Hi Robert - I'm back with something that could be a bug (?)... I can't tell if it's a widget problem or an issue with my code edits (or maybe it's neither and this is normal behavior?).
My viewer uses the URL search parameter when it launches and thus opens with a specific feature selected/searched and the related results shown in the table. That all works great. The problem is when the user tries to conduct a new search.
If the user DOES NOT clear the initial search and attempts to search a different feature on the map using one of the graphical search tools (the only search method active in my viewer), the viewer simply "unsearches" the original (URL) search result but does NOT perform a search on the new feature of interest. This behavior persists in the viewer until the user actually hits CLEAR SEARCH in the widget gui, clearing the URL search. After that, the user can search any feature anywhere on the map and it'll highlight and show the related records; no matter if another feature is selected or not.
Let me know if this is unclear - thanks for any help or insight you can provide, if any is required...
thanks,
~Michelle