Experience Builder Search Widget has two drop-downs, possible glitch?
Hi! Firstly, I am very excited to finally see a search widget in Experience Builder!
Not sure if anyone else has run into this, but the search widget is currently producing two drop-downs that seem to have different functionalities.
(Original post - scroll down for update)
For context, I am reading both my own hosted layer, "Landscape Units", and the ArcGIS World Geocoding service. I have set it so that the Landscape Units should appear at the top of the drop-down:
Initially, when using the search bar, the drop-down does not respect this ordering:
(Landscape Units are at the bottom)
Selecting "Castle" will filter the associated layer, but will not select it. After clicking the selection, a second drop-down appears, this time respecting the set ordering:
When "Castle" is clicked in this drop down, the associated feature is selected, and actions related to that selection are carried out.
What I would like to see:
I would like to see only the functionality of the second drop-down. That is, you search for a record, the drop-down respects the order set by the user, and the feature is selected upon clicking the item in the drop-down. I do not think that filtering the layer should be a default functionality of the search widget - currently, there is no way to turn it off, and if I wanted filtering I would just use the filter widget!
If anyone has more info on this, I'm all ears! Hurray for the search widget, appreciating this update so far!
UPDATE 2021/09/17
The order of the search items is now being respected, thank you! However, I am still getting two drop-downs. I have also added images to show the map behaviour - note that I am running the search widget on a white layer that underlies the black boundary lines as a workaround for the filtering issue I mentioned
Initial view of map, with "halo" effect:
First search, 'Castle' selected:
Map filters layer, but does not select (note that the "halo" effect is only around 'Castle' now):
Now, the second drop-down only shows 'Castle', but I still need to click it in order for the selection and related actions to occur:
Upon clicking, selection occurs:
1.
So far, I am not a fan of the second dropdown. I found it pretty confusing, but perhaps in some instances it could be very useful.
I would very helpful for users to have a way to close the second dropdown.
If you don't want to use the second dropdown - the result panel, you can disable it from the widget settings:
2.
They felt pretty strongly that when using a locator a graphic should appear on the map to show where the address is.
If you want to show the locator results on the map, you can set a Records created action:
Hope it helps,
Shengdi
Thanks, @ShengdiZhang ! I somehow overlooked those options.
I would now add that the only things that I expect to be asked about are:
1. Can we change the color and other properties of the graphic that shows the address on the map?
2. For zooming in, can we set a custom scale?
