How are fields sorted when you edit them in ArcGISPro?

Anonymous User

I need to hide several fields for several layers. They all fall in the early part of the attribute table, but when I select "Fields" the window that pops up does not sort them in the order appear in the table. How are they sorted, and can they be "told" to sort in the right order? Finding the ones that need to be hidden is very awkward when they're sorted differently than they appear in the table.

Thank you,

Randy McGregor

GISMallku

Hi Randy,

Well, I took a look at this in 2.5 and I do see the issue that you're describing.

While I realize it doesn't solve the problem today (and I do apologize for that, I realize it is frustrating), I did some testing in a current build of ArcGIS Pro 2.6 and it appears that the work done on Fields View has taken care of the issue described here. 

Here is a short video to show you what I tested so that you can validate that is what you're trying to do.

FieldsView_ATView_Field_Order_sync 

Take a look and let me know if the issue appears to be resolved in the video.  That will help ensure that we understand the problem, and validate that it has been fixed. 

In terms of figuring out the sort logic in 2.5, here is what I see with a join in place:

This is an oversimplified test-case as I just exported a feature class to table in order to create an easy join, but I wanted to share what I'm seeing as it appears to match what you're seeing in terms of the origin table field being placed together with the destination table field:

Unless you had already done some re-ordering before taking that screenshot.

Anyway, I hope this helps.