ButtonMenuItem

The ButtonMenuItem class provides the underlying menu functionality to create and customize new menu items within the FeatureTable widget's ButtonMenu.

Known Limitations Dark themed CSS is currently not supported.

The following image displays two custom ButtonMenuItems added to the FeatureTable widget's ButtonMenu.

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Constructors

ButtonMenuItem Constructor new ButtonMenuItem(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

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

Example

// Typical usage for ButtonMenuItem
const buttonMenuItem1 = new ButtonMenuItem ({
  label: "custom menu item label",
  iconClass: "Icon font name, if applicable",
  clickFunction: function () {
    // Add custom function to perform on menu item button click
  }
});

const buttonMenuItem2 = new ButtonMenuItem ({
  label: "Second custom menu item label",
  iconClass: "Second icon font name, if applicable",
  clickFunction: function (event) {
    // Add second custom function to perform on menu item button click
  }
});

// Apply the button menu items above to the button menu
const buttonMenu = new ButtonMenu ({
  iconClass: "esri-icon-left",
  items: [buttonMenuItem1, buttonMenuItem2]
});

Property Overview

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

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Type	Summary	Class
Boolean	Indicates whether to automatically close the menu's item.	ButtonMenuItem
ButtonMenuItemClickFunction	A function that executes on the ButtonMenuItem's `click` event.	ButtonMenuItem
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
String	Adds a CSS class to the menu button's DOM node.	ButtonMenuItem
ButtonMenuItem []	An array of individual menu items.	ButtonMenuItem
String	The label of the menu item.	ButtonMenuItem
Boolean	Indicates if the menu content is visible.	ButtonMenuItem
Boolean	Indicates whether the menu item is selected.	ButtonMenuItem
Boolean	Indicates whether a toggled state should be applied to individual menu items.	ButtonMenuItem

Property Details

autoCloseMenu Property autoCloseMenu Boolean

Indicates whether to automatically close the menu's item.

Default Value:false

clickFunction Property clickFunction ButtonMenuItemClickFunction

A function that executes on the ButtonMenuItem's click event. If applicable, it provides the developer with access to the input ButtonMenuItem and its properties.

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

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

iconClass Property iconClass String Deprecated since 4.27. Use icon instead.

Adds a CSS class to the menu button's DOM node.

See also

Esri Icon Font (Calcite theme)

items Property items ButtonMenuItem[]autocast

An array of individual menu items.

The following image shows a custom menu item with two nested menu items within it.

Custom nested menu items

Example

// Button menu items are autocastable in the ButtonMenu
items: [{
  label: "Custom menu item",
  iconClass: "esri-icon-right",
  items: [{
    label: "Nested menu item 1",
    clickFunction: function(event) {
      // click function for first nested menu item
    },
  }, {
    label: "Nested menu item 2",
    clickFunction: function(event) {
      // click function for second nested menu item
    },
  }],
  clickFunction: function(event) {
  // click function on parent menu item
  }
}]

label Property label String

The label of the menu item. This can be used in conjunction with the iconClass property.

open Property open Boolean

Indicates if the menu content is visible.

Default Value:false

selected Property selected Boolean

Indicates whether the menu item is selected. This is useful in use-cases when needing to apply a toggled state to individual menu items. An example of this can be seen in the default menu's Show/hide columns button. Use this in combination when selectionEnabled is true.

Default Value:false

See also

selectionEnabled

selectionEnabled Property selectionEnabled Boolean

Indicates whether a toggled state should be applied to individual menu items. An example of this can be seen with the individual items nested under the default menu's Show/hide columns. Use this in combination with the selected property.

Show/hide columns

Default Value:false

See also

selected

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");

Type Definitions

ButtonMenuItemClickFunction Type Definition ButtonMenuItemClickFunction(event)

Function definition for the clickFunction property.

Parameters

event Object

An object containing the clicked ButtonMenuItem.

Specification

item ButtonMenuItem

A reference to the clicked ButtonMenuItem.

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptAPI Reference

Constructors

ButtonMenuItem

Property Overview

Property Details

autoCloseMenu

clickFunction

declaredClass

iconClass

items

label

open

selected

selectionEnabled

Method Overview

Method Details

addHandles

hasHandles

removeHandles

Type Definitions

ButtonMenuItemClickFunction

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