idea Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

JakubSisak — Tue, 02 May 2023 14:58:36 GMT

Every time i select a feature or edit or split a feature the selection appears to slowly pulse (or fade in/out out/in) which is a new animated visual effect in Pro. The pulse effect takes way too long bordering on annoying which is especially cumbersome when splitting a feature to many parts as every part slowly pulses after the split operation completes.

There are a lot of such animated pulse and fade effects throughout the application. I would much rather see mu results instantly presented on the display.

Consequently, it makes the whole experience of using ArcGIS PRO, which is already much slower than the legacy ArcMap in almost every respect, even slower. The whole editing experience feels slugish and non-responsive.

It would be great if we could TURN ALL such animated effects off globally in settings.

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Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:09:02 GMT

This is another example of where Pro is clearly and unarguably slower than Arc Map as the OP points out in How to turn off all pulsing-heartbeat and other animated effects in ArcGIS Pro? In the first screen grab, we can see very SLOWLY how first one half, then the other half, of the split polygon is "flashed", with the second half flashing twice. In Arc Map, note how this is instantaneous. When doing a lot of splitting (e.g linear transportation feature where you need to correct a lot of line-meets-intersections, or, even worse in a threat-to-life situation, and you're trying to carve up search or fire suppression assignments very rapidly), the delay adds up, as does what the OP refers to as the animation, which is significantly more noticeable and annoying due to its persistence time. While all of the pulsing flashing is going on, if you go back to the select tool to grab the select by rectangle, then select your next polygon to split, there is an additional 1-2 second delay until tool focus returns.

used ScreenToGif - Record your screen, edit and save as a Gif or video and did not slow down the frame rate in the Pro grab, 30 FPS for both grabs. Both same excessively well-equipped computer, same data source (local FGDB).

To be honest, I've never reported this or many other performance issues as I've assumed they're already logged they're so obvious.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

EvanThoms — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:06:43 GMT

Yeah, the animation drives me crazy. Thomas's split example is good. I also don't like the way popups, tables, and other elements fade in and out.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

Waterman — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:17:42 GMT

Yeah, editing in ArcGISpro is overall a lot more hassle. On top of that these timeconsuming animations are irritating

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

___bridget — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:11:42 GMT

This was driving me nuts too. I removed it by modifying the PopupElementHelper.js located in the Pro installation directory, under Pro\Resources\Popups\esri\

Search for "duration" in PopupElementHelper.js and reduce the value (mine was set at 1200) for each of the four instances. I set duration to 100 and now no more excruciatingly slow animated popups 🙂

PS. The animated transitions when reviewing the history of geoprocessing options in the History panel specifically is what was driving me nuts and what this solves - I don't know if this also solves the issue mentioned by the OP of feature selection

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

jorisfrenkel — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:16:34 GMT

Hi Bridget,

I didn't see any effect of your change proposal when splitting features. Tried to find something else but no luck.

Regards,

Create way to disable feature flash when browsing feattures

ChazArmijo — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 01:31:01 GMT

I'm visually reviewing impervious cover data beneath 400+ grid features and each time i move to the next grid feature, it's flashes. Waiting for the flash to disappear is adding substantial time to complete this review. I would love a way to disable the flash when browsing features.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

JasonDugas — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:44:02 GMT

I agree with the OP and others on flashing after edits in Pro (using Pro v3.0). I am editing very detailed habitat areas at a high zoom level and with each edit the flash is not only annoying but does take time for me to see my next edit. I am glad to have found this topic, was going to start one about this very issue.

Please address this issue or post if there is a current solution.

Thank You!

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

LucaStrazzaboschi — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:36:20 GMT

Hello everybody,

Has anyone found a fix for this? It's very annoying!

Thank you very much!

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:31:18 GMT

Thank you for the comment @LucaStrazzaboschi Remember to add a kudo to show your support for the idea of allowing this to be turned off or changed. Thank you.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

ChazArmijo — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:34:50 GMT

@LucaStrazzaboschi nope, no fix as of now. Though one is needed badly.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

andreamangeruca — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:59:32 GMT

any news?? I would like to improve editing performance in arcgis pro by removing these unwanted animations such as flashing the selected feature.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:11:32 GMT

Hi @andreamangeruca There is no status change on this yet. Make sure that you add your kudos to the idea.

It sounds like you are advocating for the original request; that is, to turn off the feature flash altogether rather than speeding it up. Is that correct? I'm assuming you would still want a manual way, then, to indicate which feature is which.

What are the main editing tools you use where you find this slows down your work?

Thank you

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

andreamangeruca — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:43:36 GMT

Hi Kory,

they are many, as Planarize, Merge ... and Navigate Table ... so on..

Thanks

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

NickDolan — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:35:41 GMT

"Have you tried disabling javascript animations?" is a sentence I never thought I would hear uttered, much less find useful, when trying to diagnose performance problems in our "industry standard", "professional" GIS software. Amazing.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

MollyJackson — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:18:15 GMT

I added my kudos to this idea, and I'll reiterate my support with a comment. I am QCing new data collected inside of 2,000 new polygons by visiting each polygon in turn. When I zoom to each new polygon, there's a delay of 1-2 seconds while I wait to see what is behind the "flash." It's adding a significant amount of time to an already tedious task.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

BenjaminTaylor234234234 — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:45:42 GMT

I would pay 500$ to add the option listed above; to turn off these animations which literally add no value and completely ruin the tactile experience in Pro. For the love of god before I give up on my career, please give us this option.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:51:55 GMT

Sorry for the frustration @BenjaminTaylor234234234 Because this is an Idea, please be sure to add your Kudos to show your support. Thank you!

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

EmikoCarrell — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:25:27 GMT

The animations are distracting and aggravate my headache when I have to look at a screen for work. Please add a setting option to turn these off.

Re: Turn off animated effects in ArcGIS Pro

EmikoCarrell — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:52:16 GMT

@KoryKramer The Kudos button is too small and hard to find. I had to hunt to find it. I think this keeps prevents people from giving kudos even if they support an idea. I suggest moving the kudos button to the top and making it bigger.