topic Re: TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND in ArcGIS Pro Questions

TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND

Robnull — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:55:17 GMT

Hi, i have a question

In ArcMAP there was the command "TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE". In Arcgis PRO this command no longer exist.

I kindly ask you if you can tell me a way to quickly recreate that command in ArcGIS PRO (with the same practicality and speed of execution).

Re: TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND

Robert_LeClair — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 22:33:52 GMT

In ArcMap, the Toggle Reference Scale tool was available via the Production Mapping extension as referenced here - Toggling reference scale for edited representations—ArcMap | Documentation

I've looked for similar functionality in ArcGIS Pro and "think" this may be what you're looking for - go to the Layer Properties of your layer in the Contents Pane, click the Display tab and under Scale there is a checkbox "Scale symbols when a reference scale is set" - is this what you're looking for? If not, please let me know what specifically you're looking for. Thank you!

Re: TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND

Robnull — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:49:44 GMT

Hi, I've tried it. It does the same works as "Toggle Reference Scale", but it does it only for 1 layer at time, and you have to open properties -> display -> click

there isn't a way to make the button universal for all layer with 1 click and make it accessible with just 1 click ? Just like the old button in Arcmap!

Thanks 🙂

Re: TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND

Robert_LeClair — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:24:50 GMT

Not that I'm aware of...unfortunately. You may want to create an ArcGIS Idea for this item so it gets visibility with the development team. Those closest thing I saw on existing ideas was this - Selection options – Scale selection symbols when a... - Esri Community - but it's not exactly what you're looking for I know.

Re: TOGGLE REFERENCE SCALE - COMMAND

Robnull — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:50:17 GMT

the step I found to speed up one click is to create a custom bar by placing options.

They then suggested me to work with a double screen, making a duplicate of the Map and putting one scaled map and one not.

Thanks so much for the support