Enable ArcToolbox customization

DanPatterson

ArcToolbox is getting a bit large, often filled with toolsets that you have no intention using and you end up bobble-heading up and down navigating to select your most commonly used tools.

I propose one of two things (or even both)

1. Enable reordering of the toolsets in ArcToolbox.  They are currently in alphabetical order, not in my useage order
2. Enable one to toggle off the toolsets that you don't intend to use or use so infrequently that they are just taking up space and providing visual clutter.  This should be done in the project backstage in the same area that you can customize the ribbons to perform a similar function (since the ribbons are a bit cluttered as well)

AndrewQuee

In Desktop you have always been able to make your own toolboxes and customise them to suit your needs, so you might have one toolbox for spatial geoprocessing, another for statistical analysis, etc.

https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/managing-tools-and-toolboxes/adding-tools.htm#GUID-CA99C4ED-DB43-4038-8C2E-2099F173F3F0

In Pro, although you can still make new toolboxes, it looks like Esri has deprecated that functionality and they now cannot contain copies of built-in tools, only ones you make yourself (unless you copied the python source and duped them).  The new system appears to be either favouriting a GP tool, or adding it to the analysis banner pane.  You can also add tools directly to the access bar, but none of these appear to be project-based so eventually you will end up with dozens of tools pinned, which may not be what you're looking for.

There's a third option I've seen done quite a bit in Esri demos and I use myself: Search tools history or toolbox.  Just like Windows Start search, throw the first couple of letters in there, then pick the result you want which will be in the top few returned.  In practise I actually find this far faster than bobbling through toolbox names as it learns what I use most frequently.