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Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

KeithMiller3 — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 07:06:07 GMT

Currently on 10.8.1, Enterprise Sites allows users to use Layout Builder to add a Gallery into a site's page. When a user clicks on one of the gallery items, it opens the link but 'within' the Site rather than outside of the Site.

i.e. the URL of the gallery item is (1) https://<portalURL>/apps/sites/#/<site-name>/app/<site-id>
rather than (2) https://<portalURL>/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=<site-id>

URL (1) means that the linked app opens in an iframe within the site page (and I get a vertical scrollbar as a result), whereas URL (2) would open the app using its native URL.

It'd be great to have the option of opening gallery items using their native URL rather than being embedded within the Site.

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

EinarD — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:34:18 GMT

This is relevant for 10.9.1 as well. Would be great if one could open web maps in the map viewer directly from the gallery, instead of now having to go through "Explore" --> "I want to use this" --> "Open in ArcGIS Enterprise" --> "open in Map Viewer".

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

GarthVaagene — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 18:08:16 GMT

Fully agree as this seems to circumvent what a user wants to be able to do with this layout option. Only other way I've found is to use a hyperlink but then no thumbnail or description is presented.

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

DavidMcCorkindale1 — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:33:22 GMT

I too came across this problem at 10.9.1 but see there is actually a setting to resolve this. Under the site go to Settings | Interactions | Embedded Apps, disabling this opens an app from a gallery card by it's native URL. The settings on the gallery card determine whether this opens in the same or new tab.

Hope this is what you were looking for and has resolve your issue.

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

KeithMiller3 — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 20:02:52 GMT

@DavidMcCorkindale1 Thanks very much. Just tested it on 10.9.1 and works just as you say.

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL - Status changed to: Already Offered

jill_es — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:48:32 GMT

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

jill_es — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 18:49:17 GMT

As @DavidMcCorkindale1 mentioned, there is actually a setting to resolve this. Under the site go to Settings | Interactions | Embedded Apps, disabling this opens an app from a gallery card by its native URL. The settings on the gallery card determine whether this opens in the same or new tab.

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

JessicaJackson — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:44:08 GMT

In 11.1, when I disable Settings | Interactions | Embedded Apps, the web maps still open in embedded apps.

Esri support states that the Settings | Interactions | Embedded Apps option does not work in 11.x (although, you can open web applications/experiences directly) for security purposes and is outside scope of support.

Is there a plan to implement the ability to open Web Maps for 11.x from gallery without 4 extra clicks?

Re: Open Enterprise Sites gallery items using their own URL

timfreisen — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:01:54 GMT

I had excactly the same problem with the extra vertical scrollbar. This is some wierd behavior with the header and an iFrame.

I checked the CSS and found that overflow-y: auto; doesnt make sense when the site has approximatly 99% of the vertical height when there is a header.

So either we have the choice of an scrollbar with the global header of ArcGIS Site or no header and no scrollbar.

But what if you want the header in the opened item but dont want the scrollbar to appear?