idea Auto-fit items in the List Widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

Auto-fit items in the List Widget

cnw_ivesleung — Fri, 06 May 2022 14:43:46 GMT

In the image above, I have a list widget with items arranged by rows and a set height but I'm seeing unused text spaces for short descriptions and texts cut off for longer descriptions. These descriptions are configured from attributes in the dynamic content. A user would have to hover over to the longer description and scroll down to see more info. I can set the height higher but it would not show as many item results on the screen and would leave more empty spaces for items with shorter descriptions. An auto-fit feature for items similar that allows for word wrapping from dynamic content would help make the list easier to view and use.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

DaveFullerton — Sun, 08 May 2022 03:28:04 GMT

Yes, we could benefit from this type of functionality in our applications.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

NBC — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 03:02:49 GMT

Agreed, this is needed, and would enhance pretty much every application we build using the list widget.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

NBC — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 01:23:18 GMT

Hi I just wanted to ask you both @cnw_ivesleung @DaveFullerton if you've heard of any progress with this idea?

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

cnw_ivesleung — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:09:40 GMT

Hi @NBC, thanks for reaching out! No I haven't heard back. What I did instead was resized the width of the list so it will include more text but will have to make do with the extra spaces. Here's the map for your reference Park Amenities Map.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

James_Shreeve — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:22:28 GMT

In a GIS world where space is prime, it would be really good to be able to have the list widget adapt to the size of the content! I have the same issue with dynamic content in a list...whilst i've changed the width etc. there is still space in the features with less text.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

ZachBodenner — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:51:25 GMT

Greatest weakness in the list widget in my opinion, and seems like kind of a no-brainer option to include.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

rmcooper_wcpss — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:11:06 GMT

This is a feature of the List widget in Dashboards that is very useful. Would love to have the height of the list item be able to be driven by the content of the list item rather than an arbitrary hard-coded value.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

AlderMaps — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:59:51 GMT

Chiming in here to say this is a feature I wish I had pretty much every time I use ExB! Looking forward to when it is implemented.

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

AndreaB_ — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:56:26 GMT

Wish we had this! I can set the height of my text box in my List widget to Stretch but the List Item Height is hard coded in px so it doesn't do anything. 😥 The Near Me results pane is able to auto fit the height of the text results but List is more customizable. Near Me results looks bad. Please implement this Idea!

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

MollyMoore — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:25:43 GMT

Just a +1 for this idea! This is really important for our experiences - has anyone found any workarounds for displaying related data with an auto-height for each record?

Re: Auto-fit items in the List Widget

MappyIan — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:50:57 GMT

Totally agree with this Idea. As someone new to Experience Builder I find it very frustrating that the height of List items has to be hard coded to a specific pixel value. It's really limiting and makes it an accessibility issue as it's difficult to make the List item big enough to cope with users who want or need to increase the text size in their browser.