idea ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

Anonymous User — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:48:57 GMT

Please, add an option to set custom symbol for selected polygons (as it is in ArcMap). If more neighboring polygons are selectes as the answer to selection by attribute or location it is not clear if the inner polygon(s) is selected or not. Perhaps it would be more useful to highlight selectes polygons by filled or hashed polygon symbol by default.

Vladimir Zenkl

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

RachaelChasse — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:15:04 GMT

It sounds like you have two separate ideas here. Identifying which polygons are selected by using a fill pattern instead of an outline makes so much sense, especially if it is done in the cyan color that everyone is familiar with.

Maybe be it would be good to split these two ideas? I think the idea to show selected polygons by a fill should stand on its own, and might get votes faster.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

ThomasCox — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:11:09 GMT

I am surprised and disappointed this did not make it in already. Setting a selection symbol (beyond simply color) seems a basic requirement. I have written numerous applications that rely on this. It is unfortunate we have to lobby (vote) for it be there.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

PeteVitt — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:08:00 GMT

This was a feature I used all the time in ArcMap and I'm hoping it gets into ArcPro soon

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

JeffBarrette — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:54:44 GMT

We are targeting this capability for Pro 2.7.

Note - even though the CIM properties currently exist, changing the CIM definition for a layer's selection symbol will also not work.

Jeff - arcpy.mp Team

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons - Status changed to: Implemented

KoryKramer — Thu, 13 May 2021 20:35:09 GMT

Implemented in ArcGIS Pro 2.8.

See and (6:21) in the video.

Re: ArcGIS Pro: symbology for selected polygons

GISAdminSHN — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:51:09 GMT

@KoryKramer partially implemented, still needs option for line thickness. We could then make them thinner while making detailed polygon edits, or thicker if someone needed that for accessibility reasons maybe?

Would also be nice if the selection symbology could optionally ignore the layer's existing fill, for example I am currently editing some polygons with a dense fill of dots, but the spacing allows me to still see the imagery beneath. When selected every dot is getting the default selection color and thickness and making the imagery impossible to see. Yes, I could change the layer's symbology to something else, but either of the above mentioned abilities would have been a better solution.