idea Add scroll bars to map view in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Add scroll bars to map view

AndrewZimba1 — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:40:54 GMT

Please add scroll bars to Pro Map views like came standard in ArcMap. They are very handy when editing across zoomed views that require panning without having to use click-intensive navigators or keyboard shortcuts. Make then hideable so if folks decide they do not want them they are easy to remove, but if people want to use them they are there. Options are good!

re: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/map-scroll-bars/m-p/1256685#M65312

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

HilaryBrowning2 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:23:39 GMT

Adding my voice of support to this idea. These scroll bars are very useful for editing workflows and it is a loss that they were not included in Pro.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

MarshallDean — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:23:12 GMT

I wholeheartedly agree, we need scroll bars in Pro. I use them all the time in ArcMap as a quick way to move the map screen. I did discover that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keyboard buttons will move the map quickly up, down, left, and right, respectively. However, I would rather do it with my mouse and a quick click on a scroll bar - every mouse option in Pro is super slow! ESRI, are you listening? We need scroll bars, please!

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

DebbieH — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:38:20 GMT

Yes, this is REALLY important - when Editing, I don't want to stop Editing to Pan. Using the map wheel to zoom in and out to get to where I want to go during Editing is not ideal. Map scroll bars are really important for navigating while Editing. Please please please add.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

JaredGeiger — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:48:12 GMT

Commenting here for visibility.

I would also like to add that in Arc Map there were the Page Down, Left, Right, and Up commands (they look like fast forward and rewind buttons when added to a toolbar). These differ in an important way from the way that Home, End, Pg Up, and Pg Down function in ArcGIS Pro: they do not pan over entirely. This means that there is some overlap between the views when you pan. This is key since my work involves a very thorough review of satellite imagery.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

hce_rtoelke — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:03:13 GMT

Scroll bars were a good way of navigating without holding a mouse button down while moving it.
As someone who wears a carpal tunnel brace, this was HUGE.
Now they're gone. Navigation in Pro seems to be much more hold-and-move intensive than in the past with ArcMap.
We've been testing out some Pro stuff in a kind of "sandbox" the last few weeks, getting ready for the transition from Map to Pro.
Lemme tell ya, my wrist is screaming at me.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

DerekLindner — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:48:29 GMT

Hello novice user here:

I'm chiming in here with two uses for scrollbars. Coming from different drafting programs (CAD) they are standard. I was working in field on a tablet for a week.
The high summer glare and unfamiliarity with touchscreen made panning and zooming clunky; scrollbars could have allowed more precise panning.
I'm loosing the left button functionality on my mouse so until I get a new specialized one would like to continue panning instead of having to zoom in and out at different centrepoints.
Thank you for reading my observations.

Derek L.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

merben — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:30:44 GMT

I second this idea. Please, please bring on the scrollbars

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

StaceyTamalavicz — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:27:12 GMT

Yes, bring back scrollbars! Especially since they appear when creating a new Layout map. With all the new options and functions added to Pro, why was the ease and option of scrollbars eliminated? They really made editing workflows so much easier.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

malinatehill — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:57:25 GMT

Another voice for adding scrollbars in the Map view. Let me rephrase. Another vociferous voice for adding scrollbars back. Navigating using the scrollbars was super-efficient, quick, and in just the increments I needed for my data reviews. The other methods of map navigation are slower, less intuitive, and not as precise. Please add them back in the the next release! Why would you take away a tool that has become commonly used and loved by your users??

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

paulbehnke — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:55:00 GMT

MISSION CRITICAL!!! I am dumbfounded that we are at version 3.4 and some of the BASIC functions like these are STILL not available! No matter what they say Pro is still in BETA

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

Johncgeo — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:38:02 GMT

Agree with all above, please add scroll bars to map view in ArcPro! Very frustrating experience without them.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

EthanJerome — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:40:20 GMT

Agreed, please add scroll bars. I always found it strange that certain simple but useful features from ArcMap were simply not added to Pro...

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

MarianJones — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:33:12 GMT

Can't understand why the very useful Page Down, Left, Right, and Up toolbar w/ arrows was omitted in the development of ArcPro. This is a very simple and valuable all-in-one navigating tool. The partial overlap of panes is particularly useful in my work. One click is now PgUp/PgDn/Home/End and then 3 clicks of the arrows keys to create the overlap.

One click/step is now 4 clicks/steps that I have to do repeatedly, all day long.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

DougalTownsend — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:56:25 GMT

Wholeheartedly agree with this thread. Please add scroll bars to ArcPro. I have just committed to making the switch from ArcMap and am astounded at the number features that are "missing". BTW, you can pan (very slowly :-)) using the arrow keys but I do not think that this is a viable replacement for scroll bars.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view - Status changed to: In Product Plan

NathanShephard — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:22:03 GMT

Thanks to all for contributing to this idea. Moving to In Product Plan.

-Nathan.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view - Status changed to: Implemented

ValeriaChavez — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:59:06 GMT

Hi @AndrewZimba1!

This Idea was implemented with the ArcGIS Pro 3.6 release. To see what else is new in ArcGIS Pro, checkout the What's new in ArcGIS Pro 3.6 documentation.

Re: Add scroll bars to map view

DerekLindner — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:00:28 GMT

Thanks you to all who made this happen. I appreciate it very much.