https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/select-by-location-dialog-input-names/idi-p/1308008 <P>I believe the Select by Location dialog input names (fields) are a little misleading. I teach college GIS, and I can't tell you how many times students get things reversed, and I believe it's mostly based on confusing terms. See below:</P><P>What you are actually "Selecting" goes into the 'Input Features' input instead of the 'Selecting Features' input.</P><P>My suggesting would be to have the first dialog input named 'Selecting Features' -- just the opposite.<BR />And, for the 2nd input, I might call this 'Reference Features' or 'Relationship Features' or something!</P><P>Thanks,</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/75354iB375A0851A552893/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:51:10 GMT Craig_Eissler_Iceman 2023-07-13T17:51:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/select-by-location-dialog-input-names/idi-p/1308008 <P>I believe the Select by Location dialog input names (fields) are a little misleading. I teach college GIS, and I can't tell you how many times students get things reversed, and I believe it's mostly based on confusing terms. See below:</P><P>What you are actually "Selecting" goes into the 'Input Features' input instead of the 'Selecting Features' input.</P><P>My suggesting would be to have the first dialog input named 'Selecting Features' -- just the opposite.<BR />And, for the 2nd input, I might call this 'Reference Features' or 'Relationship Features' or something!</P><P>Thanks,</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/75354iB375A0851A552893/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1689270294888.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:51:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/select-by-location-dialog-input-names/idi-p/1308008 Craig_Eissler_Iceman 2023-07-13T17:51:10Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/select-by-location-dialog-input-names/idc-p/1310242#M25744 <P>Related:</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/gp-parameter-terminology-quot-input-quot-instead/idi-p/1270097" target="_self">GP parameter terminology: "Input" instead of "Target"</A></P> Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:57:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/select-by-location-dialog-input-names/idc-p/1310242#M25744 Bud 2023-07-20T20:57:49Z