topic Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template? in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

EmmaHatcher — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:39:22 GMT

I have two primary components in a scrollable Experience Builder that provide first, a map based tour of locations, and second, more information and links below. I'm wanting to direct users attention to the information below the map via a Button widget within the sites list.

I tried to set the button link to a view within the app window initially, since the content below the map is a view. This did nothing. When I changed the settings to open in a new window, it simply re-opens the EB in a new window, with the same initial view from the top of the page.

Is there a way to get the Button widget to jump to a section of the scrollable template?

In other words (and pictures), I want users to be able to click the 'More Info' button from their selected site in the List widget...

... and jump to the more info view below the map:

Here are the current settings that aren't accomplishing what I'm needing:

I have a sneaking suspicion that I'd have to turn the more info section into a separate page, but that really isn't the preferred route of action. It seems silly because opening a new page is a separate setting... so if the settings to link to a view and to a page work the same, why offer them separately as configurable options? Many thanks for any help!

-Emma

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

DavidMartinez — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:44:43 GMT

Hi Emma,

Currently, if you have a scrollable page template with a section that is outside the visual viewport it does not navigate to that section. We currently have this logged in our system and will look into how we can improve this.

Cheers,

David

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

EmmaHatcher — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:16:44 GMT

That's great to hear, thank you!

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

TonghuiMing — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 06:13:02 GMT

Hi @EmmaHatcher - in the recent June AGOL update, we support the link to block or page top for scrolling pages. It should be able to cover your original case. Feel free to give it a try.

Best,

Tonghui

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

RoseZhou2 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 18:37:07 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing - is the "link to block " feature available in Developer edition version 1.5?

Thanks

Rose

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

TonghuiMing — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 02:20:33 GMT

@RoseZhou2 Yes, it should be included in dev edition 1.5.

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

EmmaHatcher — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:44:18 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing, linking to block worked great! Thank you so much for the improvement & update!

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

EmmaHatcher — Wed, 18 May 2022 23:55:18 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing and @DavidMartinez, this was a big improvement, but is there any chance that adding multiple link actions will be possible? In the same example above, I'd ideally like to both jump to the block and open a view by clicking the 'More Info' button.

The way my app is configured, because the primary data users interact with are fisheries sites, and that is the view below that map that's opened by default, I have the link set to jump to the block, which provides expected results. But if they are using the Access Site lists to browse boat launches/trails/harbor data, I have it set to open the view below as that isn't the view that's open by default, so jumping to the block could be confusing as the info shown won't match the site information they selected. Further, because it doesn't also jump to the block in addition to opening the view, the button only makes some semblance of sense if the user's screen is large enough to see that something at the bottom of the screen changed. Let me know any thoughts on that, or if configuring multiple link types is on the horizon for a later release.

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

Aurelija_RutaViluckyte — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:51:49 GMT

Hello! I am wondering if you are planning to add buttons to be linked with screen groups any time soon? Unfortunately, blocks and views are not enough for our experience setup. We set it up as a screen group scrolling page and would like make a menu for subsections using buttons, and those buttons could link them to separate text boxes inside the scrolling panel... however, i didnt see it to be possible. And the whole or many screen groups reside in one and the same block.

Maybe I am missing something?

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

TonghuiMing — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:14:58 GMT

@Aurelija_RutaViluckyte Unfortunately we have not yet supported the screen groups. It includes complications like screen group animations, etc. However, I'd think it is a good choice to post it in the Ideas Channel for the sake of tracking and we will evaluate the future enhancement possibilities based on the feedback. Thanks.

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

TonghuiMing — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:16:24 GMT

@EmmaHatcher - This sounds a little far-fetched for the current workflow. Maybe posting it to the Ideas Channel?

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

CandiceBardsley1 — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:01:12 GMT

@TonghuiMing Is there a plan to update the button widget in experience builder (for Portal 10.9.1 and above) to include the same options to link to things as the AGOL button does? In particular the Block and Page Top options. It is a massive limitation to us and we need to keep using Portal instead of AGOL from a licensing perspective.

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

kmsmikrud — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:55:02 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing,

I'm trying to link a button on page 1 to a section view on a different page (scrolling) and if I understand correct this link even though I specified the view it links to the page top for the scrolling page instead of the section/view in the middle of the page. Is linking directly to the section/view mid-page not possible? I find it confusing if folks click the button, in this case to download data and then taken to the top of another page instead of the download section.

Hopefully I'm just missing a setting.

Thanks,

Kathy

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

wmboulder — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:17:50 GMT

Hi @TonghuiMing,

I'm currently using Experience Builder and can't get this to work; I've linked to a block on another [scrolling] page and it automatically links to the top of the page instead. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Is it still available in Experience Builder?

Thank you!

Whitney

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

TonghuiMing — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:47:15 GMT

@wmboulder Currently we do not support the setting of linking to blocks on other pages. Could you elaborate more on how you configured that way?

Re: Is it possible to use Experience Builder Button Widget to link to section of scrollable template?

wmboulder — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:11:05 GMT

Thanks, @TonghuiMing! I'm sorry, I'm not sure I fully understand which details you're requesting so please let me know if I've misunderstood.

Ultimately, what we're trying to do is mitigate an issue our users are having when using our Experience; right now, if someone tries to use the back button within our Experience, it doesn't work until you've clicked it a few times. Since that seems like something I can't fix on my own (but if you can, that'd be fantastic!), we're trying to add a button/link in the footer to the table of contents (TOC) that exists on the Experience's home page. Since the TOC (which itself is a Views Navigation widget connecting to a Section with cards - used the Snapshot scrolling template) is on the bottom half of the page, I've tried linking it to a block near the section or to one of the views within the TOC (see picture attached). However, that just brings the user back to the top of the home page instead of the section for the TOC.

We've also considered trying to make a "next page" option for each page within our Experience (we have 13 pages total), but we're having troubles fitting it into the layout in a way that looks good.

Any suggestions you have would be appreciated! Please let me know if you need any other information or clarity from me.

Thank you!

Whitney