topic Re: map grid label rotation in ArcGIS Online Questions

map grid label rotation

ChrisBehee1 — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 20:40:00 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 2.4.1 have a 45-degree rotation on map layout. Am trying to get UTM map grid labels to rotate to match the grid lines. Rotation option in text formatting menu allows selection of 45 degree rotation, but reverts to zero once I apply changes. Is this a bug? Is there another way to do this?

Re: map grid label rotation

CoreGeoscience_Services_Inc_ — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:27:20 GMT

I'm using ArcGIS Pro 2.7.1 and the same thing happens to me when trying to rotate the grid labels. Did you manage to figure out a fix or workaround for this?

Re: map grid label rotation

MariusHelsem — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:54:27 GMT

Hi, I am experiencing the same issue in Pro 2.9.2. Did any one of you find a solution?

Re: map grid label rotation

ZhenyuZeng — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 05:33:50 GMT

Same in the 3.0.2. So long not to repair. Weird.

Re: map grid label rotation

Tamsin_Bertaud-Gandar — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 01:49:29 GMT

Still experiencing this issue in 3.1.2. I raised it with Esri customer care and got this response:

"There was a bug logged - BUG-000119890 When editing the graticule labels appearance in ArcGIS Pro 2.3, the symbol properties do not honor the rotation.

This has been marked as designed by Esri - their reason is Grid labels are designed to be shown either vertically or horizontally to support all the labeling properties needed to get labels in the correct place.

That said if you do need to rotate the labels - then converting to graphics is your option."

I got around the issue by converting the grid to graphics and manually rotating the labels, but this was a time-consuming process that I'd rather avoid when working to a tight deadline! It would be nice to be able to set a rotation value in the text formatting instead.