topic Re: sort maps successively in the map frame in ArcGIS Pro Questions

sort maps successively in the map frame

SalahAjjur — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:20:40 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to successively sort maps in the map frame instead of wasting the user's time looking for the map number? Please see the shot below.

Thanks,

Salah

Re: sort maps successively in the map frame

JayantaPoddar — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:39:33 GMT

The easiest way I can think of is to rename the initial map frames (Map1-Map9) as Map01, Map02, Map03, ..., Map09.

This will ensure all the maps are in order in the dropdown list.

Re: sort maps successively in the map frame

jcarlson — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:32:53 GMT

Definitely the way to go. You may be able to quickly rename them all using a bit of arcpy and regex, too.

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") for lyt in aprx.listLayouts(): pad_name = re.sub(r'(?<=Map)(?=[1-9])(?![1-9])', '0', lyt.name) lyt.name = pad_name

Re: sort maps successively in the map frame

TomBole — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:46:54 GMT

All,

There is a known issue with the sorting of map frames - BUG-000138357 "Alphabetical sorting is not honored in the drop-down menu in the Format Map Frame pane".

Tom