topic Re: Focus pages at the top of page. in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Focus pages at the top of page.

BrentKinal1 — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:07:49 GMT

The ability to have groups on separate pages has been a great addition organizing data collection in Survey123, however pages have come with an somewhat annoying quirk/bug impacting the workflow of my users. When navigating between pages Survey123 seems to maintain the same position of the page you leave in the new page thus forcing the user to scroll to the top of the new page before continuing data entry. Is there a setting somewhere that can change the location of where the focus of the page is when navigating between pages? i.e focus the page at the top.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:02:06 GMT

Hi Brent,

Thanks for the suggestion - I've added it the discussion on enhancing the pages functionality.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

BrentKinal1 — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:24:14 GMT

Thanks James, Also has anyone suggested adding a back button for navigation between pages, or better yet the ability to swipe between pages?

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:18:31 GMT

Yes, it is part of what we plan to improve the pages UX with.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

deleted-user-1otocGKZwQ2k — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:59:48 GMT

Thank you, James. The discovery of this bug necessitated the removal of pagination from a survey in development. More than just an "annoying quirk," this bug needs to be fixed before I can again consider using pages in surveys. Do you have any idea when a fix may be implemented? Thanks!

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Anonymous User — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:47:19 GMT

Hi David,

Currently we do not have a set timeline for improving pages and the location of the page scroll when moving between pages. We do have open issues for these improvements/bugs and are hoping to resolve them in a future release.

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

deleted-user-1otocGKZwQ2k — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:19:12 GMT

Phil, thank you.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

ColinCampbell — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:35:04 GMT

It would be great to get this fixed. We have had similar problems with our surveys. It's a particular issue when we have a final page containing 'terms and conditions' that you want the user to agree to. Often this page loads half way down the page or at the bottom. It is either confusing or gives the impression that you're trying to get them to agree without reading the T&Cs properly.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Anonymous User — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 02:24:26 GMT

Hi Colin,

Thanks for your feedback and use case. I have added this to our internal issue.

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:44:07 GMT

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Has there been any update and/or new development regarding the Paging issues mentioned here 1) Starting at the top of the page when moving to the next page and 2) adding a back arrow or last page/ previous page button?

Very interested in this as well! We are developing Field Data Collection apps with Survey123 for Law Enforcement Officers and they can be distracted by the smallest things.

Thus, these two issues are driving them crazy along with our not being to create page layouts that take advantage of a landscape layout such as in a traditional web apps.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Sincerely,
Chris Rogers

Christopher L. Rogers
Law Enforcement Programs Administrator

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
International Association of Crime Analysts

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:09:44 GMT

Hi Chris,

You will find both of these enhancements in 2.7, which will be coming out shortly.

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:49:09 GMT

James,

Bless you and the whole Team... you're my Heroes for the day!

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:19:52 GMT

BTW James,

The new features work beautifully and have removed many headaches from our end users thanks again!

Not to be greedy but any news on when there may be a Grid Layer capability for Survey123? 🙂

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 21:54:10 GMT

Hi Chris,

Just to check, by 'Grid Layer' are you referring to a grid/table layout or support for raster layers in the map?

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:24:07 GMT

Hey James,

I'm talking about grid/table layout to be able to place questions or entry fields horizontally and vertically and take advantage of landscape layouts and full use of the available screen real estate instead of just a top to bottom portrait/linear layout.

Very useful on Mobile Tablets and Laptops and better represents the user experience on more complex Surveys/Applications.

I understand it potentially needs to be able to revert back and forth when using a Survey on a smartphone versus a Tablet or Laptop but I think it is absolutely doable much like how it's handled in web app development with elastic/fluid layouts. <DIV>'s perhaps with HTML/CSS?

Thanks in advance James!

Regards,
Chris

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 19:45:20 GMT

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the detail. We do plan to support this in the future; the method of implementation wis planned to be via the XLSForm's theme-grid definition

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:27:18 GMT

Thanks James,

I forgot about "XLSForm's theme-grid definition" methodology that would be perfect... excited to try it out once it's available.

BTW... I can't comment enough on the AWESOME work the Survey123 Team has been doing thus far. Survey123 is one of the most prolific products Esri has developed in the recent years.

The future for Survey123 is full of promise and I can't wait to see the future enhancements and updates the team is cooking up!

Regards,

Chris

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

Christopher_L_Rogers — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 01:22:06 GMT

One quick question when this has been implemented "XLSForm's theme-grid" will there also be a way to print the forms like in this example... https://enke.to/::fatal

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

DougBrowning — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:52:20 GMT

This seems to work on android but not apple on v3. Is there a setting or something?

thanks

Re: Focus pages at the top of page.

JamesTedrick — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:11:56 GMT

Hi Doug,

In testing, I'm seeing the survey return to the top of the page in iOS; it should be working.