Enhanced control over layer order

[cmndrbensisko]

Layer order should follow the order specified in the widget, instead of Feature Layers automatically floating to the top of the layer draw order

[rscheitlin]

Adam,
I think at you already pointed this out, but AGOL operates in a similar fashion, Featurelayers can not be moved below other layer types. I think this has to do with the fact that in the JS API FeatureLayers are grouped together with GraphicLayers in the map. Quote from API doc "layerIds = Array of IDs corresponding to layers in the map, except for GraphicsLayers and FeatureLayers, which are maintained in map.graphicsLayerIds."

[cmndrbensisko]

Good find on the API doc, Robert. I mostly put this issue up as a note-to-self so that I investigate the issue in detail later, but if it's not something we can do without severely hacking around the API, I agree that it's probably best left by the wayside for now.

[slead]

It may be possible to override the default layer ordering using map.reorderlayer

You could iterate through the JSON list and ensure that the map's layers matched this order.

Edit: after some testing it appears that even when manually reordering the layers, the Layer List widget isn't updating to show the actual position of the layers in the map.