topic URL Parameter for not showing the splash screen in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

URL Parameter for not showing the splash screen

AndreaB_ — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:55:43 GMT

Hello all,

Does anyone know if/how I can use a URL parameter to not show the splash screen? I see this info in the doc and it seems relevant but I can't get it to work. @Jianxia ?

"To embed an Experience Builder app with splash windows or page windows without the app automatically going to those windows, you can use the disable_window_focus parameter. Add the following URL to the host web page to disable the movement behavior. By default, disable_window_focus is false." https://doc.arcgis.com/en/experience-builder/latest/build-apps/url-parameters.htm

This is my URL so far: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/885581f408bf421391837d6321969b79/page/Find-Historic-Markers#widget_1=center:-87.87812995%2C43.07774335%2C4326,scale:8300 but I don't want the splash screen to show when I'm going to a specific x/y location in the URL.

Thanks,

Andrea

Re: URL Parameter for not showing the splash screen

ShengdiZhang — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:23:01 GMT

Hi @AndreaB_ ,

Currently there is no way to hide a splash window using a URL parameter. The disable_window_focus parameter is used to prevent the web page from automatically moving to the windows in an embedded ExB app.

One workaround I can think of is to disable the splash window and use the URL parameter to open the window when needed. https://doc.arcgis.com/en/experience-builder/latest/build-apps/url-parameters.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_75E2A31E7136443EA47DB8AE548501DA

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Shengdi

Re: URL Parameter for not showing the splash screen

AndreaB_ — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:54:43 GMT

Thank you @ShengdiZhang I have created an Idea post for this https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/hide-the-splash-screen-window-using-a-url/idi-p/1599519 .

In case anyone is interested, please give it a kudos.

I think I'm going to use this workaround that I created: use the ‘page’ functionality. After I have my application built out, I duplicated the main page and called it LinkPage. I hid it from the Menu. I made the window not a 'splash screen' (clicked on 'Set as Splash' again to unset it). I made the main page open with window: Introduction Window (my previous splash screen).

Then I created the URL with the 'LinkPage', instead of the main page name. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f4aeadf42956473382bc55a7d14add13/page/LinkPage#widget_95=center:-87.87812995%2C43.07774335%2C4326,scale:8300

My workaround idea came from here: https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/url-parameters-with-experience-builder-send-your/ba-p/1250183 Thank you to @BrianBaldwin

If anyone thinks this won't work, please let me know. Thanks!