idea Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

GregBazhaw — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:30:09 GMT

When using the scroll bar in an attribute table in Desktop, one can visually browse all the records as they scroll by, even on large datasets. In Pro, when you scroll the attribute table, you get a blank screen with the word "Scanning...". One has no idea where they are in the long list of records, until they stop scrolling, only to discover they need to scroll further, or they scrolled too far. This is terribly inefficient. The Desktop way to scroll works way better. Please implement this method of scrolling for the attribute tables in Pro.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:04:53 GMT

Hi Greg Bazhaw‌,

The scanning behavior you're seeing is new at Pro 2.0 and was implemented for performance reasons. If you're grabbing the scroll bar and dragging it up or down and working with a large table, is that when you see it?

If you need to visually browse all the records as they scroll by, what happens on your table when you press and hold the down button on the table?

Have you looked at Shortcut keys for working with tables—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop ?

I'm not sure if this would work for you, but if you right-click on the scroll bar, you can page up and page down - probably not quite the trick if you want a continuous scroll to browse as the records flow by. In that case, probably holding the down arrow, either on the key board, or clicking and holding the scroll bar's down arrow with the mouse would achieve that.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:21:23 GMT

The problem with using the keyboard, or the "down arrow" in the attribute table, is that the records scroll at a fixed, very slow speed. I need to able to grab the scroll bar when I'm in the "A's" and with a quick downward wrist movement, scroll to the "M's", which, in Arc Map, I can see I'm getting close to with the default scroll behavior. I never noticed any performance issues in Arc Map, or any other program that shows the records as your scroll (e.g. Excel).

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

Anonymous User — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 01:46:39 GMT

I don't remember it being like this on previous versions. Pretty annoying and really needs to be changed. If this is for performance, why isn't Microsoft doing this with Excel? At least all this scanning will make me feel like I'm on the USS Enterprise https://imgflip.com/i/1vaohl

I also noticed that deleting selected rows will move the table to the beginning of the table. So if I am deleting based on an attribute in the middle of the table, I have to delete and then "scan" back to the spot I was previously at. Please correct these performance reasons.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

TomMagdaleno — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:15:50 GMT

Another task I attempted in ArcGIS Pro and went back to ArcMap. This is just unworkable. I have a table of 10,000 street signs. A large dataset to me, but not huge by database standards. Furthermore these are named things like G1-5 and then G3-6. So scrolling through just one letter is difficult. If Pro were my only option I would have to summarize the table on name, then relate it back to the original dataset. Pro is much faster at processing, but time and again I run into these workflow issues that make it more time consuming to use.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:30:03 GMT

The scanning behavior has been improved in ArcGIS Pro 2.2 to show the row and when you pause it will display the value from your display field:

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:28:47 GMT

Kory Kramer when will the horizontal scroll be fixed? In an attribute table with many columns, when I scroll horizontally, all I get is the column name. I need to be able to scroll left and right and see attribute values, not column names. This is the way it works in Arc, and I've never noticed any performance problems, even with over 100 columns.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

RELAdmin — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 13:34:54 GMT

Even with the "improvement" (showing the row you paused on) this still makes using the attribute table incredible inefficient, and at times unusable. Why are there performance issues with a table?? I can see performance issues when working with large datasets on a map, but the attribute table should just work. I probably won't use Pro until the table works like ArcMap, or just like Excel for that matter.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

NickDierks1 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:21:07 GMT

Just wanted to add that the current "fix" still doesn't help matters much at all. I regularly go through several situations where it's incredibly helpful to be able to see the full records as they scroll by:

If I need to see the values in a different column than the one being displayed, or looking for values in multiple columns at once.
If I'm looking for 'blocks' of similar data that's been sorted together, instead of one record at a time.
If I'm looking for highlighted records. Sure, I can toggle the "View highlighted records" button, but if I need to see those in context alongside the un-highlighted records, that doesn't help--I still have to go back and scroll down to them.
If I'm quickly scanning the data as I scroll to look for anomalies, particularly in fields that aren't easily controlled by domains or other rules but are still mostly standardized. This goes double if I don't know what the anomalies are, so I can't simply run a search for them.
And all of this is not to mention that this fix still causes me to pause the scrolling in order to see anything anyway.

I didn't use Pro a whole lot before version 2.0 was implemented, so I don't know what the performance issues were, but maybe give us the ability to toggle this "Scanning" behaviour on and off? Those who definitely notice a performance hit and don't mind the new functionality can leave it on, but those of us who'd rather make it easier to quickly scan and find records can turn it off.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

KoryKramer — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:50:15 GMT

Hi Nick, a couple of options, different levels of investment.

Set up a custom display expression on the layer that you're scanning which could be useful depending on how you work. This way you can move through the table very quickly (like below, through tens of thousands of records) but still pause and see a nicely formatted view.

But since that doesn't sound like what you're looking for, you have the option to use the arrow key and see all the records as they scroll by.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:09:50 GMT

Horizontal scrolling is still broken in 2.3.....scroll left or right, all you get is column names. It works in ArcMap, what was the change? Using the arrow key is not at all efficient.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ColeAndrews — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:56:53 GMT

Kory Kramer‌ I'm not sure this should be categorized "Implemented" since the request is to mimic ArcMap behavior and not gray out the table and show "scanning". As everyone has pointed out, the additions of a couple values below "scanning" is not an equivalency. If the decision is to not have the proposed equivalency, then the status should be "Not in Current Product Plan".

For those that work in tables all day, using the down arrow keys is far too slow for looking through the table, and the current Pro behavior is sub-par to that of ArcMap behavior.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

HamishMills — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:33:17 GMT

I agree that this should not be tagged as implemented, as the actual issue at hand has not been resolved. Scrolling tables in ArcGIS Pro seems extremely limited compared with any other database product I have used to date.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

Gerald_Daumiller — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:50:20 GMT

I also agree that this should not be tagged as implemented. I do have a partial workaround - using the mouse scrollwheel makes the list scroll faster than clicking and holding the down arrow control, and allows a little bit better control than pressing and holding the down arrow keyboard key.

There still isn't any option that is remotely as nicely functional as dragging the scrollbar in ArcMap.

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ColeAndrews — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:29:00 GMT

With the multitude of users identifying this as not implemented, can we get some traction from esri on a response?

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:49:24 GMT

Perhaps a poll.....

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:12:36 GMT

Let's hope this is implemented in 2.5. 2.4 and still the very inefficient "Scanning" display, having to setup display expressions for every table you want to scroll, stop scrolling, see where you're at. Particularly painful to use in attribute tables with thousands of records. Horizontal scrolling is still not working as expected either. Since a substantial portion of editing, data management, qa, and data review occurs in the attribute table, makes sense that future "implementation" address the OP's idea was for scrolling to work as it does in ArcMap

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ColeAndrews — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:21:24 GMT

Thomas Colson‌, you may try responding to Kory's question about scrolling on this thread:

https://community.esri.com/ideas/16481-see-fields-while-scrolling-through-attribute-table-in-arcpro

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

ThomasColson — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:00:51 GMT

That thread refers to "See Fields while Scrolling Through Attribute Table in ArcPro".

Are there any updates on when this will be implemented?

Re: Scrolling the attribute table in ArcGIS Pro

Anonymous User — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:50:01 GMT

This is not directly inline with the original post but at least somewhat related, are others frustrated or have experienced in Pro if you scroll to the right in your attribute table then begin to select rows the attribute table automatically scrolling all the way to the left (to the beginning). I understand a workaround being to reorder your fields that way you can identify values and thus fields to highlight within your current 'view' (ideally all in the beginning of the table), however that can be time consuming and seems like an unnecessary step. If you have reviewing and highlighting fields based off columns at the end of the table you need to continue to scroll back and forth after each manual highlight. Incredible inefficient and time consuming. I am finding little to now information online which is a bit surprising. I don't recall having this issue in earlier versions of Pro, although I could be mistaken. Thoughts anyone?

I am running the latest version of Pro (2.4.1).