When longer field/alias names are user they do not work very well since the pop-ups are a fixed size. Can the pop-ups be auto-sized to ensure the entire field name AND the values are visible?
Bump - I would like to see this option as well.
+1
No more news ?
Any update on this effort? Currently pop-ups are lacking a lot of functionality yet are such an important part of building maps in ArcGIS Online. We can't even resize the pop-up formatting box itself to make it easier to inside. The fact that disabling non-NULL fields in a field list is still not an option and requires significant Arcade and HTML work to get working is frustrating as well.
Would also find this beneficial- I noticed it seems to auto size in the new map viewer but it doesn't translate into the Web App Builder apps
I still think being able to customize the ration is better than an autosize solution. For example, if you want to add a file path or URL link and have it fit the specific window size you want, it should automatically wrap that link text.
Any update on this?
The new Map Viewer does not have this issue:
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@Anonymous User Unfortunately it seems that way.. I'm not sure how to generate enough interest to get someone working on it. I went to the ESRI conference in 2019 and was able to talk to a software developer about getting the ArcMap mirror edit tool ported into ArcGIS Pro. Within a month or two of that in-person request that small change was added in an update!
Are we still waiting this functionality in 2021? 😞
It is now 2021, ten years since it was originally requested. Is there any movement forward on this?There are other posts with questions about this https://community.esri.com/t5/classic-esri-story-maps/squinting-and-scrolling-thru-my-popups/td-p/99088
This one says that it is solved but it is just suggesting a work-around:https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/arcgis-online-change-pop-up-window-size/m-p/580888
If this has been implemented I feel like I would have found it?I tagged a few people whose names kept popping up:@KellyGerrow @Anonymous User @OwenGeo @JustMapSynch Thanks!
I just ran into the same issue that MapSynch MapSynch was having with their pop up. Turns out the pop up does not like underscores in the field alias. Go to your web map, configure the pop up and replace the underscores with spaces and it made the pop up cleaner.
It's 2020 already, the idea was first posted in late 2011 - and we still can't set the size of the pop-up window for the map/scene view. Any update on this? Thanks!
I agree. I have been conducting user testing for Operation Dashboard and found that many users would like to see a larger pop-up window to more easily read project information. Is there anyway to increase the pop up size in a web map that is rendering in Operation Dashboard?
I was tinkering (well, groping) with the beta of the new Story Maps app creation thinga-magig. I clicked on my map and up popped a fat, beautiful, legible popup. It had better than four times the surface area of Pro's or AGOL's normal default size. It scales dynamically with the browser window size. And it's sensibly placed to the left side of the map frame so it doesn't obscure the part of the map you are focused on, and is still visible even when your map is being viewed on a smallish screen.
Well we are now in 2019, can we assume that the popup config project you mentioned is part of the larger Web Map re-engineering project to use the 4.x Javascript API, that will allow for group layers etc?
Thanks
Hi Kevin,
I would like to know which files you had to edit. I am using the Web App Builder for Developer as well. I have been trying to edit the jimu.css and the mapmanager.js, but both unsuccessfully. Thanks for your help.
Yep I'm the app designer and server admin! I used WebApp Builder Developer Addition and injected CSS and HTML to over-ride the popup, so yes it is hosted on premise. I agree with you though!! Would be nice if it was a built-in design capability. And in fact if users could also resize with a little resizer handle in the corner that would be sweet. To auto resize, I would recommend Esri leverage CSS Grid, as it is a standard. I also used it to design our page here... using Grid and Cards and MD Bootstrap: SAGIS
I think we're operating at different levels here. If you helped put together that SAGIS map you linked, I know we are. Wow. That is a seriously functional site.
But how did you simply make the box wider? The whole premise of this thread is that we want to be able to and can't - unless we are hosting our own customized code on our own server.
MapSynch & Stuart - awesome, both of your popups look great!
I simply made the box wider ~ 400px. I put an alternating color with CSS to make the rows pop out more. www.sagis.org/map
An elegant solution!
Hi MapSynch,
I used your guide plus added some custom HTML....it kind of works by wrapping text. Here's the code:
<table style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="word-wrap: break-word"><b>HOLDER_OR_TRUSTEE: </b></td> <td style="word-wrap: break-word"> {HOLDER_OR_TRUSTEE} </td> </tr></tbody></table>
Problem:
Fix:
Hope this helps someone until they fix the auto sizing of popup boxes.
Hi MapSynch MapSynch,
Thank you for alternative on this problem, and for the extended description! It looks like a good solution, though I wonder if it is not going to be time consuming if you have to do this for a web app with, let say, 10 layers. And then for different web apps. A more general option would be nice. But it would be a solution in some cases
Yes good to point that out MapSynch.
I use full custom HTML to the capability it has. I can't (yet) show you because the apps I am making are not quite released yet but I will show, when done, with a future reply. I use tables to lay out, and color, background color, for visual, and use variables from the data for buildings links to various things. Including a link to Google Maps directions to address, one to the tax card, and a few others to things that have programmatic URLs. However, it's limited because popups only support a dozen or so HTML tags as of yet. I'd like to see support of full HTML and CSS in popups. And allow data to drive the DOM and CSS. Data-driven popups. If the data and attributes change, it could have bearing on the look and feel and overall interface of the popup. Between that and Arcade, infinite possibilities. Basically, let Arcade write HTML and CSS.
Using the popup configuration option doesn't let you set the width of the popup box, but gives you a lot of options to get your message out clearly in the space you have, and without asking your user to scroll back and forth. And it's easy to use. Here is the unreadable default popup for my record:
Here's what it looks like after configuration.
How go:
Go to the Configure Pop-up option:
Choose A custom attribute display:
Choose CONFIGURE:
A configuration dialogue box will appear. Follow your nose at this point. It's delightfully simple to use.
Here, again, is what the configuration above yielded.
I would like to see a simple default. The popup assumes the size of the content. That's it. We can choose whether to word wrap and perhaps at what max width in popup settings. And another interface element should always be present. A resize handle in the lower right. Literally every other app and website has this UI convention. For now I have to hardcode to make the popups wider which is as wide as the widest data from all my layers in a particular viewer.
MapSynch that is a clever idea with the field names. I like the separation between them though usually just for aesthetics. On the other hand, I often combine attribs where I can like if date is spread across three fields.
I also have this question. Owen Evans any info would be appreciated!
Hi Owen,
Is the rework of the pop-up still planned for 2018 to roll out?
Thank for the reply!
You can enlarge the popup box when you are in draft mode (as in the first screen shot). It would be soooo nice to be able to do the same in regular old mode.
One thing you can do to mitigate for the tiny popup window is to work on the attribute table and the popup configuration to compress things in both your attribute table and your popup window. If you go into your attribute table (before you bring it into Arc or join it up) you can concatenate multiple fields and even concatenate your field names into your field content. In the popup configuration window, you see the field names twice. You can edit the second column of them down to as little as you want. In my example, I've shortened the field names down to "-" (dashes).
So, if you start out with attribute data that looks like this:
You can either go with the default presentation, and have the popup window look like about this:
Or play with the attribute presentation and the popup configuration to make it look like this:
It would be much nicer, of course, to have any of the following capabilities build into the software:
- The option to set the default size of your popup.
- Having the option (as in ArcGIS Pro) to click in the upper right corner of your popup box and have it open up big.
- Having the field names and their attributes wrap to the display width of the popup box. Scrolling up and down isn't nearly as bad as going right left right left to read about an item.
[Edited at 7/29/18 to add:
Here's another approach to getting a much larger popup, from another GeoNET post:
https://community.esri.com/thread/216700-squinting-and-scrolling-thru-my-popups
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This is really necessary to create professional presentation that is unique and engaging. One size does not fit all!
OGL Owen ... do you know if this is related to the web map rework that will also support group layers in AGO web maps? thx
Great idea and should flow through to Portal for ArcGIS as well. It is also frustrating that the pop-up is currently unmovable and often covers the feature being looked at.
Thank you!
There is a significant project underway to rework pop-ups that should roll out sometime in 2018.
Owen Evans Owen Evans Any word on this? Is this being worked on? I assume not since the post is 6 years old now.
Agree - this would be super helpful.
I agree, it's hard to see why this hasn't been incorporated yet.
any headway on this?
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