topic Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

SteffenRuschinski — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:41:06 GMT

Hi,

I would like to create shortcuts for applications (eg Select by Rectangle, Unselect/Clear...). I found descriptions of the standard shortcuts for navigation in maps or tables, but would like to create my own personalize shortcuts. In ArcMap 10.2 could create own Customize Keyboard Shortcuts.

Regards,

Steffen

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 22:09:16 GMT

ArcGIS Pro 1.1 will have the a new SDK for .NET coming soon. The blog posting is at: ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Blog

Guessing here - but I would "think" the ability to customize Pro at 1.1 and higher releases will enable this functionality. At 1.0, I don't see a way to do it.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

carlosgutierrez2 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:43:12 GMT

As of ArcGIS Pro 1.3.0, it still doesn't seem like the ability to create custom keyboard shortcuts is available. I rely heavily on custom shortcuts in ArcMap and they definitely help increase the efficiency of editing and just working with data in general.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

FrankSimek1 — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:17:16 GMT

I, too, have utilized the custom shortcut keys in the ArcMap application and it does not seem like esri has this same functionality on the horizon for ArcGIS Pro. This might make for a great post in the ArcGIS Ideas forum.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

KoryKramer — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:25:51 GMT

This feature - Custom Accelerators - will be in the next release (2.1) of ArcGIS Pro, scheduled for January 2018.

You'll go to project Options > Customize the Ribbon, find the command for which you want to create a shortcut, and assign the accelerator.

Here is a sneak preview:

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

KoryKramer — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:42:08 GMT

https://community.esri.com/ideas/14239‌

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

MollyBarth — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:05:11 GMT

Hi Kory,

I am really hoping for a shortcut for 'select' while editing. I have assigned CTRL+A as shown below to the select command. However, when I return to my project this accelerator has no effect. I have tried restarting ArcPro.. this didn't help either. Any ideas? Thanks.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:10:48 GMT

One workaround is to Customize the Quick Access Toolbar with the Select tool. Granted not a hot key but gives you a quicker way to access the tool

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

ZachAnderson2 — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 22:47:00 GMT

I too am looking for a hot key shortcut to the select tool. I really don't understand why there is not something equivalent to the "edit arrow" of ArcMap that lets you select a feature, move the feature, and double click to edit vertices (for line or polygon). With the current ArcPro editing tools I have to go back up to the ribbon and switch tools each time I want to go between simple editing functions. I do a lot of edits and the bottom line is that the way ArcPro editing tools are set up makes editing slower and requires more mouse clicks than in ArcMap. Bring back the edit arrow please or figure out a way to make a hot key to switch back to the select tool and possibly the explore tool too (which is in a completely different ribbon tab so that's one more click!).

Thanks

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

ThomasColson — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 16:21:36 GMT

"I do a lot of edits and the bottom line is that the way ArcPro editing tools are set up makes editing slower and requires more mouse clicks than in ArcMap"

Agreed. With ArcMap, I don't have to "customize" any Ribbons (nor show a very large group of users how to do so), or keep rearranging tools in "favorites" or the Analysis gallery. Gearing up for a day-long edit section in Arc? Just turn on the Editing, Advanced Editing, and Production Editing toolbars in Arc, move them anywhere on the screen I need them to be. 6 mouse movements/clicks to get it set up, the only other mouse-works is moving the pointer to this or that icon on anyone of the toolbars.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

KoryKramer — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:42:11 GMT

Zach, you might want to pop over to the Ideas site to vote and add your comments to https://community.esri.com/ideas/13935 Thomas Colson‌ provided a screenshot of how he sets up his work that illustrates the description he provided on this thread.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

BenRufenacht — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:56:30 GMT

I have the same issue with the select Accelerator. I hope they fix this one soon. The other tools I have tried work fine.

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

Scott_Harris — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:13:54 GMT

FYI - I can reproduce this, so I've logged a new defect report in Esri Technical Support for this issue:

[BUG-000118816 An Accelerator set for the Select tool does not function.]

Please contact Support at 888-377-4575 to be attached to the defect and for tracking the status.

-Scott

Re: ArcGIS Pro customize Shortcuts

JohnJones — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:29:08 GMT

In Pro editing tools now have selection built into them to reduce reliance on the selection tool (much like selection was built into the ArcMap Edit tool but not really for other tools that also required selections). The UI for both selecting and using editing tools are centralized in the Modify (& Create) dock panes to reduce reliance on the ribbon.

Currently we are rather restricted on hotkey usage since there seem to be many conflicts with different view types (editing tools mainly need to operate in all views so if one view type uses a hotkey for navigation it is off limits). We are working through a story to better allocate the scarce resource of keyboard hotkeys (post 2.3 work ongoing).