Popup pagination navigating outward but not inward

Question

For instance I click the center polygon graphic; the pagination illustrates the correct 3 graphics to paginate through. As seen in the screenshot below:

However, when I click the outer polygon graphic here; the pagination doesn't include the same 3; which should be to navigate inward - instead it doesn't include any... Screenshot below... then if I click the middle one, I can only paginate to 3, not one - again only including outward. So the problem is pagination can paginate displays correctly from inner to outward, but doesn't include any inner from outward.

And the outmost outer; including nothing below as highlighted:

perhaps related to this? Any updates? https://community.esri.com/thread/191980-multiple-features-in-v4-popup

RobertScheitlin__GISP · Answer

honestly I am not sure the route you need to take. It is working the way it is intended /designed to work. You are wanting it to work in a way that is unconventional. Wanting to make the popup appear for all three discrete geometries as if they were one entity is not something that the api designed to do normally.

CamCode · Answer

So I have to customize the map click location for this feature layer into groups by ID.. Something along those lines?

CamCode · Answer

Ah, I see that makes sense to me. But it seems to be considered an issue worth handling; any recommendations on handling this somehow?