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Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

deleted-user-8TVt6oc0ewsX — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:13:09 GMT

When creating a Dashboard it is often hard to accurately place widgets. For example I have 5 indicators stacked. I want them to appear the same size. I have to "eyeball" this. I would like the cursor XY to be exposed so I can accurately calculate position. A GRID overlay, much like "GUIDES" appear in a serial chart, for the workspace would be also very helpful. In the short-term just showing the XY of the cursor would be a huge help.

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

KevinMWright13 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:54:38 GMT

Hi Jonathan,

I agree this would be helpful. I have done a workaround where I edit the JSON using the AGO Assistant. I usually grab the JSON from there and drop it in a JSON editor (like JSON Editor Online ) and search for the Height and Width in the Layout -> Root Element -> Elements section of the code. Change the width and height then save it back to the AGO assistant to update it online. I know its a long way to go but if all else fails.....

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

geodoozer — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 07:29:34 GMT

I strongly agree Jonathan, it is hard to get spacing of multiple widgets even, and the guess then use a ruler approach is tedious.

Along with the guide idea, I would go further and suggest including options of:

Snapping to other widgets/frames
Selecting multiple frames and having a button to size them evently (not unlike the distribute horizontally and distribute vertically options in ArcGIS and PowerPoint).

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

PaulDavidson1 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 02:50:00 GMT

This was going to be my comment also.

Provide methods for even distributions in the X or Y dimensions .

Snapping to edges of other widgets is also an excellent (I would claim necessary) idea.

However, since I can make dashboards now without widget edge snapping, I guess it's not exactly necessary. But it sure would be helpful. 😉

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

RuiMenezes — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:43:43 GMT

Great idea Jonathan.

All the other inputs are also great.

Thanks,

Rui

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

RalphHughes — Mon, 11 May 2020 08:56:09 GMT

I'm ashamed to say it, but I've been using a physical ruler on the screen which is the first time in my 11 year GIS career!

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

geodoozer — Sat, 23 May 2020 02:24:05 GMT

Agree! Widget snapping and Distribute and Align options would be very helpful indeed!

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard

RichardLittlefield — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:02:34 GMT

Yes, some kind of snapping, grids or measuring would be very helpful. I'm building a dashboard and have four pie charts that I'd like them all to be the exact same size. This can't be done with dragging and eyeballing while resizing the element. I can get it close, but not exact. I too, not trusting my eyes, brought out a ruler to do measurements on the screen. Or even number indicators I'd like to be the same height.

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard - Status changed to: In Product Plan

patrickb — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:52:19 GMT

There are a few things that we are working on in this area, and will be released over time. One of the first things we worked on is already available in ArcGIS Dashboards Beta . Dashboard authors now receive visual feedback that indicate an element's width or height when changing its size.

Re: Provide layout guides in Operations Dashboard - Status changed to: Implemented

patrickb — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:46:01 GMT

A new authoring experience for dashboards was introduced in the December 2021 release of ArcGIS Dashboards. This new experience exposes the layout of a dashboard in much more detail, and offers a one-click ability to distribute the width or height of all the elements in a row/column evenly.

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/dashboards/reference/previous-releases.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_937C7D1A032D471AA...

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/dashboards/get-started/dashboard-layout.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_94E2E1B1780B4E86...