idea Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane

HollyTorpey_LSA — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:32:17 GMT

Idea: indicate in the Contents pane when a symbol class has been unchecked in the symbology pane (or remove the class from the legend in the Contents pane while it is unchecked)

Reason: In ArcGIS Pro 3.6, it is possible to uncheck a symbol class in the symbology pane to hide it from the map without having to remove the class and lose its symbology (I'm not sure when this was added, but it's very useful and I like it!).

However, the unchecked class still appears in the Contents pane.

This can lead to confusion later on if the user forgets that the class is unchecked, or if another user opens the project and doesn't realize it has been unchecked. They might determine on visual inspection of an area of the map that the class has no features in the current map extent.

It would be very helpful if the unchecked class were hidden or grayed out in the Contents pane or otherwise flagged as hidden.

I know there are probably scenarios where someone might want to include all classes in a legend while simultaneously hiding features belonging to one or more classes, but that's what definition queries are for. 🙂

Re: Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane

AlfredBaldenweck — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:38:49 GMT

You should upvote this Idea Symbol class visibility toggles — Enable from Cont... - Esri Community since it's related and would probably help you out

Re: Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane

ZihanSong — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:38:44 GMT

For unique values, on the bottom of the more menu, an option can be enabled:

Then on contents pane, the same checkbox will show up and will be in sync with symbology pane:

The checkbox on contents pane will be preserved when close and reopen the project. Is this something that might help your workflow?

Re: Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane

HollyTorpey_LSA — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:41:52 GMT

Whoa, I never noticed that! How long has that been there, @ZihanSong? That's great.

Re: Indicate in the Contents pane when a class has been deselected in the symbology pane

ZihanSong — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:09 GMT

@HollyTorpey_LSA it was added the same time with the unique values visibility checkbox, glad to know that it helps with your workflow.