Is there a way to sort the Filter widget dropdown menu items

Question

I need to display the items in the Filter widget dropdown menu in a specific order, but cannot find a way to do it. Esri seems to automatically sort the items in alphabetical order, which is great in most cases, but not in this case. The items needs to be sorted in the same order as they appear in the Legend and it's very important. I tried using the 'Predefine unique values' option in the Expression Builder to order the items the way I need them in the hopes that this order would be honored in the selection menu, but they are being re-ordered some place in the code.

I logged the value options from the .tsx file and they are in the correct order here.

Here is the order that they appear in the dropdown menu:

Does anyone know if I am missing something obvious, or where in the code the html for the dropdown menu is being created?

kxu · Answer

Hi All,

It has been enhanced on ArcGIS Online in June 2025, the upcoming Developer version 1.18, and will be enhanced on ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0.

When you're using predefined unique values, the filter preserves the order set in the configuration, and that same order is displayed at run time.

Thanks,

Ke

FranklinAlexander · Answer

That's weird, I am using Developer version 1.14. Usually the Enterprise version is the last to get the updates, so you would think my version would have the same behavior. Could be a bug I guess.

FranklinAlexander · Answer

Thanks for the suggestions Nicole. I often use the separate filters in the way you suggested, but in the case our stakeholders want to keep things as simple and clean as possible. I like the anchored window idea as well, if closing it wasn't an issue. The popup menu closes when a selection is made, but I'm not sure that would be configurable with the window. It's always something! 🙂