Issues with custom line symbologies in the legend

Question

Hello,

I've recently been tasked with creating some utility symbologies in ArcPRO as we're migrating one of our workflows.

I've successfully created the symbologies but I'm having some real issues with the legend as you can see in the attached image (This is just a sample of the feature classes we use). My current options are either a horribly squished legend, use different patch sizes which looks untidy or use a very large patch for every feature class which is less than ideal.

I am aware I could just convert to graphics and edit the styles there but that seems to defeat the point when we're trying to automate different parts of the workflow.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Can I apply specific styles to just the legend or something?

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OllyD · Answer

I see. Thank you for your time anyways. Hopefully this is something Esri can improve in the future.

Hemlock_Grove · Answer

I see your challenge and I'm not aware of a way to do it without converting to graphics. I find the legend difficult to work with, and its annoying because graphics don't update automatically.

The 'scale to fit patch size' apparently is only for point features, and doesn't really help your situation it seems.

OllyD · Answer

Interesting I don't seem to have that option. Under sizing I just have the manual sizes for "patch width" and "patch height".

Wonder why that is. A versioning thing? I'm using Pro 2.9.1