idea Vertical floating toolbars in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Vertical floating toolbars

JohnSobetzer — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:50:48 GMT

Since tech support has indicated that docked vertical toolbars between the TOC and the work/view/layout area will not be accepted for enhancement, as a workaround I would like to be able to orient any toolbar in the vertical direction, and then I can float them over the abutting edges of the TOC and work/view/layout/area to approximate the docked situation. I also want to be able to control the width or number of buttons, or at least reduce it to one. Currently only the Layout toolbar comes in the vertical orientation, and it can only be made one button wide by removing some of the existing buttons.

I first saw vertical toolbars running between the TOC and work area on an ESRI presenter's computer and I've now used them for years. They take up the less valuable horizontal space (which there is much more of with wide aspect monitors) and they are close to the "action" requiring less mouse movement.

Re: Vertical floating toolbars

SteveH — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:59:29 GMT

You can do this already.
In customise mode just drag on the bottom edge of the toolbar and pull it right down.

Re: Vertical floating toolbars

JohnSobetzer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:23:53 GMT

Thanks Stephen for the suggestion. What I can't seem to do is to get the toolbars to vertically display at a width of one. I can get Advanced Editing and Cogo down to double button width, but I want one button width. I can't get Topology down below 8 button width. I got Layout down to one button width only by removing a bunch of buttons.

Re: Vertical floating toolbars

RobertBorchert — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:39:15 GMT

I use Pro more and more these days but for hard core editing I have to go back to ArcMap. A huge part of this is my customizable toolbars that I can either float or dock and change the shape.