idea Group selectable and unselectable layers separately in Contents pane Selection tab in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Group selectable and unselectable layers separately in Contents pane Selection tab

CathyAppleton — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:45:57 GMT

Hi,

First off, we are currently using 2.6 and hope to go to 2.7 or 2.8 soon, and maybe this has already been addressed, but I did not see any other comments/ideas out here regarding this.

I edit a lot, and I need to see how many & what all are selected. Not always easy to tell by just looking. I also like to see listed what I have selected, because sometime I forget I had the points or another feature still selected, which I do not want to accidently delete or move.

In ArcMap, the List by Selection window could be narrowed and you could still see the count. ArcMap would also move up in the window, the layers that were selectable, so you could easily see what was turned on for you to select. Very easy and helpful window.

In ArcGIS Pro, if you narrow the window, so you have wider editing map window, you can't see the count anymore to tell if you have something selected. List by Selection window has to be really large to see count. Also, nothing is clearly noted or move up in the window to tell what all is turn on for selection. This is not very helpful window to easily see what is selectable. Also, it is very frustrating having to enlarge the window to see count and then narrow so you have a larger editing map window.

Please see attached screenshot comparisons. Any help for future improvement would be great!

Thanks, Cathy

Re: List by Selection easier to see selection count

KoryKramer — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:42:45 GMT

This is related to https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/deselect-features-from-table-of-contents-selection-tab-in-arcpro/idi-p/921515 in the general sense of usability of the List by Selection view of the Contents pane between ArcMap and Pro.

Re: List by Selection easier to see selection count

CathyAppleton — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:57:44 GMT

Hi Kory, thanks for letting me know. I did see those, but it didn't say anything about seeing the count after narrowing the window. Hopefully this will be included in the List by Selections upgrades 🤞

Take care, Cathy

Re: List by Selection easier to see selection count - Status changed to: In Product Plan

TanuHoque — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:53:18 GMT

Re: List by Selection easier to see selection count

TanuHoque — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:47:21 GMT

Updates:

The issue regarding 'showing selection count always' is fixed in ArcGIS Pro 3.1 release as part of our work mentioned here: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/table-of-contents-make-cursor-visible-even-if-text/idi-p/1143449
Clearing selection from the Selection tab is in production plan. Please see this idea: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/deselect-features-from-table-of-contents-selection/idi-p/921515

With that, I will update this idea only for the work to show selectable and unselectable layers in separate groups.

Re: Group selectable and unselectable layers separately in Contents pane Selection tab

TanuHoque — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 21:50:09 GMT

... while this functionality is in production plan, some of ArcGIS Pro users might find this workaround useful.

Contents pane's Filter command (from upper left corner of the pane) has two options:
- Selectable
- Unselectable

Re: Group selectable and unselectable layers separately in Contents pane Selection tab - Status changed to: Under Consideration

TanuHoque — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:08:27 GMT