topic Re: Legend dropping items in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Legend dropping items

anamanvil — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:45:21 GMT

Hi All,

Is there a way to read this common warning on Layout Legend using arcpy?

Even though I adjust the font to fit all legend items; there are instances where not all legend items can fit within the legend placeholder. As the generation of these PDFs is automated using arcpy I am wondering if there is a way to read this warning and output an error so that the user can modify it manually when necessary.

Thanks,

Ana

Re: Legend dropping items

DanPatterson — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:22:59 GMT

I don't see anything in arcpy or arcpy's CIM

ArcGIS Pro Python reference—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Python CIM access—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: Legend dropping items

anamanvil — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:27:50 GMT

Me neither...

I tried iterating through layer items within the map and comparing it to legend items to see if there was a discrepancy when a specific item is not physically appearing within the legend placeholder; but it seems that even though the legend item is not shown, it is still part of the legend item list.

So it seems just not possible to highlight this scenario with Python...

Re: Legend dropping items

DanPatterson — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:52:02 GMT

Not everything in Pro is exposed to python or other coding access

Re: Legend dropping items

JeffBarrette — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:51:37 GMT

In arcpy.mapping (ArcMap) we had a Legend.isOverFlowing property. We have plans to add this to Pro as well. Hopefully in 2.9 or the next release.

Jeff - arcpy.mp and Layout Teams

Re: Legend dropping items

anamanvil — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:38:23 GMT

Nice to hear we we'll have this functionality soon.