GroupElement | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.31

A GroupElement form element defines a container that holds a set of form elements that can be expanded, collapsed, or displayed together. Use this to set grouped field configurations within a FeatureForm or Featurelayer formTemplate.

Form with individual field elements	Form with grouped field elements

Nested group elements are not supported.
A group element must be visible if it contains a required field.

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Example

const fieldElement1 = new FieldElement({
  fieldName: "inspector",
  label: "Inspector name"
});

const fieldElement2 = new FieldElement({
  fieldName: "inspdate",
  label: "Inspection date",
  description: "Date inspection was handled",
  input: { // autocastable to DateTimePickerInput
    type: "datetime-picker",
      includeTime: true,
      min: 1547678342000,
      max: 1610836742000
    }
});

const fieldElement3 = new FieldElement({
  fieldName: "placename",
  label: "Business name",
  editable: false
});

// Create the group element and pass in elements from above
const groupElement = new GroupElement({
  label: "Business contact information",
  description: "Enter the business contact name",
  elements:[fieldElement1, fieldElement2, fieldElement3]
});

// Next pass in any elements to the FormTemplate
const formTemplate = new FormTemplate({
  title: "Inspector report",
  description: "Enter all relevant information below",
  elements: [groupElement] // Add group element to the template
});

Constructors

GroupElement Constructor new GroupElement(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Working with Properties topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
String	The element's description providing the purpose behind it.	Element
Array<(FieldElement\|RelationshipElement\|TextElement)>	An array of field, relationship, and text elements to display as grouped.	GroupElement
String	Defines if the group should be expanded or collapsed when the form is initially displayed.	GroupElement
String	A string value containing the field alias.	Element
String	The type of the element.	GroupElement
String	A reference to the name of an Arcade expression defined in the expressionInfos of the FormTemplate.	Element

Property Details

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

description Inherited Property description String Inherited from Element

The element's description providing the purpose behind it.

elements Property elements Array<(FieldElement|RelationshipElement|TextElement)>autocast

An array of field, relationship, and text elements to display as grouped. These objects represent an ordered list of form elements.

Nested group elements are not supported.

initialState Property initialState String

Defines if the group should be expanded or collapsed when the form is initially displayed.

Possible Value	Description
collapsed	The grouped elements appear collapsed.
expanded	The grouped elements appear expanded.

Possible Values:"collapsed" |"expanded"

Default Value:"expanded"

label Inherited Property label String Inherited from Element

A string value containing the field alias. This should not be used for referencing fields in Arcade expressions. Rather, the service fieldName should be referenced.

type Property type Stringreadonly

The type of the element.

For GroupElement the type is always "group".

visibilityExpression Inherited Property visibilityExpression String Inherited from Element

A reference to the name of an Arcade expression defined in the expressionInfos of the FormTemplate.

When this expression evaluates to true, the element is displayed. When the expression evaluates to false the element is not displayed. If no expression is provided, the element is always displayed. Care must be taken when defining a visibility expression for a non-nullable field as to make certain the specified field has either 1) a default value, or 2) is made visible to the end user to enter a value before submitting the form.

The expression must follow the specification defined in the Form Calculation Profile. This expression references field values within an individual feature or in other layers and must return either a date, number, or string value.
The referenced expression must be defined in the form template's expressionInfos. It cannot be set inline within the element object.
Field and Group elements must be visible if the field or one of the grouped fields is required.

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Example

// Expression created within ExpressionInfos and is referenced in element
const expression = new ExpressionInfo({
  name: "alwaysHidden",
  expression: "false"
});

// Reference an already-defined visibilityExpression set within the ExpressionInfos
const fieldElement = new FieldElement({
  type: "field",
  fieldName: "inspemail",
  label: "Email address",
  visibilityExpression: "alwaysHidden"
});

formTemplate.expressionInfos = [ expression ];
formTemplate.elements = [ fieldElement ];

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
GroupElement	Creates a deep clone of the GroupElement class.	GroupElement
*	Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.	Element
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor
Object	Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.	Element

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

clone Method clone(){GroupElement}

Creates a deep clone of the GroupElement class.

Returns

Type	Description
GroupElement	A deep clone of the GroupElement instance.

fromJSON Inherited Method fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter

json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns

Type	Description
*	Returns a new instance of this class.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

toJSON Inherited Method toJSON(){Object} Inherited from Element

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.