The hover tips used be a wait of 900 milliseconds, and we did find that it was too long for most people to hover to get information about a tool. So we tightened that up to 500 milliseconds which I believe is a standard used by Microsoft, hoping that that would be a long enough wait time to not annoy people by having this stuff pop-up in your face all the time as soon as your pointer touched something.
This is being marked as Implemented in ArcGIS Pro 2.2.
Thanks for all the input – we took as much feedback on board as possible, and the results are below.
LIST OF POP-UP ENHANCEMENTS IN PRO 2.2
Identify multiple features using drag-box
Use the ‘Ctrl’ hot-key with the Explore tool
Configure which layers participate via the drop-down list control for the Explore Tool
Provide a list-view for the identified features
Shown in a collapsible section in the top of the Popup pane
List-view has the following capabilities…
Provides access to related rows, per relationship classes (note: the related content must be in the map)
Shows attributes (and multiple rows) for joined tables, including 1:1 and 1:m
Sortable order (per layer): via r.click context menu for each layer name in the list view
Ability to remove an identified feature from the list-view (via node context menu)
Ability to select/unselect the feature associated with the node in the list-view (via node context menu)
Control over the node names, including expressions (and expressions that work with joins)
Tip: the popup node name is initially defined using the layer’s Display Expression
Can be updated (via r.click layer in TOC > Configure Popups) any time thereafter
Popup pane to be dockable
The pane can be docked, just like other panes (eg: TOC, Catalog, Symbology, etc)
If you have multiple maps/scenes open, the contents will reflect the identify results for the active view
Can be shown side-by-side with the Attributes pane (whose content is based on selection)
Feature coordinates
Shown at the base of the Popup pane for the selected-node in the list-view
Coordinates are shown in the Map’s coordinate-display units
You can change this setting (eg: to UTM / MGRS / DDM) in the Map Properties > General tab
Coordinate values can be copied by drag-selecting over the label and pressing Ctrl-C (or r.click > Copy)
Pull out individual features to their own popup pane, for simultaneous viewing / comparison
Right-click a feature node in the list-view and click ‘Move to pinned pop-up’
Multiple pinned popups can be shown at once (eg: side by side) for direct comparison
Pinned popups are displayed only when the map they are associated to is active
10.x CAPABILITIES NOT INCLUDED IN PRO 2.2 (to be considered in a future release)
Some additional items are planned for a specific future release, and some require more investigation. If you’re able to provide feedback and clear use-cases for any, please let us know.
Ability to quickly switch the map’s coordinate display
Planned for Pro 2.3, via a quick-pick list in the status-bar area of the map view (next to the coordinate display)
In 2.2: change the property on the Map Properties > Display tab
Persistence of the user-defined “identifiable layers” setting for Pro
Planned for Pro 2.3
Ability to create a bookmark for the feature’s location
No release specified
In 2.2: r.click a node, zoom to it, then use the Map > Bookmarks > Create Bookmark command
Ability to create a graphic / call-out / feature at the feature’s location
No release specified
In 2.2: create an empty / pre-symbolized feature class using Insert > Map Notes, manually place a feature (using snapping or exact coordinates, as required)
A dedicated / separate tool that does nothing but identify/popup
No release specified, and unlikely unless heavily requested. Maintaining a smaller number of tools is a design method we’re trying to adhere to. We had many complaints about the size and scope of the ArcMap UI.
In 2.2: use the Ctrl hot-key
Tip: hover your mouse over the Explore tool to see the most common hot-keys (inc. Ctrl)
CAPABILITIES NOT PLANNED FOR PRO
These are requested popup options that are not planned for Pro. Please send your use-cases and requirements if you believe any are needed for a critical workflow.
Use the Identify/Popup pane without activating the map in a Layout view
The map frame is an object with properties and settings that users need access to
With an un-activated map, we cannot know from a single click if the user wants to: (a) select and (edit / delete / move) the map frame object, or (b) interact with the map’s contents
The (right-click-map > Activate) step tells us the user wants the latter
Have the Popup pane return results for features that are not being rendered
Users can exclude features from the map display using a variety of methods - such as a Definition Query, or not symbolizing a particular class
Pro uses a WYSIWYG method for selection and for popups, so non-visible features will not be included in either the select-rectangle-result list of the drag-box-popup list
The Select By Location tool is recommended for locating all GDB features within an extent
Tip: open the tool directly from the Map ribbon
Tip: Select by Location GP tool lets you interactively digitize in a selection-area polygon
Open the popup pane so it is focused-on (or scrolled-down-to) a specific feature attribute
The popup can be highly formatted (eg: with images, etc), and each popup is different per layer, so it would be extremely difficult to operate the auto-scrolling in a logical manner, especially when identifying features across multiple layers or multiple maps
The Attributes pane (which works on a selection set) operates as described – the displayed position down the list of attributes remains unchanged when moving between features within the same layer
Thanks for all the input on this issue. While some pieces may not exactly match ArcMap, we hope it allows you to complete your workflows using Pro.
Learn more at What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.2
After reading that and working with the tool in 2.2, if you have constructive feedback to share with the development team that works on that tool, please comment on that thread.
