Selection box from Python Add-in?

Question

I would like to create a button using Python Add-ins that allows the user to select a point on the map then immediately bring up a user prompt checkbox that was created in a separate toolbox. I thought what I wrote would work, but when I click on any point on the map, nothing happens. Is there something wrong with the way my script was written?

This is it:

import arcpy
import pythonaddins
arcpy.env.workspace = "E:/GIS/File_Organization/Data/Points/Points.gdb"
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
class SelectWithinARadius(object):
 """Implementation for Button_from_Point_addin.SelectWithinARadius (Button)"""
 def __init__(self):
 self.enabled = True
 self.shape = "NONE"
 def onMouseDownMap(self, x, y, button, shift): 
 mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") #designate map document
 pointGeom = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(x, y), mxd.activeDataFrame.spatialReference) #create point from lat/long
 arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(pointGeom, "point_lyr") #make feature layer from point
 pythonaddins.GPToolDialog(r'E:\GIS\File_Organization\Data\Checkbox_Toolbox\Checkbox.tbx', 'Feature_Selection') #add selection toolbox for user input
 arcpy.RefreshActiveView()

If not, was I not installing it correctly? I can also provide the code for the toolbox that I am trying to link through the GPToolDialog if that would help as well.

Answer 1

I have had to do this in the past and I think the key to it came from a number of Q&As here including:

• Calculate Field using Esri Python Addin
• Select and copy features in ArcMap using Python add-in tool

My code that resulted was:

import arcpy,pythonaddins
def getSearchDistanceInches(scale, selection_tolerance=4):
 """Returns the map distance in inches that corresponds to the input selection
 tolerance in pixels (default 3) at the specified map scale."""
 return scale * selection_tolerance / 96.0 # DPI used by ArcMap when reporting scale
class SelectFeature(object):
 """Implementation for SelectAsset.tool (Tool)"""
 def __init__(self):
 self.enabled = True
 self.cursor = 3
 self.shape = "NONE" # Can set to "Line", "Circle" or "Rectangle" for interactive shape drawing and to activate the onLine/Polygon/Circle event sinks.
 def onMouseDownMap(self, x, y, button, shift):
 mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
 pointGeom = arcpy.PointGeometry(arcpy.Point(x, y), mxd.activeDataFrame.spatialReference)
 searchdistance = getSearchDistanceInches(mxd.activeDataFrame.scale)
 lyr = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd,"your_layer_name")[0]
 arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(lyr, "INTERSECT", pointGeom, "{0} INCHES".format(searchdistance))
 result = arcpy.GetCount_management(lyr)
 count = int(result.getOutput(0))
 print "Found {0} features".format(count)

• Daniel Katleman: Thanks a million! I will try this out. Does the search distance only work in inches though because of the spatial reference? I would like to be able to buffer the points in miles if that is possible.