Select widget

The Select widget enables you to interactively select features on the map and take actions on the selected features. The selected features can be passed on to other widgets as input, such as the Geoprocessing widget, Attribute Table widget, Directions widget, and so on. The selection actions include the following:

• Zoom to—The default.
• Pan to—The default. Pan the map to selected features.
• Flash—The default. Make selected features flash.
• Export to CSV file—Export selected features including a single feature to a CSV file.
• Export to Feature Collection—Export selected features including a single feature to a features.json file.
• Export to GeoJSON—Export selected features including a single feature to a features.geojson file.
• Save to My Content—Save selected features including a single feature as Feature Collection items to My Content in ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS.
• Add a Marker—Add a marker on a point feature.
• Show Pop-up—Not available for a set of features.
• Show Related Records—Show when the features have related records.
• Statistics—Not available for a single feature. It only summarizes the field with numeric type.
• Create Layer—Not available for a single feature.
• View in Attribute Table—Requires the Attribute Table widget configured to show the selected layer.
• Edit—Requires the Edit widget configured to edit the selected layer.
• Set as Incident—Requires the Incident Analysis widget and a single feature.
• Set as Input of Geoprocessing—Requires the Geoprocessing widget to configure the geoprocessing service accordingly based on the selected layer.
• Directions to here—Requires the Directions widget and a single point feature.
• Directions from here—Requires the Directions widget and a single point feature.
• Clear selection—The default. Clear the selection set.

Caution:

Some of the actions above may not be available, depending on a single feature or a set of features and widgets configured in the app.

The Select widget is an example of how the widgets communicate with each other.

Configure the Select widget

The Select widget can be set to open automatically when an app starts. To do so, click the dot on the widget to turn it dark green.

1. Hover over the widget and click the small edit icon .

   The configuration window for this widget appears.

2. Optionally click change widget icon and replace it with your own image.

   A file explorer window appears, allowing you to select a local image file to use as the widget icon.

3. Choose a tool by clicking one of the icons or multiple tools by pressing the Ctrl key while clicking icons. The following selection tools are available. If multiple tools are chosen including Select By Rectangle, it becomes the default tool when using the widget.
   • Select By Line
   • Select By Rectangle
   • Select By Circle
   • Select By Polygon
4. Click Set the selection colordrop-down menu to choose the color to highlight the selected features.
5. There are two options for Interactive selection mode: one is to select features that are totally or partially within the rectangle and the other is to select features that are completely within the rectangle.
6. Check Allow to export selected features if you want to allow users to export the selected features to a CSV file, Feature Collection, GeoJSON file, or to My Content as feature collection items in ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS.

Use the Select widget

The following steps explain how to use the Select widget:

1. Click the Select widget icon to open it.
2. Choose the layer or layers you want by checking the box.
3. Hover over the Select button. You can Select By Rectangle with the following actions:
   • Drag the pointer on the map to create a new selection.
   • Press the Shift key while dragging the pointer on the map to add selected features to the selection.
   • Press the Ctrl key while dragging the pointer on the map to remove selected features from the selection.
4. Click Select and draw on the map to select features. If more than one selection tool is configured, click the arrow on Select to choose the tool in the menu.

   The number of selected features display next to the layer.

5. Click the ellipsis (…) to open the Selection Actions drop-down menu.

   

   • Click one of the actions, for example, Statistics. Choose the field you want to see for the statistics.
   • ClickCreate Layer to create a new graphic layer on the map. You can turn it on and off in the Layer List widget.
   • Click Export to CSV file if you check the Allow to export selected features option during the configuration. A CSV file is generated locally for the feature set.

     Caution:

     If Export to GeoJSON is selected, you may notice that the GeoJSON file does not contain spatial reference information. This is by design. The geometries have been automatically projected to wkid 4326 during the exporting process.

   • Optionally click the rest of the actions.
6. Click X on the main panel to close the drop-down menu.
7. Alternatively click the number to display the list of features. Click the ellipsis (…) next to the feature to open the selection actions drop-down menu.

   

   • Click one of the actions, for example, Directions from Here. The feature location becomes one of the destinations in the Directions widget.
   • Click Set as Incident. The feature location becomes the incident with a 10-mile buffer around it.
   • Optionally click the rest of the actions.
8. Click the Back button to return to the main panel.
9. Click Clear to clear all the selections.