idea Labels in Legend in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Labels in Legend

TonyVeale1 — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:46:30 GMT

Scenario: a polygon layer of varying symbology is labelled differently for each symbol.

Is there some way of being able to choose to have one of those labels in each polygon showing in the legend? This would help to identify those poygons better in the map, if their (associated) label can be shown, too.

For example, I used graphic text to add to the legend below, but could this be available as a tick box in setting up the legend?

I think this is similar to someone wantiong highway shields shown on line symbols in a legend, but this is more specifically to do with polygons.

Re: Labels in Legend

CarolineJackman — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:46:47 GMT

You can do this manually by adding a description with formatting tags and offsetting it so that it overlaps the symbol but it can be a bit of a pain...
Would be great if it could be automated to read the symbology from the labels to apply to a description in the legend.

Re: Labels in Legend

CarolineJackman — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:46:51 GMT

Entering characters in legend items

TomoharuOgashiwa — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:34:37 GMT

凡例を作成したときに、アイテムの上に文字を表示したいと思うことが多々あります。

上の図の通りアイテム上に文字が表示できると助かります。

Re: Entering characters in legend items

KoryKramer — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:06:30 GMT

Translation:

When you create a legend, you often want to display text on an item.
It would be helpful if characters could be displayed on the item as shown above.

and this may be related to Legend: adding symbol into patch

Re: Entering characters in legend items

TomoharuOgashiwa — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 06:53:26 GMT

Thank you for the translation.

Re: Labels in Legend

graharg_MAO — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:12:08 GMT

Another use case is for labelling with logos. I make many land lease maps showing company lease holders with the company logo as a label point. This works much better than adding a picture marker to a polygon fill layer since the placement and alignment can be controlled.

My current hack is to have two layers. One with labels and one with markers in the polygon fill to be in the legend. The labeled layer is on the map and the marker fill is on the legend. The legend is converted to graphics so I can show the marker fill layer without actually displaying on the map.

Re: Labels in Legend

HaleyVentura — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:48:47 GMT

Are there any work arounds for this? Is there a solution being developed?