topic Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

JaredPilbeam2 — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:05:39 GMT

Note:
The theme-grid appearance value is not supported by the Survey123 web app.

I found this out the hard way after putting together a fairly large survey with Survey123 Connect. It looked perfectly fine in Connect. But, when I published to the web the theme-grid wasn't supported and the survey didn't look so pretty. I guess it's meant for a mobile device. Is there a way I can do a grid that works with the web app? I'm currently researching Pages to see whether it supports a grid theme.

Suggestions would be much appreciated.

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

Anonymous User — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:05:18 GMT

Hi @JaredPilbeam2,

As per documentation here: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/survey123/desktop/create-surveys/xlsformsappearance.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_8BFD43516DE1437FAD8DBFBD21A27B90

And this blog post: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-survey123-blog/survey123-tricks-of-the-trade-groups-grids-and/ba-p/895267

And you pointed out above, the theme-grid appearance value is currently not supported by the Survey123 web app.

The web app does support groups and pages, which helps organise your survey questions and display them in a neater layout, so if you like you can style your survey using these configurations, just not theme-grid appearance, it will be ignored.

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

JaredPilbeam2 — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:34:14 GMT

Thanks Phil,

Ok, thanks for the links. Those are the ones I've been referencing all along. At least I'm not missing anything. I went ahead with the pages layout.

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

MichelleWilliamson — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 18:17:13 GMT

@Anonymous User, Is the theme-grid appearance in the Survey123 web app on the roadmap for a future release?

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

Anonymous User — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:48:17 GMT

Hi @MichelleWilliamson,

We have an enhancement in our backlog to support theme-grid appearance in the Survey123 web app, however it is not on the near term roadmap. We will keep you updated when we have more solid plans of when this may be supported.

Regards,

Phil.

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

PVServicesAdmin — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:26:08 GMT

@Anonymous User Can we bump that up as a need - seems to be a bigger gap now that Experience Builder is in the mix.

Is there any voting options?

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

Anonymous User — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:28:09 GMT

Hi @PVServicesAdmin,

Yes you can use the ArcGIS Survey123 Ideas page to vote on ideas other have created. There is already an existing one for grid theme support in the web app:

Grid theme to be supported in Survey123 web app - Esri Community

Phil.

Re: Grid Theme in Survey123 Web App

apgis16 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:14:24 GMT

I am trying to publish a survey with a grid layout from Survey123 Connect and have the users fill it out in their browser. When I publish it, it looks accurate on the S123 mobile app but the grid isn't there at all when I open up the form in the browser. Is this a limitation?

type	name	label	appearance	body::esri:style
note	generated_note_form_title	<p style="text-align:start;">Buildings and Codes Monthly Data Input</p>
begin group	month_year		w4 field-list
select_one month	month	Month	w2 minimal
select_one year	year	Year	w2 minimal
end group
integer	number_of_rental_inspections	Number of Rental Inspections
integer	number_of_property_transfer_ins	Number of Property Transfer Inspections
integer	number_of_quick_ticket_violatio	Number of Quick Ticket Violations Issued
integer	number_of_code_violations_issue	Number of Code Violations Issued
begin group	number_of_permits_issued_by_typ	Number of Permits Issued	w4:1 table-list	layout=fixed-grid
note		Building	w2
integer	building_closed	Closed	w1
integer	building_open	Open	w1
note		Mechanical	w2
integer	mechanical_closed	Closed	w1
integer	mechanical_open	Open	w1
note		Electrical	w2
integer	electrical_closed	Closed	w1
integer	electrical_open	Open	w1
note		Plumbing	w2
integer	plumbing_closed	Closed	w1
integer	plumbing_open	Open	w1
note		Fire Protection	w2
integer	fire_closed	Closed	w1
integer	fire_open	Open	w1
note		Total Permits	w2
integer	total_permits_closed	Closed	w1
integer	total_permits_open	Open	w1
end group