https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/name-symbol-layers-in-symbology-pane/idi-p/1501929 <P>So, I've been running into this issue recently where I have a bunch of symbol layers that look pretty similar to one another but, in fact, do different things</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108922iED576F47C6AE7B1E/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In this example, I have two shape marker symbol layers with the exact same symbol inside. The difference between them is that one fills the polygon, and the other puts points on each of the polygon's vertices.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108923i6DC4041BB7E20E46/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" /></span></P><P>There is no way for me to tell them apart without opening them up.</P><P><STRONG>Could it be possible to name each symbol layer?</STRONG></P><P>Something like this:&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108924i37A5F2CE8B8BCC9A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:24:12 GMT AlfredBaldenweck 2024-07-24T15:24:12Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/name-symbol-layers-in-symbology-pane/idi-p/1501929 <P>So, I've been running into this issue recently where I have a bunch of symbol layers that look pretty similar to one another but, in fact, do different things</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108922iED576F47C6AE7B1E/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1720198467375.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In this example, I have two shape marker symbol layers with the exact same symbol inside. The difference between them is that one fills the polygon, and the other puts points on each of the polygon's vertices.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108923i6DC4041BB7E20E46/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_1-1720198665570.png" /></span></P><P>There is no way for me to tell them apart without opening them up.</P><P><STRONG>Could it be possible to name each symbol layer?</STRONG></P><P>Something like this:&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108924i37A5F2CE8B8BCC9A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_2-1720198855155.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:24:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/name-symbol-layers-in-symbology-pane/idi-p/1501929 AlfredBaldenweck 2024-07-24T15:24:12Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/name-symbol-layers-in-symbology-pane/idc-p/1574600#M33466 <P>Fun thing I noticed while reading the CIM documentation today: These symbols can already have names; they just aren't exposed.</P><P>For example, the SolidFill symbol:&nbsp;<A href="https://github.com/Esri/cim-spec/blob/main/docs/v3/CIMSymbols.md#cimsolidfill" target="_blank">cim-spec/docs/v3/CIMSymbols.md at main · Esri/cim-spec · GitHub</A></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1736553799442.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/123159iA51C439603E8ACAD/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1736553799442.png" alt="AlfredBaldenweck_0-1736553799442.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:03:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/name-symbol-layers-in-symbology-pane/idc-p/1574600#M33466 AlfredBaldenweck 2025-01-11T00:03:32Z