topic Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:30:22 GMT

I have a Filter Widget in a Widget Controller (and a List Widget). First, I open the Filter Widget dialog and apply the filter (reducing the number of items in the list, as expected). Then when I close the Filter Widget dialog, the filter is un-applied (all items are again visible in the list). I noticed this in ExB DevEd v. 1.1. I started up ExB DevEd 1.0 and this behavior does not exist there. Was this an intentional change?

The behavior also exists in the online version. Below is a link to an ExB app that demonstrates it:

Experience

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DavidMartinez — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:02:20 GMT

Hi Dave,

This is a bug, thanks for pointing this out. I will log it and will take care of it. The issue is with the single selection in the controller as multiple works. As a workaround, you could use multiple for now. Here is the same experience with multiple Experience

Cheers,

David

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:08:08 GMT

Thanks, David. I only have one widget in the controller, so the workaround has no unwanted side effects!

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

TonghuiMing — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:28:17 GMT

Hi Dave,

Just want to add one thing based on what David mentioned above - that there is also another way to work around this if you do ever come across the situation where you need multiple widgets inside a controller (prior to the fix):

In the Filter widget setting, now it is possible to choose more styles as "Arrangement Style > Icon". If chosen, then the UI would resemble what is inside the controller and the widgets represent as an icon with a pop-up, you can even change the width, height, corner radius, and background colors.

Anyway, it might be fun to explore that

Cheers,

Tonghui

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:21:50 GMT

Yes, that was interesting to explore. For a single filter it would perhaps be most preferable. With multiple filters it could be useful to place them all in the header so the user would have quicker access to them. It seems that custom icons would be needed for that to work well.

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:33:35 GMT

Unfortunately, the workaround does not solve the problem on small devices.

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DavidMartinez — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:12:36 GMT

Hi Dave,

Thanks for letting us know. BTW, the single selection for how many widgets can be opened will be fixed in our next release.

David

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:57:27 GMT

I have also noticed something else, and I don't know if it is part of the same bug or if it is intentional by design. My Filter Widget is in a Widget Controller. I set the option "Apply this filter automatically" to one of the filters. I load the experience and the filter is not applied until I open the Filter Widget. I would rather it be applied when the experience is loaded.

Looking at the documentation, it says:

Apply this filter automatically—When users open the app, this filter is already applied to the data. Users can turn off the filter in the widget.

So I do think this is probably related to the same bug. I am hoping it is fixed in version 1.2.

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

TonghuiMing — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 05:50:18 GMT

Hi Dave,

This behavior is by design for the Widget Controller - until the panel for this specific widget is opened, the Widget Controller unfortunately does not control the widget internal setting similar to what you mentioned here. Will try to keep that in the doc if possible.

Thanks,

Tonghui

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:46:39 GMT

The bug Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter has been fixed for single and multiple selection on large and medium devices. In v1.3 it still is a problem on small devices for both single and multiple selection. You can try it out here:

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/c5956392d8114b9f8eaa30808238dd6d/

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

BrittanyBurson — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:42:22 GMT

Thanks for the update @DaveFullerton. Our current project deliverables requires Mobile/small device support. Were you given an ETA for a fix on small devices? I opened a case today to track the bug, but any additional insight you may have is helpful. Thank you

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

DaveFullerton — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:39:01 GMT

All I can tell you @BrittanyBurson is that I reported that bug, and that Technical Support informed me yesterday that the bug had been logged. Product Manager @Jianxia is following up on it.

Re: Filter Widget In Widget Controller - Closing Filter Dialog Clears Filter

ShengdiZhang — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:50:57 GMT

Hi Dave,

This bug should be fixed in the latest June update.

Regards,

Shengdi