idea More scale bar options for map series in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

More scale bar options for map series

NavaSheer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:25:19 GMT

Please add or adapt a new fitting strategy for scale bars of "Maintain maximum and minimum size but make each division be a round number like 5 or 10 or 0.5". This would be especially helpful when have a map series with a broad range of scales.

Re: More scale bar options for map series

geodoozer — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:30:42 GMT

That is such a cool idea and beats trying to always fit the scale bar on the left so if it stretches longer, it doesn't go off the page!

Re: More scale bar options for map series

AubriOtis — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:00:23 GMT

Great idea!

Have you tried using visibility ranges, which are currently available, to help with this?

We added these to help with a map series, so you can create scale bars optimized for specific scale ranges. You have to create multiple scale bars, but with the proper scale ranges, only one scale bar will show per map. It gives you a lot of control.

Re: More scale bar options for map series

AlfredBaldenweck — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:28:40 GMT

I'm the coiner of the original quote and dealt with this again this morning. I also recommended the use of the visibility range on here a few weeks back, and I thought that it was really cool for that use case. (Actually, as it turns out, it was the same post Solved: Map Series Scale Bar - Esri Community)

That being said, I really just want round numbers and it's very frustrating to get divisions that end in multiples of 0.17 depending on the fitting strategy I use. If I could get an "Adjust division value but must end in 0 or 5" option, life would be great and I wouldn't have to use the visibility scales. Something like a "Round to nearest X" option, like when setting a map series scale.

I only had 4 pages in my map series this morning but it was still kind of a headache to figure it out.

Re: More scale bar options for map series

NavaSheer — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:06:43 GMT

Yes, thank you for the idea of the visibility ranges.🙏

That is what I used in the end, its a good 'workaround' but it is very frustrating and not ideal.