It would be helpful if there was a simplified spatial selection or filter type widget in experience builder. Currently, there are two options for if you are doing some sort of spatial selection / filtering: either the query widget with spatial filter activated or the select widget with a spatial selection activated.
The problem I am encountering: the resulting user interface on these widgets is a little too complex for our typical user needs – which means that some new users are intimidated by the widget and don’t use it.
Each widget requires several inputs from the user (choosing the filter layer, the relationship type, the buffer distance, etc). While this is helpful for more complex cases, it is sometimes too much for more simple use cases. For example, we have an application where a user can select all of the parcels within a variable distance to an address point of interest. In this case - the layer being selected (parcels layer), the layer doing the selection (address point layer), and the type of selection relationship (intersects) – always remain the same. They never change and so do not require user input. Having these inputs shown to the user when they are not required can make the spatial selection look more complicated than it actually is (and so can intimidate new users who are not as experienced with GIS applications).
There are other widgets in experience builder where you can permanently set the inputs / relationships – for example the filter widget where you can specify the input layer as well as the relationship class (example: is, is any of, etc).
It would be great if there was also some sort of simplified selection or filtered widget. Where the developer of a web experience could fix the selected layer, the layer doing the selection, and the relationship class inputs and only present the user with the option of change the buffer distance.
