Class ViewState

Property Overview

Property Details

center Number[]readonly

Represents the view's center point as an array of two numbers [x, y].

See also:

• MapView.center

declaredClass Stringreadonly inherited

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

extent Extentreadonly

The extent represents the visible portion of a map within the view as an instance of Extent.

See also:

• MapView.extent

resolution Numberreadonly

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.9

Represents the size of one pixel in map units. The value of resolution is the result of the division of the extent width by the size.

rotation Numberreadonly

The clockwise rotation of due north in relation to the top of the view in degrees.

See also:

• MapView.rotation

scale Numberreadonly

Represents the map scale at the center of the view.

See also:

• MapView.scale

size Number[]readonly

Represents the width and height of the view in pixels, e.g. [width, height].

See also:

• MapView.size

Method Overview

Method Details

clone(){ViewState}

Creates a deep clone of ViewState object.

Returns:

Type	Description
ViewState	A new instance of a ViewState object equal to the object used to call .clone().

copy(state){ViewState}

Copies the properties from a given view state.

Parameter:

state ViewState The view state to copy the properties from.

Returns:

Type	Description
ViewState	This ViewState instance.

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.

toJSON(){Object}

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.

toMap(out, x, y){Number[]}

Converts the x and y screen coordinates to map coordinates.

Parameters:

out Number[] The receiving array of the conversion.

x Number The horizontal screen coordinate to convert.

y Number The vertical screen coordinate to convert.

Returns:

Type	Description
Number[]	The receiving array of the conversion.

toScreen(out, x, y){Number[]}

Converts the x and y map coordinates to screen coordinates.

Parameters:

out Number[] The receiving array of the conversion.

x Number The horizontal screen coordinate to convert.

y Number The vertical screen coordinate to convert.

Returns:

Type	Description
Number[]	The receiving array of the conversion.

toScreenNoRotation(out, x, y){Number[]}

Converts the x and y map coordinates to screen coordinates. This method is similar to toScreen, without applying the view state rotation.

Parameters:

out Number[] The receiving array of the conversion.

x Number The horizontal screen coordinate to convert.

y Number The vertical screen coordinate to convert.

Returns:

Type	Description
Number[]	The receiving array of the conversion.