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How to handle or disable widget selection behavior in Sisense [Linux]

In Sisense you can click specific portions of most widgets (except for table and indicator widgets), to select the widget's portion. This will apply filters in the dashboard according to the selected data by adding a filter, but with some lesser-known methods, you can modify or disable this behavior.

Step-by-Step Guide Options Without Scripting By default, if you left-click an item in a widget, it will automatically select and add a dashboard filter according to the selection (you can also ma...
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msantana
Sisense Employee
10-07-2025

A way to disable selection by a widget's script:

(() => {
  widget.on("initialized", () => {
    widget.metadata.$$widget.disableSelector = true;
  })
})()

Another to disable for all dashboard's widgets, by a dashboard's script:

(() => {
  // Simple version to disable selection for all widgets
  const disableAllSelections = () => {
    // Get all widgets from dashboard
    const widgets = dashboard?.widgets || Object.values(prism?.widgets || {});
    
    widgets.forEach((widget, index) => {
      if (widget) {
        const applyDisable = () => {
          if (widget.metadata?.$$widget) {
            widget.metadata.$$widget.disableSelector = true;
          }
        };
        
        // Apply immediately if already initialized
        if (widget.metadata?.$$widget) {
          applyDisable();
        } else {
          // Wait for initialization
          widget.on?.("initialized", applyDisable);
        }
      }
    });
  };

  // Run immediately and on dashboard events
  disableAllSelections();
  
  // Listen for dashboard events
  dashboard?.on?.('ready', disableAllSelections);
  dashboard?.on?.('widgetsloaded', disableAllSelections);
})();

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