https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/map-graphics-initial-rotation-and-alignment/idi-p/1183858 <P>This is a two-part suggestion, plus an optional third:</P><OL><LI>When adding a text graphic to a rotated map, the text displays&nbsp;<STRONG>upright based on the display</STRONG> -- not upright to 0 degrees rotation, resulting in an apparently-skewed orientation. Functionally, this would mean that added text is set with a default rotation that is negative to the map's rotation. (This would apply only affect the behavior when adding new graphics; graphics would&nbsp;<EM>not</EM> be updated when map rotation is change)</LI><LI><STRONG>More importantly</STRONG>, when selecting multiple graphics in a rotated map and clicking "Align [top/bottom/right/left]," the&nbsp;<EM>displayed</EM> top/bottom/right/left edge of the graphics are aligned. This is crucial because otherwise there is no way to get graphics properly aligned on a rotated map!&nbsp;<OL><LI>Another way of handling this would be to have alignment consider the graphics' top/bottom/right/left bounds, not related to the map at all</LI></OL></LI></OL><P>A tertiary workaround concept/suggestion is the ability to&nbsp;<STRONG>move graphics between map and layout&nbsp;</STRONG>(and vice versa), so that you could bring the "rotated" map graphics out to the layout where they would&nbsp;<EM>not</EM> be "rotated," align them, and then put them back in the map. There was a way to move graphics between map and layout in Desktop, and that's one of the features I miss greatly!</P> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:55:48 GMT JonahMiller 2023-01-24T21:55:48Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/map-graphics-initial-rotation-and-alignment/idi-p/1183858 <P>This is a two-part suggestion, plus an optional third:</P><OL><LI>When adding a text graphic to a rotated map, the text displays&nbsp;<STRONG>upright based on the display</STRONG> -- not upright to 0 degrees rotation, resulting in an apparently-skewed orientation. Functionally, this would mean that added text is set with a default rotation that is negative to the map's rotation. (This would apply only affect the behavior when adding new graphics; graphics would&nbsp;<EM>not</EM> be updated when map rotation is change)</LI><LI><STRONG>More importantly</STRONG>, when selecting multiple graphics in a rotated map and clicking "Align [top/bottom/right/left]," the&nbsp;<EM>displayed</EM> top/bottom/right/left edge of the graphics are aligned. This is crucial because otherwise there is no way to get graphics properly aligned on a rotated map!&nbsp;<OL><LI>Another way of handling this would be to have alignment consider the graphics' top/bottom/right/left bounds, not related to the map at all</LI></OL></LI></OL><P>A tertiary workaround concept/suggestion is the ability to&nbsp;<STRONG>move graphics between map and layout&nbsp;</STRONG>(and vice versa), so that you could bring the "rotated" map graphics out to the layout where they would&nbsp;<EM>not</EM> be "rotated," align them, and then put them back in the map. There was a way to move graphics between map and layout in Desktop, and that's one of the features I miss greatly!</P> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:55:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/map-graphics-initial-rotation-and-alignment/idi-p/1183858 JonahMiller 2023-01-24T21:55:48Z