https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/make-sidebar-open-close-smoothly-when-using/idi-p/1716511 <P>The way that sidebar widgets open and close is inconsistent. Setting a message action on a Button to toggle the sidebar makes it slide smoothly into and out of view, but using the same message action on a List widget causes it to "snap" open and shut abruptly. It's a minor complaint but an important element of the user experience is polish, and no matter how well designed the app is this unavoidable lack of polish reflects poorly on the organization creating the Experience.</P> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:03:55 GMT MackenzeOriger 2026-07-24T18:03:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/make-sidebar-open-close-smoothly-when-using/idi-p/1716511 <P>The way that sidebar widgets open and close is inconsistent. Setting a message action on a Button to toggle the sidebar makes it slide smoothly into and out of view, but using the same message action on a List widget causes it to "snap" open and shut abruptly. It's a minor complaint but an important element of the user experience is polish, and no matter how well designed the app is this unavoidable lack of polish reflects poorly on the organization creating the Experience.</P> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:03:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/make-sidebar-open-close-smoothly-when-using/idi-p/1716511 MackenzeOriger 2026-07-24T18:03:55Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/make-sidebar-open-close-smoothly-when-using/idc-p/1716910#M5606 <P>Out of curiosity, I just tried this and the sidebar pane seems like it's opening and closing the same way each time (and I would describe it as "snapping"). If I were you, I would contact support with reproducible steps or an example that you can share with them.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Recording 2026-07-27 171135.gif" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/155941i0A59129F8CB1A520/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Recording 2026-07-27 171135.gif" alt="Recording 2026-07-27 171135.gif" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Recording 2026-07-27 171135.gif</span></span></P> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:15:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/make-sidebar-open-close-smoothly-when-using/idc-p/1716910#M5606 NicoleJohnson 2026-07-27T21:15:22Z