idea Field Highlight using basic colors in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Field Highlight using basic colors

jakek — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:03:56 GMT

I find it very annoying and cumbersome to require the user to open the "Fields View" to do some of the simplest tasks. For one, I do very often is highlighting fields. These are the Steps required to highlight a field: right-click Data design > open the fields view > search for the field > select (usually triple click) the highlight checkbox > save > close Fields View just to highlight the selected field(s)??? Minimum of 5 clicks, sometimes more, since clicking once on the highlight check box doesn't "wake up" or respond. Can we get this on the field right-click menu with a color palette for at least some of the basic colors, such as red, yellow, magenta, light cyan and more if you want to add them? Please consider for simplification and reducing mouse clicks!!! Thank you and add to Pro asap please.

Re: Field Highlight using basic colors

kkefer — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:57:49 GMT

I second, would love to have an option to have different highlight colors for fields. I often have a few fields highlighted and having the visual of different colors would be nice. Doesn't have to be many; 5-6.

Attribute Table — Choose field highlighting color

Bud — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:55:52 GMT

Merged from a separate idea.

As mentioned by @ChrisWozniak in Grey out attribute table fields:

…allow users to highlight fields in multiple ways. For example, some fields already have the default golden/yellow highlight, but some other fields could have a green or purple highlighting as a way to 'group' related attributes or otherwise designate them for whatever purpose.

Re: Field Highlight using basic colors

ColeSutton11 — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 03:11:48 GMT

Totally agree. To highlight a field in two clicks would be lovely! Right click field name > Highlight

Re: Attribute Table — Choose highlight color - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

KoryKramer — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:26:06 GMT

Hi @Bud just want to double-check here that you are talking about having options to highlight FIELDS with different colors. I'm assuming that based on your reference to https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/field-highlight-using-basic-colors/idi-p/1295344

Because for ROW highlighting, that functionality already exists: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/tables/table-options.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_C1B51379EDBB45C2BCD6008777E51C08

If for fields, let me know and we'll merge ideas. Thanks

Re: Field Highlight using basic colors

PeterMacKenzie2 — Fri, 24 May 2024 17:03:37 GMT

@Bud , is this what you mean? I've tired to visualize what I think would work well in the image below. Feel free to correct me.

Re: Field Highlight using basic colors

jakek — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:45:01 GMT

@PeterMacKenzie2 Your graphic is exactly what I mean and I think the others would agree! Thank you for adding the graphic to clarify.

Re: Field Highlight using basic colors

RandyMcGregor_BMcD — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:58:03 GMT

You could do this in ArcMap. I often (out of muscle memory) try to highlight a field by right-clicking on it, but of course it doesn't work in ArcPro. Selecting the field viewer, scrolling to the right field, then selecting 'Highlight' then selecting 'Save' is an extremely cumbersome preocedure for such a simple task. Please bring back, 'Right-click->Highlight.'

Thank you,

Randy McGregor