FormTemplate

AMD: require(["esri/form/FormTemplate"], (FormTemplate) => { /* code goes here */ });
ESM: import FormTemplate from "@arcgis/core/form/FormTemplate.js";
Class: esri/form/FormTemplate
Inheritance: FormTemplate Accessor
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.16

A FormTemplate formats and defines the content of a FeatureForm for a specific Featurelayer or SubtypeSubLayer. The FormTemplate allows the user to create and update feature attribute values which can be set directly on a Featurelayer, SubtypeSubLayer,a FeatureForm, a FeatureForm view model, or within the Editor's layerInfos. The FormTemplate is composed of various elements that display a specific type of form data. Each element is designed to allow the form author the ability to define the layout for fields when collecting and/or editing data.

Forms can be created with a variety of elements, including:

The FormTemplate also supports the use of Arcade expressions to define form constraints and calculations. These expressions can be used to set the visibility of all form elements, make fields required, or dynamically calculate field values.

If a FormTemplate is set on a FeatureLayer#formTemplate, SubtypeSublayer, or the Editor widget's layerInfos, it is used for all features within the specified layer. If the form's template is authored using the Map Viewer's authoring experience or Field Maps Designer, the resulting saved layer or web map item's JSON will contain a formInfo object.

See also
Example
// Create a FieldElement
const fieldElement = new FieldElement({
  fieldName: "inspector",
  label: "Inspector name"
});

// Create a TextElement
const textElement = new TextElement({
  textFormat: "markdown",
  text: "**This text is bold.**"
});

// Create the group element and pass in the field and text elements
const groupElement = new GroupElement({
  label: "This is a group",
  elements: [fieldElement, textElement]
});

// Create the Form template and pass in elements
const formTemplate = new FormTemplate({
  title: "Inspector report",
  description: "Enter all relevant information below",
  elements: [groupElement] // Add all elements to the template
});

// Add a new feature form with grouped fields
const form = new FeatureForm({
  container: "form",
  groupDisplay: "sequential", // only display one group at a time
  formTemplate: formTemplate // set it to template created above
});

// Add a formtemplate to a feature layer
const featureLayer = new FeatureLayer({
 url: "https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/ServiceRequest/FeatureServer/0",
 outFields: ["*"],
 formTemplate: formTemplate
});
map.add(featureLayer);

// Add a formtemplate to a subtype sublayer
const sublayer = new SubtypeSublayer({
  layer: featureLayer,
  subtype: "1",
  formTemplate: formTemplate
});

// Add a formtemplate to the Editor's layerInfos
const editor = new Editor({
  view: view,
  layerInfos: [
  {
    layer: featureLayer,
    formTemplate: formTemplate
  }]
});

Constructors

FormTemplate

Constructor
new FormTemplate(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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Name Type Summary Class

The name of the class.

Accessor

The description of the form.

FormTemplate

An array of form element objects that represent an ordered list of form elements.

FormTemplate

An array of ExpressionInfo objects that reference Arcade expressions following the specification defined by the Form Constraint Profile or the Form Calculation Profile.

FormTemplate

Indicates whether to retain or clear a form's field element values.

FormTemplate

The string defining how to format the title displayed at the top of a form.

FormTemplate

Property Details

declaredClass

Inherited
Property
declaredClass Stringreadonly
Inherited from Accessor

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

description

Property
description String

The description of the form. It is possible to substitute a template string for a field value within this description.

Example
formTemplate.description = "The population of {County}, {State} is: {Population}";

An array of form element objects that represent an ordered list of form elements.

Elements are designed to allow the form author the ability to define the layout for fields when collecting and/or editing data.

Nested group elements are not supported.

Example
// Create a new form template
const formTemplate = new FormTemplate({
  title: "Damage assessments",
  description: "Provide information for insurance",
  elements: [{ // Autocasts to new GroupElement
    type: "group",
    label: "Inspector Information",
    description: "Field inspector information",
    elements: [{
      // Autocasts to new FieldElement
      type: "field",
      fieldName: "inspector",
      label: "name"
    },{
      type: "field",
      fieldName: "inspemail",
      label: "Email address"
    },{
      type: "field",
      fieldName: "insp_date",
      label: "Date of inspection"
    }]
  }]
});

expressionInfos

Property
expressionInfos ExpressionInfo[]autocast

An array of ExpressionInfo objects that reference Arcade expressions following the specification defined by the Form Constraint Profile or the Form Calculation Profile. Form Constraint expressions must return either true or false. Form Calculation expressions must return a string, date, boolean, or a number.

preserveFieldValuesWhenHidden

Property
preserveFieldValuesWhenHidden Boolean
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 FormTemplate since 4.16, preserveFieldValuesWhenHidden added at 4.25.

Indicates whether to retain or clear a form's field element values. Use this property when a field element initially displays as visible but later updates to not be visible as a result of an applied visibilityExpression.

Default Value:false
See also

title

Property
title String

The string defining how to format the title displayed at the top of a form. It is possible to substitute a template string for a field value within this description.

Example
formTemplate.title = "{County}, {State}";

Method Overview

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Name Return Type Summary Class

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.

Accessor

Creates a deep clone of the FormTemplate class.

FormTemplate
*

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product.

FormTemplate

Returns the names of all fields represented or referenced in any way by the FormTemplate.

getFieldsUsed

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Accessor

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Accessor

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation.

FormTemplate

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.

clone

Method
clone(){FormTemplate}

Creates a deep clone of the FormTemplate class.

Returns
Type Description
FormTemplate A deep clone of the FormTemplate instance.

fromJSON

Method
fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter
json Object

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns
Type Description
* Returns a new instance of this class.

getFieldsUsed

Method
getFieldsUsed(fieldsIndex, relationships){Promise<string[]>}inner
Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30 getFieldsUsed since 4.16, getFieldsUsed added at 4.30.

Returns the names of all fields represented or referenced in any way by the FormTemplate. This includes fields where field elements exist in the form, as well as any fields referenced in the form's Arcade expressions and used in templated strings in the title and description of the form and in the label and description of its elements.

Below is a comprehensive list of all the possible ways in which a field can be utilized within a FormTemplate:

  • The FormTemplate contains a field element associated with the field.
  • The field is identified by the Arcade parser as being referenced in an expression that is used by one (or more) of the elements in the FormTemplate. Take note that expressions included in ExpressionInfo but not used by any of the elements are not considered.
  • The field is referenced via a template string, ie.{}, substitution syntax in the title or description properties of the FormTemplate.
  • The FormTemplate contains an element whose label or description properties reference the field via a template string, ie.{}, substitution syntax.
  • The FormTemplate contains TextElement.text that references the field via a template string, ie.{}, substitution syntax.
  • The form contains a RelationshipElement that uses the field to order results, as specified in its orderByFields property.
  • The field serves as a relationship key field for a relationship that is represented by a RelationshipElement in the FormTemplate. These fields will be included in the output only if a value is provided for the relationship parameter. The FormTemplate by itself does not possess enough information to determine the key field of a relationship.
Parameters
fieldsIndex Object
optional

An object that provides a reference to the fields used in the FormTemplate.

relationships Relationship
optional

An array of Relationship objects that define the relationships on the layer with which the FormTemplate is associated.

Returns
Type Description
Promise<string[]> Resolves with the names of the fields.

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");

toJSON

Method
toJSON(){Object}

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns
Type Description
Object The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.

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