https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idi-p/1283980 <P>Right now when field mapping, Pro allows input of spaces where they are not allowed, e.g. a field name:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69492iABB0062D89A60B9D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" alt="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" /></span></P><P>Instead of warning you or simply not reacting to the spacebar (like the Fields view does), it just splits what you typed into the field name and alias separately and destroys your type settings after a few clicks outside the box:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69493i06CA386D32070BA7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" alt="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" /></span></P><P>It would be better if it would just leave the type settings alone and not allow spaces or warn you that it's doing this, thanks.</P> Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:58:01 GMT wayfaringrob 2023-04-28T16:58:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idi-p/1283980 <P>Right now when field mapping, Pro allows input of spaces where they are not allowed, e.g. a field name:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69492iABB0062D89A60B9D/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" alt="rburke_0-1682700962815.png" /></span></P><P>Instead of warning you or simply not reacting to the spacebar (like the Fields view does), it just splits what you typed into the field name and alias separately and destroys your type settings after a few clicks outside the box:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69493i06CA386D32070BA7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" alt="rburke_1-1682700994849.png" /></span></P><P>It would be better if it would just leave the type settings alone and not allow spaces or warn you that it's doing this, thanks.</P> Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:58:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idi-p/1283980 wayfaringrob 2023-04-28T16:58:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idc-p/1284077#M24782 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:34:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idc-p/1284077#M24782 MargaretCrawford 2023-04-28T20:34:19Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idc-p/1362030#M27657 <P>This Idea has been implemented in <STRONG>ArcGIS Pro 3.2</STRONG>. You can no longer type spaces or special characters into field names on the geoprocessing field map control.&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Please <A href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/analytics/big-improvements-to-the-field-map-in-arcgis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">check out this blog</A> to learn more about the updates we made to the field map in Pro 3.2.</STRONG></P><P>Also, see the&nbsp;<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_463DCA76A448429C8EE22ED94F1E70B0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What's New documentation</A> for more new features in Pro 3.2.</P> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:37:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-mapping-field-name-disallow-spaces/idc-p/1362030#M27657 MargaretCrawford 2023-12-20T19:37:34Z