idea Geoprocessing Tab Back-Button UX Improvement in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Geoprocessing Tab Back-Button UX Improvement

Andrew_Lintz_DRGA — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:33:06 GMT

THE PROBLEM: The Back Button Switches Catalog Pane's Tab, instead of stepping out of a specific Geoprocess to Geoprocessing Favorites | Toolboxes | Portal | Search page.

CASE STUDY DEMO: Several times a day I utilize the Geoprocessing tab in the catalog pane for various Geoprocesses, and multiple times a day I face an inefficiency that can be greatly improved. For example, let's say I need to Enable COGO on a feature class. I select the Geoprocessing tab from the catalog pane and I find that the previous geoprocess is displayed. If I previously imported a symbology to the feature class I see "Apply Symbology from Layer" geoprocess. In Order to get to switch to Enable Cogo, in the pane I only have the back button near the top left to navigate. When I click that back button, ArcGIS Pro returns me to the symbology tab! I now have to select the Geoprocessing Tab AGAIN to then reach the Favorites | Toolboxes | Portal | Search page. This breaks workflow, focus, and train of thought, wastes time, effort, & mental energy. Sometimes it's to the symbology tab, sometimes it kicks me to the catalog tab. NEVER do I want to switch the tab, I ALWAYS want to navigate to my favorites & toolbox when I click that back button. There is no other means of navigation other than Ribbon... but this is about that back button which NEVER delivers the desired UX.

SOLUTION: Make the back button navigate to the "Favorites | Toolboxes | Portal | Search" page.

This not a bug, this is a UX improvement idea!

Thank you kindly for reading this far, and any consideration to my idea. I hope this improves everyone's day.

Re: Geoprocessing Tab Back-Button UX Improvement

Bud — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:23:58 GMT

Single-click navigation from GP tool to GP pane

I agree. I think there should be a dedicated single-click button beside the back button for navigating from the GP tool to the GP pane. Something that is more obvious and more easily accessible.

Re: Geoprocessing Tab Back-Button UX Improvement

BBicking1 — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:22:43 GMT

Hello Andrew,

The behavior you're looking for was implemented following this user idea in 3.2.

Just some additional info, in case you're not aware:
You can have multiple Geoprocessing tool open at the same time.
Click here

and select Open Another Tool.
The number tells you how many tools you have open and --important-- to access any of the open tools, you need to open them from this dropDown menu.

Re: Geoprocessing Tab Back-Button UX Improvement

AnninaRupe1 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:46:18 GMT

@BBicking1 : I'm still having the issue and I'm running 3.2.2. Whenever I need to run a GP Tool, I view the pane by clicking on my GP Tab I've docked. It displays the last GP tool I ran. I press the back arrow and it toggles to the Catalog Tab, making the Catalog window visible. I then have to click on the GP tab again to view the main screen of the GP tools window.

Update: my ArcPro has been updated to 3.4.0 and this is still occurring.