Modify interactivity settings

The Interactivity settings in the ArcGIS Instant Apps configuration window include options for specifying tools and capabilities for an app. You can configure the tools needed for exploring and analyzing a map and control how users interact with the data. For example, you can turn on tools that encourage map exploration (such as bookmarks), and provide a scale bar or locator map for context.

The Interactivity settings are as follows:

  • Basemap toggle—Switch between two basemaps to change the look of the map. By default, you can select from a list of basemaps in your organization’s default basemap group. You can also browse to find basemaps from other sources, such as ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World.
  • Disable scroll—Prevent the map from zooming when users scroll. Disable scrolling in the map if the app will be used primarily on a mobile device or embedded in a website.
  • Elevation profile—Generate an elevation profile graph across an input line feature that can be selected in the map or from drawing a single or multisegment line using the tool.
  • Find current location button—Detect the user's physical location and zoom the map to it. This option only works over HTTPS.
  • Layer list—View a list of map layers with options to turn visibility off and on in the map. In some apps (Sidebar, Media Map, and 3D Viewer), this setting also allows showing the layer's attribute table, which includes an option for users to export records as .csv files.
  • Export—Take a screenshot of the map in the app to export as an image file. Depending on the app, the exported image can include the map legend and the pop-up for a feature selected in the map or search results.
  • Search—Find addresses and locate features in the map. To refine search results, you can add a search source from layers in the map (and by URL), choose specific locators from your organization, and add a custom locator.

    To learn more about configuring search, see the Refining search capabilities in ArcGIS Instant Apps ArcGIS Blog article.

  • Sharing—Provide an option to show social sharing buttons and an option to copy a link to share the app. The link includes parameters that preserve the current appearance of the app, such as the map extent, visible layers, and selected features, so users can share what they see.
  • Swipe tool—Compare multiple layers in the map by revealing differences on either side of the swipe slider as users drag it across the map.
  • Time—Animates change in data over time. The map must be time enabled to use time features in the app.

    For an example, see the Using 3D Viewer to visualize time-enabled data ArcGIS Blog article.

Some settings are dependent on the content you're using in the app. For example, if the default configuration for an app provides a bookmark navigation tool, the map must include bookmarks to use this option in the app. Instant Apps displays messages to inform you when the data doesn't support an app requirement and provides related information in tooltips to help you determine the requirements of a particular setting.

To compare applicable settings across the templates, refer to the following tables, which are grouped by options that explore the data, navigate or search locations, modify the map, and share results. Some settings are implemented differently depending on the purpose and layout of the app template. These exceptions are indicated by a numbered footnote.

Note:

For an alphabetical table that compares the configurable capabilities, see the app tools matrix (PDF). (Beta templates are excluded until the template is out of beta and ready to be used in production apps.)

Explore

Option3D ViewerAtlasAttachment ViewerBasic (Media Map)Category GalleryChart ViewerCompareCountdownExhibitImagery ViewerInsetsInteractive LegendManagerNearbyObserverPortfolioPublic NotificationReporterSidebarSliderStreamflow ViewerZone Lookup

Autoplay

YesYesYesYesYes

Bookmarks or Slides

YesYesYesYes

See note1

See note1

Yes

See note1

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Compass

Yes

See note4

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Coordinates

YesYes

See note2

Yes

See note2

Elevation profile

Yes

See note4

Yes

Floor filter

YesYesYes

Full screen

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Hover pop-upsYesYesYes

Keyboard shortcuts

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Locator map

Yes

Magnifier

Yes

Measurement

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Scalebar

See note5

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Show table3

YesYes

See note6

Yes

1—Bookmarks from the map can be imported to create slides in Exhibit, inset maps in Insets, or locations in Compare (Single map mode only), but the configuration doesn’t include the option to provide the Bookmarks tool in the app.

2—Include the Measurement tool in the noted apps so users can find and convert coordinates.

3—Include the Layer list option in the noted apps, and turn on the show table setting so users can open the attribute table for specific layers.

4—Include the Measure tool in Atlas so users can access the Elevation profile tool.

5Compass and Scalebar are a part of the Atlas app layout and cannot be configured.

6—As part of the Manager app layout, the table for a layer is always shown.

Navigate and search

Option3D ViewerAtlasAttachment ViewerBasic (Media Map)Category GalleryChart ViewerCompareCountdownExhibitImagery ViewerInsetsInteractive LegendManagerNearbyObserverPortfolioPublic NotificationReporterSidebarSliderStreamflow ViewerZone Lookup

Current location

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Disable scroll

YesYes

See note1

YesYesYes

Home

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Search

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Zoom tools

YesYesYesYes

See note2

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

1—You can disable scrolling (zooming) per slide in the Exhibit slide configuration settings.

2—When users open maps and scenes in the Category Gallery app, the zoom tools are automatically included and cannot be configured.

Modify

Option3D Viewer¹AtlasAttachment ViewerBasic (Media Map)Category GalleryChart ViewerCompareCountdownExhibitImagery ViewerInsetsInteractive LegendManagerNearbyObserverPortfolioPublic NotificationReporterSidebarSliderStreamflow ViewerZone Lookup
Attribute filterYesYesYesYes

See note2

See note4

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

See note6

Yes

Basemap gallery

YesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Basemap toggle

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Daylight

Yes

See note5

Yes

Directions

YesYes

Editing

YesYesYesYes

Layer effects

YesYesYesYes

See note3

Yes

Layer list

YesYesYesYesYesYes

See note2

See note4

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Swipe

See note5

YesYes

Time

YesYesYesYes

Utility network trace

WeatherYes

See note5

1—The 3D Viewer template includes several additional 3D-specific tools, including Daylight, Line of sight, Slice, and Weather.

2—You can configure layer visibility and apply a filter in the Exhibit slide configuration settings. It doesn't include the Layer list or Attribute filter options in the app for end users.

3—The Slider app includes a similar Feature effects setting for choosing how to display features included and excluded by the slider filter.

4You can configure layer visibility and filters for each inset window in the custom layout for Insets; only the predefined layout includes the option to add the Layer list tool in the app for end users.

5—Turn on the Map layers (layer list) option for users to use Swipe. Atlas must be in 3D view to use Daylight and Weather.

6—You can enable filters on the stream service by country and stream order.

Share

Option3D ViewerAtlas5Attachment ViewerBasic (Media Map)Category GalleryChart ViewerCompareCountdownExhibitImagery ViewerInsetsInteractive LegendManagerNearbyObserverPortfolioPublic NotificationReporterSidebarSliderStreamflow ViewerZone Lookup

Custom URL parameter

YesYesYesYes

Export to CSV

See note1

YesYes

See note2

See note1

Yes

Export to PDF

YesYesYesYes

See note2

YesYes

Print3

Yes

Export

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

Sharing

YesYesYes

See note4

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes

See note6

YesYesYesYes

1—Turn on the Layer list setting in the noted apps and include the option to show the attribute table so users can export to .csv files.

2—Exporting data in CSV and PDF format is the goal of the Public Notification app, so these options are part of the app layout and cannot be configured.

3The Print tool uses the print service associated with your organization to create printable documents with the layouts available in that print service. If an app doesn’t include the Print tool, check for similar options that allow users to print, such as Export and Export to PDF.

4—The Category Gallery app includes a Share button so users can share a filtered view of the gallery.

5—When the Save configuration option is turned on, Export to PDF, Screenshot, and, if users are signed in, Save Map are available together through the Save option on the toolbar. Turn on the Open map option to allow users to copy a link to any of the maps they have saved in the Atlas app. Social media sharing and embed codes are unavailable for end users but are available from the configuration panel.

6—Reporter always has a Sharing option when users are viewing a report.