Make Selection of Map Features More Adjustable and Accessible Across Multiple Widgets

DaveFullerton — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:43:28 GMT

Using the Select Widget in Web AppBuilder users can “adjust the selection set” by:

Press the Shift key while dragging the pointer on the map to add selected features to the selection.
Press the Ctrl key while dragging the pointer on the map to remove selected features from the selection.

We would like to see this functionality in Experience Builder. An idea already exists for the Select Widget itself:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/select-standalone-widget/idi-p/1104698

Under the Select Widget idea, I posted support for “adjust the selection set” functionality to be included, but we want to go a step further. Using out of the box functionality, we would like users to be able to:

Select features in layer 1. The Filter Widget would work.
Buffer the selected/filtered features using something like the WAB Analysis Widget.
Select features in layer 2 that intersect the buffer perhaps using the Query Widget (see note in next step).
Using a map tool with a Map Widget, manually add or remove selected features from the selection set via the map using something like the WAB Select Widget. Note that in WAB you cannot use the Select Widget to adjust the selection set derived from the Query Widget.
Export the selected features’ attributes to CSV. This functionality is, of course, already available with several widgets.

This would be used by about 20 people in our 1000 person organization to create mailing lists. We can imagine using this type of workflow for many other things as well.

Re: Make Selection of Map Features More Adjustable and Accessible Across Multiple Widgets

DavidL — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:01:30 GMT

I wonder if you can do what you want to using :

1) Select widget

2+3) Near Me widget > filter datasource and listing the selected features (perhaps on a different layer pointing the same data)

4) Select widget to select/unselect features

idea Make Selection of Map Features More Adjustable and Accessible Across Multiple Widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Make Selection of Map Features More Adjustable and Accessible Across Multiple Widgets

Re: Make Selection of Map Features More Adjustable and Accessible Across Multiple Widgets