ArcGIS Pro 3.6 was released November 13th, 2025 and we’re excited to share all of your ideas that you’ll find when you update. ArcGIS Pro 3.6 includes over 60 user ideas totaling more than 600 kudos.
This blog is a collection of ArcGIS Pro Shorts highlighting seven of our favorite Ideas implemented in ArcGIS Pro 3.6. To see the full list of what you can expect when you update to ArcGIS Pro 3.6, continue reading below.
💡Bonus: Check out this blog by @KoryKramer exploring the different scenarios where this new feature is helpful: Stop Recreating Missing Geodatabases (and other items) in ArcGIS Pro
Keep activated ribbon tab activated when switching contexts.
ArcGIS Add Scroll Bar and Rearrange Capability to Map and Layout Tabs.
Stop recreating missing geodatabases
arcpy.da.Describe should return the same data as arcpy.Describe for a workspace (it does not currently)
Transformation Tab in ArcGIS Pro
Catalog Pane short-cut to collapse current category
Non Quantitative resource quality metadata element
Add CreateGISServerConnectionFile() to arcpy for ArcGIS Pro
Navigating Catalog with back arrow
Catalog Computer tab — Equivalent Project tab folder functionality
Browse boxes & catalog: use Backspace to navigate back
Improve Reordering / Dragging Favorites in Catalog
Refresh ‘This PC’
When you press F2 in Catalog to rename recognised file types do not select the file extension
In Browsing windows (e.g. Change Source) have user input override navigation to other locations.
Nudge annotation
Error Inspector Enhancement
Enable grouping vertices while streaming in ArcGIS Pro
Request for Additional functionality in Attributes Pane - Configurable COGO measurement units
Make “Reverse Direction” a standalone tool.
Snapping option is deactivated while using streaming
Add ability to move features precisely using arrow keys
Bring back Geodatabase Schema Compare
Increase or remove username field character limit in Enterprise Geodatabases
Longer index names
Ship duckdb-engine with ArcGIS Pro
Fix mislabeled description for label visibility scale
Search and Favorite color ramps
Show Style File Names alongside Color Ramp Names
“Add to Legend” option in context-menu of Table of Contents
Dynamic text - Paper size from layout
Scale Bar Frequency labeling of Ends and First Division
Export Map > Save Preset > Location — Hitting enter should apply change not insert line break
MGRS as dynamic text in a layout should have the option to remove blank spaces
Defining default value for “Allow assignement of unique numeric IDs for map service publishing”
ArcGIS Pro Styles: Allow add to favorites and add to new projects
Summon symbology pane when patch in TOC is clicked and pane is autohiding
In list by source TOC, include feature datasets as a nesting level
Symbol for polygon outline with an offset should show in Content pane
Create projection NAD_1983_CSRS_UTM_Zone_17N (WKID: 22617, or 22717) v6 or v7
Symbology: Arcade returning numbers actually returns them as text.
Make Error Messages Better: Click (Alt-W) ?
Make charts in pop-ups larger
Add scroll bars to map view
Multi Column Display in Details Section of Reports
Set Default Select Tool in ArcGIS Pro
ArcGIS Pro - Select Feature Class in Contents window after right click feature in Pop-up window
Contents Pane — Use symbology class/toggles to select features
Update the tooltip for the Clear Highlighted button on the attribute table in Pro
Set and honour timezones in Pro
Contents > Data > Export to Excel
Support for .LAZ
Add Many Dropdown Box in Tools - Field Selection (table order option)
Improve spatial join tool
Export Selected
Field calc bar in attribute table
Import KML attributes in ExtendedData nodes
Provide ‘optional’ prompt to add exported data to the map as a layer
ModelBuilder Canvas UI Scrolling/Panning Improvements (Pro)
Allow word wrapping in ArcGIS Pro model builder elements
Data engineering - definition tooltips for descriptive statistics on field name hover
Thank you all for sharing your ideas about how to make ArcGIS Pro better for you, your work, and the work of other users. I would like to extend a special thank you to the following community members who had ideas implemented this release:
@MicheleH1_DNReply @LesterMaas1 @TorrinHultgren2 @BrianDudek @Jan_Tjallingvan_der_Wal @JohnHayes2 @AdamForknall @ChristopherThompson @ColeAndrews @servicesigu @NicholasGross @NigelBerjak @warrenroberts2 @PhilDuggan @FranzLeonardo @jessemaps @Syvertson @jessneuner @MiguelMartinezYordan @Brian_McLeer @StevenLowman @BlakeTerhune @IlkaIllers1 @DavidMcDermott1 @DuncanHornby @Bud @wayfaringrob @AndySauls @AmyRoust @AndrewZimba1 @AJR @TylerPease @HowardBeverly1 @MizukiKayano2 @MatthewLeonard @CarolineLindhe @MelanieWawryk @AlfredBaldenweck @RobertAnderson3 @DavidVelhartický @RutEikeland @AaronKoelker @HollyTorpey_LSA @CathyAppleton @TylerT
We welcome the community's continued participation in helping us define ArcGIS Pro's development priorities for the future! Search, Participate, and Create in the ArcGIS Pro Idea Exchange !
To learn more about what's new in ArcGIS Pro 3.6, head over to the What's New documentation.
@ValeriaChavez Are you planning to release a "Your Ideas in ArcPro 3.7" page? I find these pages helpful.
Hey @Bud! It's in the works, stay tuned 🙂
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