Mouse Wheel Zoom

Question

Hello,

I have been working with the new StoryMaps since launch, and have been quite happy with it. Unfortunately, I have a director breathing down my neck over the simple ability to be able to zoom in and out using either the mouse, or potentially if there is a key combination that works.

I've spent a year rebuilding a terrible project that I had inherited. Rebuilt everything from the ground up, layer by layer, polygon by polygon. I was quite happy with how it came out, and so was my director... but it seems that this simple feature is now a make or break for the entire project. I have tried explaining to him that ESRI removed the functionality due to embedding issues, looked for alternatives, rebuilt it in the old StoryMaps (which I got written up for, because it looked like it was made 10 years ago, which I explained the entire time while making it). Are there any work arounds or shortcut keys that could allow this functionality?

Thomas1 · Answer

Hi @OwenGeo ,

As you write, with embed map we can let the readers  use scroll-zoom ("Click anywhere to interact"). This is great and works fine. It would be great to have the same possibility with maps added directly in the story.

oevans_storymaps · Answer

Thanks for the additional feedback. We could certainly look at enabling zoom in full-screen mode for maps, we just haven't prioritized that at this time. That might be a good thing to post in our ideas board so others can vote for it for future consideration.

AlexRudowski · Answer

Thanks for getting back to me. I made the app and embedded it in the story map and it works great! I understand what your saying about it messing with the page navigation. However, the moment the user clicks the button to expand the map to full screen there shouldn't be any doubt about what they're intending to accomplish by rolling that mouse wheel forward or backward, which is essentially the same workflow you suggested.

Thanks for your time!