topic Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled in ArcGIS Online Questions

ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:00:09 GMT

In ArcGIS Online, both Web Maps and Web Mapping Applications, seem to have a default color set for selected polygons. The polygon boundary is highlighted in cyan and the polygon highlighted in a semi-transparent brown. (See image below)

While clearing the selection will removes the highlight, many inexperienced users may not think to do that. Users have also been confused with the coloring, thinking the value or class of the polygon has been changed to something else.

Some Web Mapping Application templates do change the color, but I have found they then change too many other things to be acceptable.

Does anyone know how to allow selection color to be controlled in all Web Maps and Web Mapping Applications? I have tried all I know from the MXD used to make the REST service to all available options in Web Maps and Web Mapping Applications. This is a big enough deal for my reviewers to kill the project without a solution. My dream is to keep the cyan boundary and have a no color highlight for the polygon. Am considering adding a separate line layer, but am hoping to avoid that.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

AdrianWelsh — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:34:18 GMT

Ray,

I do not think that out-of-the-box ArcGIS Online can change the selection color. If you are willing to get into the JavaScript of this application, then you can change the selection color in there.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:55:37 GMT

I fear you are correct, which is a killer for me. The US Census security folks will not allow me to work with Javascript unless I am willing to go through a full security review. That will take 40 hours of my time to fill out the paperwork and then I will have to wait multiple months for an answer.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

AdrianWelsh — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:06:48 GMT

Ouch! That is a ton of time (and I imagine a ton of red tape as well). Could you maybe just quickly make the app, and send it to the Feds so they can see what it can do/look like? Or is that not worth it either?

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

KellyGerrow — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:27:09 GMT

Thanks for logging the idea https://community.esri.com/ideas/12161

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:04:09 GMT

I sent it to the reviewers with the brown and they rejected it. Said it is a killer fault and the project cannot proceed.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

AdrianWelsh — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:41:20 GMT

I am not sure I follow this but I'm guessing the federal government did not approve of the 'limitations' of ArcGIS Online in its current state?

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:20:41 GMT

I suspect it is highly dependent on what part of the Federal Gov you are working at. The US Census, with more than a century of practice at the art of cartography, may be a tougher reviewer than most.

Of course, The US Census has already produced and approved some AGOL story maps.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

AdrianWelsh — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 05:53:19 GMT

Interesting. From a brief glance, it looks like that Story Map is using the out-of-the-box template.

I would imagine not all fed departments are the same (though many similarities with red tape).

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

KellyHutchins — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:01:00 GMT

Ray Crew It looks like you are embedding the Story Map Basic inside the Map Series template is that correct? I'll look at modifying the default selection color for that configurable app to be transparent for the next release of ArcGIS Online but in the meantime you can change the selection color - although its a bit of a hack.

To modify the selection color open the configuration panel for the Story Map Basic app and paste the following into the Header Text field in the 'Header Logo and links' section. Then save the app and test out the search - the selection should now be just the cyan outline.

<span>A story map</span><style>g#mapDiv_graphics_layer path { fill-opacity: 0.1; fill: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); stroke: rgba(0, 188, 212, 0.84); stroke-width: 2; }</style>

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:13:42 GMT

I am planning to try this out this week and will report back.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:14:22 GMT

Hello, tried this out with no effect. I entered the text (first image below) and the highlight color is still brown inside the polygon. (Second image below)

Still highlighted in brown. Turkey should be the same green as Russia.

I then tried a few other mods (line thickness, fill-opacity, ....) and none of them seem to have any effect. Am I entering the text into the wrong field? Detail screen capture of what I entered below.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

KellyHutchins — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:08:32 GMT

Hmm it should work. Is your web map/app public? If so can you send me the link and I can take a look to see if there's something odd going on?

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

KellyHutchins — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:50:31 GMT

Here's a link to a test app I built showing the search without the default selection color. Use the search tool to search for Flagstaff to see the new selection.

http://www.arcgis.com/apps/StoryMapBasic/index.html?appid=76c11a2100bb4db098e734fb45d1f854&embed=true

I think the problem is that you don't have 'Show header link' checked. Try turning this option on and then use the &embed=true url param as shown in the link above to hide the title area.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:48:02 GMT

The map is not public and I am not authorized to make it public. Nor even ask to have it made public.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:44:20 GMT

Turning on the option for "Shown header link" was the key. It is now showing the outline as cyan and the interior of the poly has no color.

One thing, I am not sure how to use the "&embed=true url" If I add that to the end of my url, can that Web Mapping Application still be used as any W.M.A? I will check that out myself. One note, I have nothing in the field Header Link. And my test WMA with the "Show Header Link" checked on shows no header.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

KellyHutchins — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:25:19 GMT

It should still be usable embedded in another app but if the header isn't showing up you probably don't need to add the embed url param.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

RayCrew — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:22:46 GMT

It is totally work now using the suggestion from Kelly Hutchins Adding the text she suggested into the "Header Text" field and making sure the "Show Header Field" is checked on changed the highlight color.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

LeroyChristophersen — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 22:32:06 GMT

Hi kelly,

I am wanting to make the selected item that has been searched to have no fill. What folder/file is the code found. I am using the traditional Search widget from ArcGIS Online that has been downloaded onto my server.

Re: ArcGIS OnLine - Allow selection color for polygons to be controlled

SarahWigley — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:08:20 GMT

Hi,

I would like to be able to remove the cian outline completely when a feature is selected on a map (as well as no fill). Is this possible using a similar method to what you have mentioned here? I'm using a Map Journal app embedded in a Map Series app. I can send examples if necessary.

Thanks, Sarah