idea When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches

wayfaringrob — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:05:04 GMT

When searching for a coordinate system, the user is presented with something like this:

It's another couple clicks to drill down to an actual coordinate system:

This is not the most intuitive nor efficient. Might I suggest the approach used in QGIS, which shows all matches in a simple list? This would save several clicks and help users more quickly scan through the results.

Re: When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches

Luke_Pinner — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 22:08:55 GMT

Good idea.

Though QGIS doesn't use a simple list, it retains the tree structure, but also filters out the tree levels as well as the CRS's that don't match the search text and then expands the tree. I find that much more useable than the Pro way.

Re: When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches

wayfaringrob — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:54 GMT

@Luke_Pinner yes, exactly. That's what we need.

Re: When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches

Luke_Pinner — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:16:51 GMT

Ha, I just had to use ArcMap for the first time in years and it does exactly that:

Re: When searching for coordinate system, show matches rather than tree, or expand tree to show matches

wayfaringrob — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:36:17 GMT

@Luke_Pinner they spent years - perhaps decades - improving what became ArcMap, and threw it out overnight. I don't get it.