List Widget - Zoom user to default extent when selection is cleared

[GJW]

Right now when you use the "Clear Selection" tool on the List Widget or otherwise clear your selection, there is not a way to set up an action to zoom the user back to the default extent of the map.  My users are frustrated because this is what they expect to happen.

[GeoExplore]

The only workaround I found is to create a line layer of the default area boundary and use list widget zoom to the layer. You need to make the list look like a button. The only thing I don't like is that the boundary will be highlighted.

[JustinH]

This needs to happen for every widget. Returning to the default map extent is vital in creating an application that is user-friendly. 

[Ke_Xu]

Hi all,

Following the November 2024 ArcGIS Online update, we have provided an option to return to the map initial extent after de-selecting a feature.

You could select message action -> record selection changes -> Map -> Zoom to/Pan to, then check the "Return to the initial map extent when selection is cleared" option.

Thanks,

Ke

[Joshua-Young]

@Ke_Xu for those of us on ArcGIS Enterprise, when will get the setting you mentioned. We are on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 and I am not finding "Return to the initial map extent when selection is cleared".

[Ke_Xu]

@Joshua-Young It will be released on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5.

[Teri_Dane]

@Ke_Xu Is there an option to return to the previous extent and not the default? If I select records from the Near Me, I would like my extent to return to the Near Me extent and not the default of the map. 

[Ke_Xu]

@Teri_Dane I understand your need, but there is no such option currently.

[Teri_Dane]

@Ke_Xu Thank you. Will it become an option in future releases?

[Ke_Xu]

Hi @Teri_Dane  I suggest that you post a new thread in this idea board, and we will take the number of user votes into consideration.