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Change the placeholder text of the Search tool in ArcGIS Instant Apps

Last Published: October 12, 2022

Summary

In ArcGIS Instant Apps, the Search tool is used to find addresses and features in the data sources displayed in the app. For better user experience, it is sometimes necessary to customize the placeholder text of the Search tool to a specific preset text before a search value is typed. The image below shows the default placeholder text, 'Find address or place', in the search bar.

The Search tool showing the default placeholder text.

This article describes how to change the placeholder text of the Search tool in ArcGIS Instant Apps.

Procedure

  1. In ArcGIS Online, on the My Content tab, navigate to and click the Instant app to open its item details page.
  2. On the item details page, click Configure.
  3. On the ArcGIS Instant Apps Configure Basic page, toggle off the Express Disable the Express option to access all settings in the app. option.
  4. On the Interactivity tab, click Search.
  5. Optionally, click Add under Search configuration, and select the layer to add a new data search source.
  6. Under Search configuration, click the ellipsis The ellipsis icon. icon next to the data source, and click Edit.
The Edit option of a search source.
  1. In the Placeholder text parameter, type the desired text to display in the search bar. In this example, the placeholder text is set as Search Lot Number.
Configure the Search settings and the placeholder text.
  1. Configure the other parameters as desired, and click OK.
  2. Repeat Steps 6 through 8 to define a placeholder text for the other data sources.

The image below shows the customized placeholder text in the search bar.

The customized placeholder text in the Search bar.

Article ID: 000028434

Software:
  • ArcGIS Online
  • Configurable Web Apps

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