idea Add interactive selection methods to ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Add interactive selection methods to ArcGIS Pro

GISAdmin26 — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 17:04:51 GMT

In ArcMap, under the Selection menu, you can choose interactive selection methods such as Add to Current Selection, Remove from Current Selection, and Select from Current Selection. While ArcGIS Pro does allow you to hit Ctrl and click to remove from selection, it is more foolproof to select "Remove from Current Selection" and simply left click on the map. Some of our users have huge selections of parcels that they spend days working on and it would be very risky to have to hit Ctrl first and then click on the map. Also, if you have a very complicated selection, it's nice to be able to Select from Current Selection. It would be great if Pro could have these options incorporated.

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcPro - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

KoryKramer — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:32:18 GMT

Hi @GISAdmin26

I'm pretty sure what you're asking for is here:

Comparison to ArcMap:

I just wanted to clarify before marking this as Already Offered.

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcPro

GISAdmin26 — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:51:20 GMT

@KoryKramerThanks Kory. I didn't know that was there. Perhaps ESRI could make this a little more obvious to users?

Thanks!

Anja

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcPro

GIS-Chops — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:24:42 GMT

Anja,

I posted a tutorial video on the selection tool here - https://youtu.be/Oa7TuxHnsv0

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcPro - Status changed to: Already Offered

KoryKramer — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:04:18 GMT

Thanks, Anja. I'm marking this Already Offered since the options are available. In terms of making these easier to find, what would you have in mind to make the interactive selection options and modes more discoverable?

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcGIS Pro

MarianneEdge — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:43:02 GMT

perhaps some icons directly on the ribbon (or in the drop-down for the selection options) would be helpful for this frequently used feature

Re: Add interactive selection methods to ArcGIS Pro

AndrewWallick — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:55:56 GMT

I agree with this post. I want this to be more easily available - it takes a lot of clicks to choose the option as presented. A nice dropdown arrow would be great - call it "selection mode" and let us have the radio buttons there.