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Restrict ability to unselect and select on map

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07-13-2023 10:09 AM
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AndyWells
Frequent Contributor

I would like to see the option to restrict users from selecting and unselecting features on the map widget. Once a user has selected a list item, that item is selected on the map. However, a user can easily click anywhere else on the map, thus unselecting the item from the list and deselecting it on the map. Then, a user has to go back through the list to select it again. Likewise, a user can accidentally select features on the map. Basically, we want to restrict select/unselect to the list and not the map. Apologies if this is already enabled somehow.

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Agreed this would be a good addition to the config settings of the Map widget.

As a workaround in the meantime, you could achieve what you want by placing an image widget exactly over the top of the map widget and point the image widget to a blank or fully transparent .svg.

AndyWells

I tried a transparent SVG, but the image widget does not seem to support SVG files. So I tried a transparent PNG file, but while it is invisible you can't grab the map to pan it. I still need users to be able to click and drag the map to pan it. Thanks for the tip, though.

SarahRijneke

What if you turn off pop-ups in the webmap?