Ability to refresh PropertyFieldListPicker target site while pane is open

[zshane15]

Category

• Enhancement
• Bug
• Question

Version

[1.11.0]

Expected / Desired Behavior / Question

Is there a way to refresh/update the webAbsoluteUrl property of a PropertyFieldListPicker field while the pane is open? I have a custom string property named siteUrl which is used to populate the webAbsoluteUrl property for a list picker. When the pane opens, and the siteUrl field is populated, the list picker works.

However, when I try changing the siteUrl field, it doesn't update the list picker. I have to close the pane and reopen it. So is there a way to reinitialize the pane while open after a field changes? Basically this would work similar to a cascading drop-down, the user needs to enter a Site Url before they can access the list picker.

I've tried the following:

protected onPropertyPaneFieldChanged(propertyPath: string, oldValue: any, newValue: any): void {
  if (propertyPath === 'siteUrl' && newValue) {
    ...
    this.context.propertyPane.refresh();
  }

This is how my list picker is setup:

PropertyFieldListPicker('listSelect', {
  ...
  onPropertyChange: this.onPropertyPaneFieldChanged.bind(this),
  properties: this.properties,
  context: this.context,
  webAbsoluteUrl: this.properties.siteUrl,
})

Observed Behavior

Property pane does not refresh the context for a PropertyFieldListPicker which uses a custom webAbsoluteUrl property which is based on a string field in the property pane.

[waldekmastykarz]

I stumble upon exactly the same. It seems that loading lists from the specified site happens only on component mount rather than when properties have been changed.

[estruyf]

@zshane15 this would be a good update to the control. Will add it as an enhancement.

[estruyf]

I have implemented an enhancement to the single and multi-list picker controls. Feel free to test out the latest beta. More information about how you can do this can be found here: https://sharepoint.github.io/sp-dev-fx-property-controls/beta/

[zshane15]

Thanks @estruyf the beta works great! Exactly what I needed.

[harshdamaniahd]

Tested and works