topic Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Force legend to match attribute spacing?

GB_MattPanunto_GISS — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:25:27 GMT

I have a script that generates a legend field in my feature class. The resulting field values are spaced exactly how I want them to display, and they look great in both the attribute table, and in the Map's layer list (below image, left).

However, when I create a legend for the layer, the legend's spacing seems to be different, so things can start to look sloppy and shift around (below image, right).

It would seem that legends use differently sized spaces compared to the attribute field/layer list. Is there any way to force it to look exactly like it does in the attribute table/layer list?

Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing?

DrVSSKiran — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:36:14 GMT

Try to increase the spacing size +5 to 6 in your script.

Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing?

GB_MattPanunto_GISS — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:42:49 GMT

I don't understand what you mean by this. I'm using Python for what it's worth.

Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing?

DrVSSKiran — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:44:55 GMT

It's nothing but attribute field length.

Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing?

KenBuja — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:41:16 GMT

You appear to use a different font in the legend. Can you change it to match the TOC's font?

Re: Force legend to match attribute spacing?

GB_MattPanunto_GISS — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:03:56 GMT

That was it! There are a few fonts that significantly improve the spacing issue. Do you happen to know what font the TOC is? I thought maybe it was Arial, but that seems to be off by just a hair.