idea Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

EmilyMc — Thu, 09 May 2024 02:21:25 GMT

Hi Team,

We are looking to limit our users ability to rotate within the map widget on one of our applications. We have found that some of our users have accidentally rotated the map, and are unable to get back to the default view. In the application there is no need for the rotate function to be used, and so we would like to disable it.

Currently, the only option for disabling the rotate functionality is to un-toggle the enable scroll zooming option. We would still like our users to be able to scroll in and out using the mouse. Is it possible to separate the scroll and rotate capabilities into two toggles so that one can be enabled/ disabled, without the other?

Thanks!

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

TomDuncanGIS — Thu, 09 May 2024 13:41:52 GMT

This must have been an oversight on the part of the ExB team. This is a fundamental option that is included in WAB that needs to be in ExB.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

BenGunnewijk — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:49:18 GMT

Yes indeed, please allow us to disable just rotation.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

KrisMilburn — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:53:57 GMT

Toggling off the scroll zoom does not disable the right-click and rotate for me, besides, scroll zoom is a desirable feature for us. I would also like to see a way to disable rotation of the map in either map viewer or XBLD. This configuration is available in some of the Instant Apps.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

Anthony — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:33:00 GMT

in the map tools you can toggle on the compass so that when clicked it reorients you to north, still would be nice to just disable rotation entirely though.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

Laura — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:33:02 GMT

My field crews say that sometimes when panning or even hitting bumps on the road the map rotates and I really need a way to be able to turn this off. ENH-000176211

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

PhilPeterschick — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:39:37 GMT

Please add the ability to toggle on/off and reset rotation. Lots of users especially for 911 do not need the hassle of accidental map rotation while using an experience for emergency response.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

jstanz — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:56:35 GMT

Please add a toggle for map rotation. Very frustrating trying to zoom in and out on smaller devices and you start rotating the map. Should at least have a reset button.

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

Ke_Xu — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 05:45:32 GMT

Hi All,

WAB uses JS API 3.x, so it cannot rotate. The ability to rotate the map is a new feature of the JS API 4.x. The rotation can be restored using the Compass tool in Experience Builder.

I tried disabling "Enable scroll zooming," but the map still rotates on mobile. Do you need to disable map rotation on both desktop and mobile?

Thanks,

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

PhilPeterschick — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:09:40 GMT

Hello Ke,

Thanks for the update, I.e. the compass tool is useful to reset the map frame.
Discussing with staff:

It would be nice to toggle off in both desktop and mobile. But we certainly think mobile to be the priority.

We also noticed in an existing agol dashboard the compass tool / widget when enabled did not turn on in the map to aid in resetting the rotation. (We did not test a from scratch dashboard build out yet.)

Thanks,

Phil

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

Ke_Xu — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:40:06 GMT

Hi @PhilPeterschick,

Thanks for your feedback.

I couldn't reproduce the issue. The compass tool does work. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Re: Add toggle to disable rotate capability in map widget

MappyIan — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:32:33 GMT

We really need this. We've developed an ExB app that will primarily be used on mobile devices and in the first group of users we trialled the app with a number of them managed to rotate the map and couldn't figure out how to re-orientate it (pressing the compass button was not obvious to them). We really need the ability to disable map rotation, particularly on the Mobile view but preferably on all views. Fully support this idea.