QueryByRect

Widget that send GetFeature requests when a box is drawn on the map. Only visible layers are queried.

To display the query results, the widget must use one or more of theses widgets :

• ResultExtGrid.

Note

This widget can’t be drawn with the drawWidget template. Instead, it must be added to one of the toolbar widgets :

• GeoExtToolbar

Note

When added to the GeoExtToolbar, a dropDown is created. Its content gets populated by the following information (only one, in priority order) :

• the <title> of the resource
• the <text> node of the DataStore (if set)
• the resource name

XML Sample

Sample configuration

<querybyrect>
  <name>W_MyQuerybyrect</name>
  <options>
    <results>
      <result>W_MyResultExtGrid</result>
    </results>
  </options>
</querybyrect>

Having a single <result> tag if only one result is used by the widget is also okay :

<querybyrect>
  <name>W_MyQuerybyrect</name>
  <options>
    <result>W_MyResultExtGrid</result>
  </options>
</querybyrect>

Configuration with “resetOnDeactivation” set to all

<querybyrect>
  <name>W_MyQuerybyrect</name>
  <options>
    <resetOnDeactivation>all</resetOnDeactivation>
    <results>
      <result>W_MyResultExtGrid</result>
    </results>
  </options>
</querybyrect>

XML Sample - widget to be added to a toolbar

This widget must be added to a GeoExtToolbar widget

<geoexttoolbar>
  <name>W_GeoExtToolbar</name>
  <options>
    <widgets>
      <widget>W_MyQuerybyrect</widget>
    </widgets>
  </options>
</geoexttoolbar>

Mandatory Options

results:Contains <result> tags if you wish to use more than one result. Either ‘results’ or ‘result’ is mandatory. result:Name of a result widget that will be used to contain the features returned by a query. Can only be used if one result is used by the query. Either ‘results’ or ‘result’ is mandatory. results/result:If you want to have more than one result, you must define them in <results> tag.

Optional Options

resetOnDeactivation:  

Determine what to reset when the widget gets deactivated. By default (when this option is ommited), it’s automatically set to “nothing”. You can set this option to (case sensitive):

• nothing : (removes nothing)
• all : (reset the query results)

dropDownList:

Can be set to true or false. Default value is true if ommited. Creates a SplitButton object if set to true instead of a regular button.

Service Type

• featureserver
• wfs

Widget Action

read