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Change arcgis.com default search mode to show 'All Content', not 'Web Content'

ChrisJepps1 — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:40:31 GMT

I'd like to suggest that Esri make the option ‘Show: All Content’ the default in www.arcgis.com, rather than ‘Show: Web Content’ as it is currently set.

It's just not intuitive that the default search scope is already narrowed when a user first accesses the page, and many of my users struggle to find content for the desktop, such as add-ins and eventually give up looking.

Re: Change arcgis.com default search mode to show 'All Content', not 'Web Content'

PeterGoodman — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:04:35 GMT

The number of times I have had to play that game using various different searches yielding different results.

If looking for a certain item, add on or such a web search brings about results that does me little if any good.

Much of the time in .pdf form that I have to scan through to find any useful information.

Please change that.

Re: Change arcgis.com default search mode to show 'All Content', not 'Web Content'

RobertBrong — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:43:05 GMT

This absolutely must be changed..like immediately.... The whole point of searching for things, is to show ALL the things Im looking for.

Re: Change arcgis.com default search mode to show 'All Content', not 'Web Content'

MichaelHogan — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:45:39 GMT

From Esri: This is being planned for a future release of ArcGIS.com

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Re: Change arcgis.com default search mode to show 'All Content', not 'Web Content' - Status changed to: Implemented

ScottBall — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:34:36 GMT