It would be lovely if the software told me how to move a widget to pending list

MichelleWilliamsERM

I'm new to Experience Builder, and as I get to new error messages, I thought I'd share how Esri could make these notes better. Could you tell me how to do this task or offer both buttons (delete and move to pending list)?

The way the text reads, I'm not sure if I'm changing the template, or if you are saying that any devices using this app will not see the item I'm deleting (which is what I would expect, so the note isn't required if that's the case).

Since I haven't published, there are no devices attached to this app yet, so the note confused me. 

Note to the developers - You know where I need to go, so this note makes sense to you. Can you imagine how many people have to Google how to move widgets to a pending list? That's a lot of man-hours getting billed to projects. Could you ALWAYS tell us how to get to the step you are sharing with us?

Thank you kindly for any answers you can provide, I love working with your software, and I know this one is still in it's infancy so the skies the limit. : ) 

Here's what Google says (posted in 2022)

1. In ArcGIS Experience Builder, click the Page. panel.
2. On the Page panel, browse to the Body node of the panel's Outline section and select the desired widget under Map.
3. Click More. , and click the Move to the pending list option.

I didn't see a more button at this time. 

 

 

 

JeffreyThompson2

I agree that Experience Builder documentation should be better. On the developer site, many of the methods and classes do not explain their purpose in any meaningful way. For example, I know there is a lot of useful information contained in the widget props. It's probably the most important information for effective widget development. Here is the documentation for it:

... Nothing more than a name.

To your question, here is a quick primer on deletion/pending:

The devices referred to in that dialogue box are the desktop, tablet and phone size layouts at the top of the builder page.

Moving a widget to the pending list removes the widget from the current screen size while preserving the configuration, like what map widget it is connected to, (but not the layout information) and leaving  it available for use in other screen sizes. The easiest way to send something to the pending list is to click the ... menu at the top of the widget and press the list/eye icon.

Deleting a widget removes the widget from all screen sizes and clears all of its settings.