DaylightViewModel

Provides the logic for the Daylight widget.

See also

Constructors

DaylightViewModel Constructor new DaylightViewModel(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	A season can be set instead of a date.	DaylightViewModel
Boolean	Starts or pauses the daytime animation cycling through the minutes of the day.	DaylightViewModel
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
Boolean	Indicates whether to show shadows cast by the sun.	DaylightViewModel
Date	The calendar date in the timezone given by utcOffset.	DaylightViewModel
Number	Controls the daytime and date animation speed.	DaylightViewModel
Boolean	Indicates whether date and time are used to determine position of the light source.	DaylightViewModel
Number	Slider position for the time of day in the timezone given by utcOffset.	DaylightViewModel
Number	The difference in hours between UTC time and the time displayed in the widget.	DaylightViewModel
SceneView	The view from which the widget will operate.	DaylightViewModel
Boolean	Starts or pauses the date animation cycling through the months of the year.	DaylightViewModel

Property Details

currentSeason Property currentSeason String

A season can be set instead of a date. Each season uses a fixed date corresponding to the seasonal equinoxes and solstices.

Possible Values:"spring"|"summer"|"fall"|"winter"

dayPlaying Property dayPlaying Boolean

Starts or pauses the daytime animation cycling through the minutes of the day. Set to true to start the animation and to false to pause it.

Default Value:false

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

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

directShadowsEnabled Property directShadowsEnabled Boolean

Indicates whether to show shadows cast by the sun. For more details on this property see SceneView.environment.lighting.directShadowsEnabled.

localDate Property localDate Date

The calendar date in the timezone given by utcOffset.

playSpeedMultiplier Property playSpeedMultiplier Number

Controls the daytime and date animation speed.

Default Value:1.0

Example

// Plays the daylight animation at half of the default speed
daylightWidget.playSpeedMultiplier = 0.5;

sunLightingEnabled Property sunLightingEnabled Boolean

Indicates whether date and time are used to determine position of the light source. When false, the light source is positioned relative to the camera, using VirtualLighting.

timeSliderPosition Property timeSliderPosition Number

Slider position for the time of day in the timezone given by utcOffset. The position represents the time of the day in minutes. Possible values range between 0 and 1440.

utcOffset Property utcOffset Number

The difference in hours between UTC time and the time displayed in the widget.

view Property view SceneView

The view from which the widget will operate.

yearPlaying Property yearPlaying Boolean

Starts or pauses the date animation cycling through the months of the year. Set to true to start the animation and to false to pause it.

Default Value:false

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
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor

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.

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");

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptAPI Reference

Constructors

DaylightViewModel

Property Overview

Property Details

currentSeason

dayPlaying

declaredClass

directShadowsEnabled

localDate

playSpeedMultiplier

sunLightingEnabled

timeSliderPosition

utcOffset

view

yearPlaying

Method Overview

Method Details

addHandles

hasHandles

removeHandles

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