idea Automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from FC alias in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from FC alias

Bud — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:23:52 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 3.1.2; mobile geodatabase

Regarding a table or FC's alias:

It seems to be possible to add leading or trailing spaces to the alias:

The spaces persist when I hit OK and reopen the Catalog properties.

Could that behavior be changed so that leading and trailing spaces get automatically removed when the user hits OK? I think that would be cleaner.

While this case is rare, I do find I sometimes accidentally leave in a trailing space when removing a word from the end of an alias. So it does happen and could cause confusion.

Thanks.

Re: Automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from FC alias - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

SSWoodward — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:26:23 GMT

Thanks for the Idea @Bud ,

Users are able to provide any text string as an alias, including strings that start and end with spaces.

Altering a valid user input in this way would be an unexpected behavior.

Re: Automatically trim leading and trailing spaces from FC alias - Status changed to: Closed

SSWoodward — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:26:35 GMT