Widget manifest

Each ArcGIS Web AppBuilder widget has a manifest.json file, which describes a widget's attributes and properties as shown in the following tables. Most of the attributes and properties have default values, and you can modify them as needed. The following is the manifest.json file from the demo widget.

{
  "name": "Demo",
  "platform": "HTML",
  "version": "2.11",
  "wabVersion": "2.11",
  "author": "Esri R&D Center Beijing",
  "description": "This is the widget used in developer guide",
  "copyright": "Copyright © 2018 Esri. All Rights Reserved.",
  "license": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
}

Widget attributes


Attribute	Type	Description	Required	Default
name	String	The name identifies the widget. The name should be the same as the folder name under the widgets folder.	Y	No default value
2D	Boolean	Determines if the widget supports 2D.	N	True
3D	Boolean	Determines if the widget supports 3D.	N	False
platform	String	Should be HTML for 2D widgets and HTML3D for 3D widgets.	Y	No default value
version	String	The widget version number.	Y	No default value
author	String	The widget author.	N	No default value
description	String	The widget description.	N	No default value
copyright	String	The widget copyright.	N	No default value
license	String	The widget license.	N	No default value
wabVersion	String	The Web AppBuilder framework version that the widget depends on. You can open the developer tool of the browser and type wabVersion in the console to get the version number.	Y	No default value
properties	Object	See the properties table below.	N	No default value
featureActions	Array	The feature actions that the widget contains (a 3D widget does not support this feature). The element in the array has the following format: `{ "name": "feature action name", "uri": "feature action URI relative to widget folder" }`	N	No default value

Widget properties


Property	Type	Description	Required	Default
inPanel	Boolean	The widget displays in a panel by default. You can change this behavior. If it's not in a panel, the widget displays directly.	No	True
hasLocale	Boolean	If the widget has i18n string files (nls/strings.js), this property should be set to true. The framework loads the i18n files by convention. If it's false, the widget i18n files will not be loaded.	No	True
hasStyle	Boolean	If the widget has a style file (css/style.css), this property should be set to true. The framework loads the style file by convention. If it's false, the widget style file will not be loaded.	No	True
hasConfig	Boolean	If the widget is configurable, this property should be set to true. The framework loads the configuration file by convention. If it's false, the widget configuration file will not be loaded.	No	True
hasUIFile	Boolean	If the widget has a template UI file (Widget.html), this property should be set to true. The framework loads the UI file by convention. If it's false, the widget UI file will not be loaded.	No	True
hasSettingPage	Boolean	If the widget has a setting page file (setting/Setting.js), this property should be set to true. The builder loads the setting page when you add or edit a widget. If it's false and the widget is configurable, the builder will show a JSON editor to let users configure the widget.	No	True
hasSettingUIFile	Boolean	Whether a widget has a setting UI file (setting/Setting.html).	No	True
hasSettingLocale	Boolean	Whether the widget setting page supports i18n (setting/nls/strings.js).	No	True
hasSettingStyle	Boolean	Whether the widget setting page has a style file (setting/css/style.css).	No	True
isController	Boolean	If the widget is a controller widget, set this property to true. See Create a controller widget.	No	False
keepConfigAfterMapSwitched	Boolean	This property is used in the builder. If false, the builder will clear the widget’s configuration data after the map is changed.	No	True
hasVersionManager	Boolean	Whether the widget has VersionManager.js. See Make widgets backward compatible.	No	False
supportMultiInstance	Boolean	Whether users can add more than one instance of the same widget in the app. The following out-of-the-box widgets don’t support multiple instances. 2D widgets: Analysis Attribute Table Basemap Gallery Coordinate Edit Extent Navigate Full Screen Group Filter GeoLookup Home Button Image Measurement Incident Analysis My Location Oblique Viewer Overview Map Scale Bar Situation Awareness Select Smart Editor Splash Swipe Time Slider Visibility Zoom Slider 3D widgets: Compass Coordinate Full Screen Home My Location Navigate Slides Splash Zoom Slider	No	True