idea Widget Controller: Add simple button option in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Widget Controller: Add simple button option

jessneuner — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:53:35 GMT

We would like the ability to add buttons to our widget controllers that opened links and pages without requiring the panel to also open (with the button on it).

The need is to add additional buttons inline with the widget controller that would take the user to a different page or display a window, and the style/position would flow with the rest of the widget controller icons easily.

Currently, when you add a button widget to the widget controller, it puts the button on a panel. But the desired behavior is that it wouldn't require that the button be on a panel --

Scenario: I'm working on an app that has two pages. The main page uses the widget controller, and I need to give the user a way to navigate to the second page. Ideally, i could add a button to the widget controller, but instead, I have to add a button widget after the widget controller --- and then fiddle with the row and button styling so that it feels like a seamless part of the header:

It would be awesome if when you add a button to the widget controller, it was just a button, not a button on a panel.

Re: Widget Controller: Add simple button option

JeffreyThompson2 — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:18:59 GMT

It looks like you figured it out, but you can build your own Widget Controller to deal with the Button in a Widget Controller problem. It would be much nicer if the Buttons in a Widget Controller just worked, though.

https://community.esri.com/t5/experience-builder-tips-and-tricks/the-diy-widget-controller-part-ii-the-secret/ba-p/1622453

Re: Widget Controller: Add simple button option

ZachBodenner — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:29:45 GMT

Yeah it's really counterintuitive to have to hit the button twice.