I have 3 layers (2 point and 1 line) that coincide, let's call them A, B, and C. I have tried several things to get the popup order to be A (1 of 3), B,(2 of 3), C (3 of 3): ordering the layers in Content with A on top, then B, then C; renaming them so that they are in alphabetical order; creating copies of the layers in a specific order. No matter what I try, the popups appear in the order B, A, C. They don't seem to order in the order they appear in Content or the Legend, alphabetically, or in order of creation/modification. Is there any way to force one layer's popup to display 1st, or specify the order in which the popups display?
No, there is no way to control popup ordering. The order comes from how fast layers can return their popup information. The fastest wins. The popup populates with the first and the rest come in when they return their information We have discussed allowing user defined ordering, but then the popup would have to wait to display its contents until all layers have returned their values. This could make the popup slower.
Thanks,
Mike
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Perhaps you could give us that option, and explain how the choices might affect website performance. Making the decision for us seems, well, a little not customer friendly.
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It may make things slower, but having the same order as layers in the TOC would be a lot easier for the average public user. I have had the request several times from my customers to order the popups and each time I tell them its not technically possible....my response is getting old when I can offer no explanation other than 'Esri does not allow that'
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I continue to be frustrated with this. It's confusing for advanced users as well. Knowing there are multiple identify pop-ups and how to navigate through them is not intuitive. I think "speed" in this sense is very relative. Quickly displaying non-useful data is not really a better option than waiting milliseconds for useful data. I have yet to perceive a lag in the pop-up display. I think the delay that ESRI is concerned about is more theoretical than based in reality.
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I would rather have a slower popup and be able to define the order.
Pop-ups are very helpful to non GIS professionals. Please.....please modify this so we can determine the order, and customize it to our end users. I recently created a city council district map and added a "Data-Enrichment" layer that showed detailed demographics. I would prefer that my simple popup for the council ward shows first with very basic info and a link to our website. Unfortunately the "Data-Enriched" layer pops up first, half the time. For intermittent GIS users (many times city council) this can be frustrating. I have it shared my map to the public for basic interaction but then I'd like the council members to see the demographics of the area they represent. Here's the link to my map to get a better idea: https://grantspassoregon.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=a09bdffabc2140449ddbc7fb535dd8ba
Thanks,
Jon
As many people have already stated, it would be extremely helpful to at least have the option to order the pop ups, even if this might result in slower performance. I have already voted on the idea posted here: ArcGIS Online - Order Popups same as Legend but I'm hoping that so many people stressing this point will get Esri's attention.
Thank you!
Since we seem to be getting nowhere with this, is there a way to slow down the response(s) from the other layers so we can determine which returns the information first?
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I would agree with the other commenters that it would be useful to be able to set the pop-up order, even if it makes the pop-up return slightly slower. That way users could decide if its worth the performance hit or not.
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There's an idea related to this to vote on here: ArcGIS Online - Order Popups same as Legend
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As others have already expressed, I too would like the popups to order in a particular way. It is frustrating that we can't match popups to the layers in the TOC. "Speed" determines this order...? Come on ESRI, that doesn't make sense. We are providing information to viewers in a manner that makes sense--that should come first.
bumping for relevance still.
Not being able to toggle this is a huge limitation
Bump... again. Very frustrating. In my case, I have 2 layers with pop-ups, occupying the same geometry point. Whenever I click the point, a pop-up for layer B is first, then layer A, then back to B. I don't understand how this can happen.
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ArcGIS Online - Order Popups same as Legend
I posted a solution here, but it requires using the developer edition of WAB
Bumping again...
Ordering data in a meaningful way is vital. I have a background raster and then rasters containing user-controlled content. If I turn on pop-ups for the background raster, it always comes up first in the pop-up. I then have to somehow educate users to flip to the second pop-up. If I turn off pop-ups for the background rasters, I've gotten feedback from multiple users not understanding why pop-ups only work in certain spots. If the goal of AGOL is for GIS users to create content accessible to non-GIS-savvy users, this pop-up ordering is self-defeating. Interactive maps should be intuitive. This is not.
Agreed. It's comical at this point (4 years after I posted the issue). I get questions all the time about why I don't provide information about features that users click on. My response: "It's in there somewhere, you just have to keep clicking that little arrow until you find it.". Their response: "That's stupid, why don't you fix that?". I don't feel that the ESRI answer that was posted is correct. It's true, but providing people worthless information quickly isn't "correct".
-Why don't you fix that?
I will also add my name to this 'want'. We are building an app using the Serviceability Lookup Solution. I need to have the results of the pop-up in a particular order and as of now, I can't figure out how to arrange the order of the results.
Please fix it
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even if the popup is slower, don't think the users will mind that much to get the data they are after.
I mean, after all, they've already waited for what seems like forever for hosted feature layer to load......
Agreed - Esri should allow the popup order to be defined. I'd be happier explaining to users that the popup is 'slow' or 'slower' (whatever the actual delay is) due to underlying data being searched in order to return the correct popup, than to irritate with an unwanted popup that cannot even be moved out the way - AND which has the arrow to the next feature move due to the differences between popup content.
It's like a mean game where the user is plagued with unwanted popups that are fiddly to use!
Simply ridiculous that an organisation such as Esri cannot see how poor the popups are.
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Funny I came across this thread because I was looking to change the order of the popups. To my disappointment, I learned it cannot be done. I agree that it would be extremely nice to be able to re-order the popups within a javaScript application.
ESRI...can you please consider this functionality? We need more controls on what we can and can not do with popups. Also, allow for easily changing the pixel tolerance on when a user clicks to identify a popup in the mobile environment. Now you have to tap...tap..tap..until you get lucky enough to activate the popup when clicking on a point.
No, there is no way to control popup ordering. The order comes from how fast layers can return their popup information. The fastest wins. The popup populates with the first and the rest come in when they return their information We have discussed allowing user defined ordering, but then the popup would have to wait to display its contents until all layers have returned their values. This could make the popup slower.
Thanks,
Mike