idea ArcGIS Pro - Eye Dropper Tool in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

ArcGIS Pro - Eye Dropper Tool

aspen01 — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:21:24 GMT

The Eye Dropper tool in Arc Map does not seem to be available in ArcGIS Pro! I would definitely recommend having that.

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ThomasColson — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:38:42 GMT

This is especially important when, perhaps, I'm using a georeferenced map, for example, that is already ADA compliant (colors) and I need to get my symbology as close as possible. Can I do this in Adobe? Yes, but how many folks have Adobe PS?

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LynnKanieski1 — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:36:30 GMT

I totally agree with adding the eye dropper tool. Hard to match colors without it.

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Anonymous User — Thu, 17 May 2018 16:34:23 GMT

Best I've been able to do is use an outside program (like MS Paint) to get a screen capture, use THAT eye dropper, get the details out of the Colour Customization and then type those numbers into the RGB in Pro - then switch to CMYK and adjust as needed - i.e. making water labels in the same family, but just darker, then add black. It would save loads of time and frustration if the eye dropper tool could be added in Pro. Thank you!

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deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR — Fri, 25 May 2018 16:27:12 GMT

This functionality is essential - I use it all the time to mask labels with the background color.

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JaredPilbeam2 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:11:32 GMT

For now I just double click the Layer in the Map Frame --> and in the Symbology tab click the color drop down --> Color Properties --> write down the RGB values. But, I'm all for having the Eye Dropper in Pro!!

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deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:22:49 GMT

This isn't an option for basemaps, which I believe is the driver behind this idea?

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CPoynter — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:54:50 GMT

Hi All,

For use with picking any colour (basemap or otherwise) try using ColorPix (ColorPix - Download). Same function as eye dropper tool and can store your colours for reference.

But I agree, this needs adding back into Pro.

Craig

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ColeAndrews — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:28:44 GMT

I used this daily in ArcMap to color match layout text with client logos. The logo is on the layout as an image and the color dropper is used to match.

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Anonymous User — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:17:09 GMT

I also use this to produce annotation halos that match the background color(s). This is not helped by viewing the RGB values of color swatches because they do not include the colors used in basemaps.

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samanehtabrizi — Fri, 10 May 2019 14:35:06 GMT

I use it in desktop all the time when I am trying to match the background color with the background of a copy/pasted excel sheet that I have in the layout view.

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HassanBasagic1 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:03:15 GMT

I also use this to label halos. My work around is grab a screenshot and exporting to Photoshop.

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KoryKramer — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:43:49 GMT

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Anonymous User — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:36:15 GMT

100%. I do this every day.

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Re: ArcGIS Pro - Eye Dropper Tool

ColeAndrews — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:14:23 GMT

This seems like a quick-win for the dev team to add. I do GIS but it can't be that hard to write code to find the color values at a cursor point lol

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TaniaFerus — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:31:19 GMT

Oh for the love, why is the eye dropper tool not available yet?

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WhitneyRapp — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:51:53 GMT

Until ESRI integrates it, it's available is XTools - XTools Pro Help - Eye Dropper

Hip hip hooray!

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JakubSisak — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:27:18 GMT

So yeah, this was unveiled as the new 2.6 feature at the UC in July. In August when 2.6 was release it was not included. Why?

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KoryKramer — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:09:16 GMT

Hi Jakub Sisak‌ When you say that it was unveiled at the UC in July, were you maybe watching the ArcGIS Pro Road Ahead session? The idea is correctly marked as In Product Plan as this is currently under development for ArcGIS Pro 2.7. It's being worked on - thank you for the patience!!!