idea Active Legend Icons in AGOL in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Ideas

Active Legend Icons in AGOL

DHS_User_R6-FEMA — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:18:45 GMT

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

RickeyFight — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:22:48 GMT

Can you give more detail to your idea?

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

DHS_User_R6-FEMA — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:53:10 GMT

I want to have a legend on my story map or application that displays icon information for the icons displayed on the map. The only option currently displays all the legend icons on the legend weather they are active on the map or not. Does that make sense?

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

MichelleMathias — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:52:44 GMT

Hello @DHS_User_R6-FEMA I am going to move your idea to the StoryMaps Ideas Exchange so it gets more visibility.

Cheers.

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

OwenGeo — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:33:03 GMT

@DHS_User_R6-FEMA -- Can you provide an example (link or screenshot) of the story map so we can better understand your request?

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

DHS_User_R6-FEMA — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 21:48:26 GMT

Here is the link to my storyboard. The legend on the posture map slide is the one I am focused on. Region 6 DSAB Journal (arcgis.com)

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

OwenGeo — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:21:00 GMT

@DHS_User_R6-FEMA Thanks for sharing more details. This is currently the way the legend widget works across many ArcGIS apps, so this is not a limitation from StoryMaps.

@MichelleMathias I believe this is an idea for the JSAPI/mapping ideas board since it would need to be implemented at that level. Once the platform gained this ability, apps like StoryMaps could utilize it.

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

DHS_User_R6-FEMA — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:08:13 GMT

Thank you @OwenGeo and @MichelleMathias. Is there another application that will allow this concept to work that you know of?

Re: Active Legend Icons in AGOL

OwenGeo — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:25:06 GMT

Unfortunately, I don't know any apps that work in the way you describe.

I would actually suggest that a legend may not be needed in your case (whether it shows all of the symbols or even if it just showed the ones in the map extent). The symbols you're using are part of a standard, well-known symbol set, so I imagine they are already familiar to many people who view this map. Also, since this is an interactive map (not a printed map) anyone who needs more information about a particular incident can simply click on the map to view its pop-up.