topic Re: Search Widget connected to locators responds differently from one web application to another in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Search Widget connected to locators responds differently from one web application to another

KeyHunter — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:33:48 GMT

We are using EB Developers 1.18 and have a series of applications with a search widget that utilizes three locators (Address, PIN, Owner). They are configured to zoom to the location of the first selection and place a custom pin on the location. All but one work as expected.

I have placed the configurations of working search widgets beside the non-working ones and can not identify the discrepancy.

The non-working search widget successfully responds to the first address submitted when opening the app. On the second address request within a session, the address will zoom to the location, but not show a pin, and open a default address locator pop-up. There is no option to "Show on Map" for "Record selection Changes", but I did not have to do so in the other successful Search widgets.

I have a workaround of using a filter to customize an action to use the locator to trigger a selection of the underlying parcel layer, but would prefer to fix the underlying problem that affects the search widget.

Re: Search Widget connected to locators responds differently from one web application to another

ShengdiZhang — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:28:21 GMT

Hi @KeyHunter ,

Did you configure the message action "Records Created — Show on Map" on the search widget?

Regards,

Shengdi

Re: Search Widget connected to locators responds differently from one web application to another

KeyHunter — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:39:46 GMT

Hi @shengjSheng

I did,

I ended up rebuilding the entire application off of a template from one of the working locators. A bit of a pain as I had an intensive Query Widget with options to search 12 different layers with various queries for each feature class.

I can only Chaulk it up to possibly a corrupted build? I was working on my client side Experience Builder Developers addition. I could not see any thing different in the configuration of the two applications. One worked and one did not, so I am chalking it up to a wonky developer folder for that build? It added a day to the build but it is resolved, by building it off a template from the successfully working Search Widget application.