idea Show Unsorted Field Names in ArcGIS Pro Delete Field Tool in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/show-unsorted-field-names-in-arcgis-pro-delete/idi-p/940783 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In ArcGIS Pro, the Delete Field tool displays field aliases, sorted in alphabetical order.&nbsp; The problem is the tables I want to delete fields from have several autogenerated fields.&nbsp; It's easy for me to pick out the autogenerated fields if I can see the field names listed in the same order they appear in the table.&nbsp; &nbsp;However, using a sorted list of field aliases means I have to go through each value and pick out which ones were autogenerated (which I want to delete) vs which ones I created (which I want to keep).</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:01:39 GMT LucasMurray2 2020-08-06T22:01:39Z Show Unsorted Field Names in ArcGIS Pro Delete Field Tool https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/show-unsorted-field-names-in-arcgis-pro-delete/idi-p/940783 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In ArcGIS Pro, the Delete Field tool displays field aliases, sorted in alphabetical order.&nbsp; The problem is the tables I want to delete fields from have several autogenerated fields.&nbsp; It's easy for me to pick out the autogenerated fields if I can see the field names listed in the same order they appear in the table.&nbsp; &nbsp;However, using a sorted list of field aliases means I have to go through each value and pick out which ones were autogenerated (which I want to delete) vs which ones I created (which I want to keep).</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:01:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/show-unsorted-field-names-in-arcgis-pro-delete/idi-p/940783 LucasMurray2 2020-08-06T22:01:39Z Re: Show Unsorted Field Names in ArcGIS Pro Delete Field Tool - Status changed to: Already Offered https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/show-unsorted-field-names-in-arcgis-pro-delete/idc-p/1136548#M18392 <P>The Delete Field tool was changed in Pro 2.9 to use a list of checkboxes as the control, and the fields are ordered the same as the attribute table (controlled through the field order which can be set in the Fields view).&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DrewFlater_0-1643052248034.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32139i08A45E71358EE434/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DrewFlater_0-1643052248034.png" alt="DrewFlater_0-1643052248034.png" /></span></P><P>There is another idea about an application-wide setting to control display of field aliases vs. names:&nbsp;<BR /><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/setting-to-disable-field-aliases/idi-p/1114493" target="_blank">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/setting-to-disable-field-aliases/idi-p/1114493</A></P> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:28:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/show-unsorted-field-names-in-arcgis-pro-delete/idc-p/1136548#M18392 DrewFlater 2022-01-24T19:28:14Z