Unpacking URL Parameters in ArcGIS Web Editor

[EmilyGeo]

With ArcGIS Enterprise, you can use custom URL parameters to tailor the editing experience in ArcGIS Web Editor. In this article, we’ll start with some URL basics, explore parameters you can leverage in Web Editor, and review some best practices for working with URL parameters. Click to keep reading on ArcGIS Blog....

[mwartman_grey]

Can we have a url parameter that controls which layers are selectable?

[CraigGillgrass]

@mwartman_grey hello, can you go into some detail on your use case or workflow for this?

[mwartman_grey]

When sharing a map with many layers, I only want the editor to be able to select a single layer.

A common problem is that when there is a boundary polygon covering a large area with features inside the polygon on a separate layer, the boundary polygon gets selected each time a user attempts to select one of the features. 

Yes, you can provide instruction to the editor on how to toggle the selectable layers, but it would be nice if it could be pre-configured via a url parameter to save this step. This can also help less experienced editors so they don't accidently select features on the wrong layer.  

Maybe instead of a url parameter, having control over which layers are selectable in Web Editor is a setting that can be set on the Web Map instead? 

[mwartman_grey]

Related idea:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-editor-ideas/web-editor-ability-to-set-a-web-maps-default/i...