon. Additionally, if the tool is configurable, the Configure button will be enabled on the Edit Tool dialog box. Click Configure to display the configuration dialog box.
Viewer toolbars
The Viewer contains six different toolbars you may configure using the Application Builder. You may add, remove, and configure the default tools on each:
- Main Toolbar—Choose Basemap, Map Contents, Attribute Table, Search, Select, Clear Selection
- Layer Toolbar—Refresh, Go To, Service Details
- Layer Context Menu—Refresh, Go To, Service Details
- Attribute Table toolbar—Select All, Zoom to Selection, Export Selection, Clear Selection, Filter by Map Extent
- Filter Records Toolbar—Show All, Show Selected, Show Unselected
- Pop-up Toolbar—Add Attachment, Delete Feature, Edit Shape, Edit Values
Available tools
The following table lists the default tools provided with the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight:
Category | Tool | Description |
|---|---|---|
Analysis | Measure | Gets measurements from existing features or by drawing on the map |
Application | About | Shows the About dialog box |
Attribute table | Filter by Map Extent | Only shows records for features within the current map extent |
Editing | Editing | Shows or hides the editing tools |
Geoprocessing | Geoprocessing | A tool that uses an ArcGIS Server Geoprocessing Service. See Adding Geoprocessing tasks for more information. |
Layer | Configure Layer | Specifies the appearance and behavior of the selected layer |
| Filter Layer | Filters the features in the selected layer based on an attribute query | |
Go To Layer | Zooms to the selected layer | |
Move Down | Moves the layer's display order one position closer to the bottom of the map | |
Move Up | Moves the layer's display order one position closer to the top of the map | |
Refresh Layer | Refreshes the selected layer | |
Remove Layer | Removes the selected layer from the map | |
Service Details | Opens the service endpoint for the selected layer | |
Show Table | Opens the attribute table for the selected layer | |
Map | Add GeoRSS feed | Adds a GeoRSS feed to the map |
Bookmarks | Configure and view bookmarkds in the map | |
Browse | Adds data to the map by browsing to an ArcGIS Server endpoint | |
Choose Basemap | Chooses a basemap for the map | |
Map Contents | Opens the map contents panel to view the map's layers | |
Popup | Add Attachment | Adds an attachment to the feature |
Delete Feature | Removes the feature from the layer | |
Edit Shape | Modifies the feature's geometry | |
Edit Values | Modifies the feature's attribute values | |
Printing | Prints the map | |
Query | Get Related Records | Retrieves a feature's related records |
Query Layer | Retrieves features from a layer based on a query defined during configuration and values input by the user | |
Search | Searches for places or ArcGIS Server services | |
Selection | Clear Selection | Clears the selection from the current layer |
Export Selection | Exports the attributes of the selected features in the current layer to a .csv file | |
Find Nearby | Finds features near the current selection | |
Select | Selects features by drawing a box around them in the map | |
Select All | Selects all the features in the current layer | |
Zoom To | Zooms to the selected features in the current layer |