idea Move <all other values> in TOC in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Move in TOC

TimOrmsby — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:40:55 GMT

When you symbolize data on categories, sometimes you symbolize a few unique values and assign the rest to <all other values>. In the TOC, this entry is always listed first in the layer. Other values can be reordered with arrow keys on the layer properties symbology tab, but not this one. For me, <all other values> is usually a collection of less important features in the view. Usually, I would rather see it at the bottom of the list than the top. Or sometimes, I want to rename its label from <all other values> to something else and then I might want to insert the renamed value alphabetically into the list of values. Anyway, I would like this flexibility to be available.

Re: Move in TOC

JurajKrumpolec — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:41:57 GMT

+ possibility to move it to heading

Re: Move in TOC

RickFrantz — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:29 GMT

It's often a lesser important collection of values and I want it to appear that way in the legend.

Re: Move in TOC

DavidBarnes — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:13:31 GMT

Rather than using the "All Other Values" category you could turn that category off so it doesn't get shown, group all of your "other values" into their own group, edit the label and adjust its postion in the list of classes. Not as automatic as letting "All Other Values" pick up any unused classes, but it works now.

Cleaner "All Other Values" in legends.

AndrewCole — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:17:15 GMT

The only way to show the "All Other Values" in a legend are very clunky. It should be a very simple thing to allow moving the other values up and down, like any other class. I have never seen a good map with the "others" listed at the top and seperated by a different heading; instead, they are just listed as another class of data, at the bottom of the list.

ArcMap Legend:

Better Legend:

It is easy enough to convert to graphics and fix the legend; however, this disconnects the legend and results in wrong symbology and other problems. I hate converting legends to graphics but I have to on almost every map I make. We have a huge library of maps we produce on demand and make updates as needed, but we make one update to the underlying data and we have to manually change dozens and dozens of map legends manually.

Re: Move in TOC

JamesFurka — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:57:18 GMT

Just got off the phone with ESRI support as I wanted to do this very same thing. At least having the option to move it to the bottom would be a big improvement.

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RichardReinicke — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:35:23 GMT

dbarnes-esristaff‌ But this is exactly the missing feature. If I want to set up a service, maybe a feature service and I want to configure the legend to show only some special values on top and to hide or group any other possible values (also not yet existing ones) at bottom.

Re: Move in TOC

ZihanSong — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:07:28 GMT

Currently in ArcGIS Pro, "all other values" is at the bottom of the legend in TOC:

You could also click on its label in TOC to change <all other values> to any custom string.

ability to move 'all other values' in legend

SarahRijneke — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:11:25 GMT

Pretty small request here. Just looking for the ability to move the all other values symbol up and down in the legend like we are already able to do with other symbols. I know that I have the ability to convert the legend to graphics and re-arrange but I would like to keep the connection between the legend and map layers in case I have to add more data to my layout down the road. In my screen capture below, I want the Priority 1 symbol & label to appear first in my map layout to stay consistent with other maps in this series even though none of these features appear in the map.

Re: Move in TOC

JesseWickizer — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:22:11 GMT

@SarahRijneke, as a workaround, you could split your priority 2 & 3 values and the other values into separate layers with definition queries, then add the 2 layers to the legend in the desired order.

This way avoids converting the legend to graphics, maintaining connection to each layers' symbology.

Re: Move in TOC

GelcysWilliams — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:38:11 GMT

I was looking for a way to reorder All Other Values in Pro, around my other Unique Values. I have a handful of tree stumps and other non-trees grouped into one category called Other, and the rest of the trees in this FC are "all other values" - labeled as Trees. It would be great to have my Trees (All other values) at the top of the list, and my Others category at the bottom... but can't mix/swap the two. 😞

Re: Move in TOC

Kevin_MacLeod — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:41:38 GMT

Hey Gelcys, small world. It's Kevin.

Came here with the same thing. I thought for sure this would be possible. 15 years later, almost 2026 it's still not possible. This is important because often we have a bunch of values we as users want to lump together and include in a legend in a web app but don't want the 'Other' to be at the bottom for various reasons. (Might also give it some other name; in my case, 'Uninspected' but I want it top of the legend for various reasons)

Secondly, I also want to do the exact same thing as Gelcys. I want to group All Other Values with one or two other categories. For various reasons.

Third, I wish we could SHOW all other values on the map but HIDE it on the Legend symbology optionally. Because again, various reasons. Currently, if it's not in the legend, the features won't be visible on the map in the web viewer. Basic stuff. We need the basics more than AI or 3D.