Group layers

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Group a collection of layers together and toggle their visibility as a group.

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Use case

Group layers communicate to the user that layers are related and can be managed together.

In a land development project, you might group layers according to the phase of development.

How to use the sample

The layers in the map will be displayed in a table of contents. Toggle the checkbox next to a layer's name to change its visibility. Turning a group layer's visibility off will override the visibility of its child layers.

How it works

  1. Create an empty GroupLayer.
  2. Create a new layer and add it to the group layer's layers collection.
  3. Set the group layer's GroupVisibilityMode to change its behavior:
  • Enums.GroupVisibilityModeIndependent allows each sublayer to change its visibility independently.
  • Enums.GroupVisibilityModeExclusive allows only one sublayer to be visible at a time.
  • Enums.GroupVisibilityModeInherited treats the group layer as if it is one merged layer.
  1. Create a ListView and bind the model the the scene's operational layer list model.
  2. Create a delegate for the group layer and and another delegate for all other layers. The group layer delegate will have nested checkboxes.
  3. Check that the layer is a group layer. If true, load the group layer delegate. If false, load the other delegate.
  4. Each delegate will use the name and layerVisible roles exposed on the LayerListModel.
  5. To toggle the visibility of the group, simply change the group layer's visibility property.

Relevant API

  • GroupLayer

Additional information

The full extent of a group layer may change when child layers are added/removed. Group layers do not have a spatial reference, but the full extent will have the spatial reference of the first child layer.

Tags

group layer, layers

Sample Code

GroupLayers.qml
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// [WriteFile Name=GroupLayers, Category=Layers]
// [Legal]
// Copyright 2019 Esri.

// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
// [Legal]

import QtQuick 2.6
import QtQuick.Controls 2.5
import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15

Rectangle {
    id: rootRectangle
    clip: true
    width: 800
    height: 600

    SceneView {
        id: sceneView
        anchors.fill: parent

        Scene {
            id: scene
            Basemap {
                initStyle: Enums.BasemapStyleArcGISImageryStandard
            }

            Surface {
                // add an arcgis tiled elevation source
                ArcGISTiledElevationSource {
                    url: "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer"
                }
            }

            //  Layers nested as children are appended to the group layer
            GroupLayer {
                id: gl
                name: "Buildings group"
                visibilityMode: Enums.GroupVisibilityModeExclusive

                ArcGISSceneLayer {
                    url: "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevA_BuildingShells/SceneServer"
                }

                ArcGISSceneLayer {
                    url: "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevB_BuildingShells/SceneServer"
                }
            }

            // Add layers outside group layer
            ArcGISSceneLayer {
                url: "https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevA_Trees/SceneServer"
            }

            FeatureLayer {
                ServiceFeatureTable {
                    url: "https://services.arcgis.com/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevelopmentProjectArea/FeatureServer/0"
                }
            }

            FeatureLayer {
                ServiceFeatureTable {
                    url: "https://services.arcgis.com/P3ePLMYs2RVChkJx/arcgis/rest/services/DevA_Pathways/FeatureServer/1"
                }
            }
        }

        Component.onCompleted: {
            // Set the focus on SceneView to initially enable keyboard navigation
            forceActiveFocus();

            // create initial viewpoint extent
            const env = ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.createObject("Envelope", {
                                                                  json: {
                                                                      "spatialReference": {
                                                                          "wkid":4326
                                                                      },
                                                                      "xmax":-122.67960721754773,
                                                                      "xmin":-122.68647066116789,
                                                                      "ymax":45.53584958588318,
                                                                      "ymin":45.531539857343745
                                                                  }
                                                              });

            // set viewpoint
            sceneView.setViewpoint(ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.createObject("ViewpointExtent", {
                                                                             extent: env
                                                                         }));
        }
    }

    // Create a window to display the layers
    Rectangle {
        id: layerVisibilityRect
        anchors {
            fill: layerVisibilityListView
            margins: -5
        }
        color: "lightgrey"
        border.color: "#4D4D4D"
        opacity: 0.9
        radius: 5
    }

    // Create a list view to display the items
    ListView {
        id: layerVisibilityListView
        anchors {
            left: parent.left
            top: parent.top
            margins: 10
        }
        width: 250
        height: childrenRect.height
        clip: true

        // Assign the model to the list model of layers
        model: scene.operationalLayers

        // Assign the delegate to the delegate created above
        delegate: Item {
            property var type: layerType
            height: childrenRect.height

            // select the component based on the layer type
            Loader {
                sourceComponent: layerType === Enums.LayerTypeGroupLayer ?
                                     groupLayerDelegate : layerDelegate
            }

            // Delegate for GroupLayers - Contains secondary repeater for sublayers
            Component {
                id: groupLayerDelegate
                Column {
                    CheckBox {
                        id: parentBox
                        text: name
                        checked: layerVisible
                        onCheckedChanged: layerVisible = checked
                    }

                    Repeater {
                        property var groupLyr: scene.operationalLayers.get(layerVisibilityListView.currentIndex)
                        model: groupLyr ? groupLyr.layers : null
                        delegate: RadioDelegate {
                            checked: index === 0
                            text: name
                            leftPadding: indicator.width
                            width: layerVisibilityRect.width - leftPadding
                            onCheckedChanged: layerVisible = checked
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // Delegate for all other layers - standard Checkbox
            Component {
                id: layerDelegate
                CheckBox {
                    text: name
                    checked: layerVisible
                    onCheckedChanged: layerVisible = checked
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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