topic Re: Tabls-list column appearance in ArcGIS Survey123 Questions

Tabls-list column appearance

HaAnhNguyen — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:16:44 GMT

Hello,

I am setting up a survey with table-list appearance. But when I open it on the web, the column for question cannot display the full question (as shown in attached image). Is there a way to change the column width or any alternative solutions?

Thank you!

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

DeonLengton — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:55:33 GMT

Although I am not sure why the question is shown like that you can change the width of the whole survey by changing the width parameter in the survey URL:

Adjusting the width of the survey in the screen (width)

The width parameter sets the width, in pixels, of the survey in the screen. For example:

...?width=1500

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

HaAnhNguyen — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:40:20 GMT

Thank you. That does help with the problem 🙂

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

ZhifangWang — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 03:17:00 GMT

@HaAnhNguyen ,

Can you please share those question label strings in the screenshot? It seems that the web app misses handling the question column width in this case.

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

DeonLengton — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:38:48 GMT

Hi everyone

I discovered a workaround for this issue. For the question text, replace the spaces between the words with no-break spaces  

For instance: Does the data/information provided<br>relate to the geological mapping field?

You do still need to give it some breaks in the text so you can add a manual <br> as above to achieve that.

Hope this helps someone.

Regards

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

mhsu — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 23:48:04 GMT

This is still a problem, unfortunately. It has now been unaddressed for almost four years.

The issue is with the ``min-width`` value in ``app.loader-v3.19.246.css`` starting on line 28. It is set to ``50px``, which is very small on modern screens and does not re-scale with changing text size (for accessibility and readability).

If this value is set to ``12rem`` instead of ``50px``, it will both display longer text more clearly as well as re-scale with different font sizes.

Example of the ``12rem`` display in the attached screenshot.

Re: Tabls-list column appearance

mhsu — Tue, 06 May 2025 18:37:53 GMT

This work-around is adequate for displaying a survey on a single device, but it does not carry over into surveys linked from the QR code or shortened URL. It also does not fix the display issue on smaller screens.

Ideally esri will address this issue by updating the Survey123 CSS to conform to online accessibility standards.