Default Map Extent - Something has changed behind the scenes - This doesn't work as expected anymore

[BlakeMorrison]

I have multiple dashboards and ExB apps setup with web maps. While I can still set the default extent via the web map, it no longer functions in the same way. The default extent seems to depend on the browser window size, but in an incorrect/illogical manner. I'm unable to get my apps to open at the extent I expect them to, or that they used to open at.

This all changed around the Feb 2024 update I believe.

Whether my browser window is maximised or not when I set the zoom level, should not affect the saved map extent. Currently it does. Previously it didn't.

[RussRoberts · Accepted solution]

Depending on the view size could impact how that extent is being used. If you want to preserve the scale so all maps open at the same scale focused on the same point I would recommend under Map Settings in Map Viewer enabling Preserve Map Scale. 

[BlakeMorrison]

I've not managed to get this working satisfactorily. I must be misunderstanding what I'm doing. I can't find a combination of options that produce a situation where the user can use any device (without obvious portrait/landscape limitations) and actually arrive at a map zoom/scale level that looks relatively sane and the same.