idea Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

wayfaringrob — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 18:22:35 GMT

When changing the alignment of multi-line annotation text, do not move the text box. Ex this annotation label begins left aligned:

Center aligning shifts it right:

Right aligning moves it further right:

Ideally, it would just stay put and align right as may be expected.

Though alignment is moot for single-line annotation, it does not move when changed.

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment - Status changed to: Closed

CraigWilliams — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:21:33 GMT

Alignment changes the text relative to it's geometry which is typically a line or a point for annotation. The box is derived from those settings, not the opposite way around.

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

wayfaringrob — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:42:41 GMT

@CraigWilliams yes, this is a request to change that behavior. Please reopen, thank you.

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

AlfredBaldenweck — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:36:53 GMT

I agree. This is super annoying to deal with, especially if you've just spent like 30 minutes getting everything lined up and realize you need to change the alignment.

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

wayfaringrob — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:04:04 GMT

I agree @AlfredBaldenweck . If Esri staff are going to routinely close feature requests due to the fact that they are, well, feature requests, then I do not understand the purpose of this site. I am not sure who to loop in here. @KoryKramer ? @MichelleMathias ?

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

AlfredBaldenweck — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:34:45 GMT

Want to point out that this is also a problem in normal graphic text.

The anchor point of the text box does not matter; it has the same problem no matter it is anchored.



Text left-aligned	Text right-aligned

Re: Multiline Annotation - Text Horizontal Alignment - do not shift text box when changing alignment

CraigWilliams — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:00:08 GMT

@wayfaringrob It's not an issue of changing the behavior - what you're asking for is fundamentally incompatible with how text is drawn and positioned in the map. I closed the issue to provide accurate feedback that we have no plans to change that behavior. As I stated my earlier response, alignment is relative to the geometry of the text baseline. The text type we do have that respects a envelope bounds is rectangle text (sometimes know as paragraph text) that can be created in graphics layers and layout. Alignment in that type respects the defined bounds.

The issue @AlfredBaldenweck raises is separate and related to anchor points. I'm not able to reproduce that behavior on ArcGIS Pro 3.1 and that may be worth a support services call so we can look at the case in more detail.