topic Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

EvanThoms — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 21:34:03 GMT

I have not found a way to customize the right-click context menus in AG Pro (through the GUI like you can in ArcMap). Is this possible?

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:11:52 GMT

I could only find the editor toolbar Customize the editing toolbar—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop

Or the application and ribbons Application settings—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop

but little else. A visual of what you are trying to customize might provide a suggestion

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:51:30 GMT

I asked one of our Developer staff about this - his response:

I know you can create a context menu:

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/sdk/api-reference/#topic10135.html

You cany use an updatemodule to modify an existing menu, but I’m unsure if they are categorized.

Dynamic Menus can be used to populate a menu with commands on the fly:

<dynamicMenu caption="Acme Menu"

className="DynoMenu"

id="acme_dynoMenu"

largeImage="pack://application:,,,/ProTestApp;component/Images/MenuImage32.png"

smallImage="pack://application:,,,/ProTestApp;component/Images/MenuImage16.png" >

</dynamicMenu>

http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/sdk/api-reference/#topic10440.html

Those are cool if you want to build a context menu and dynamically specify what it holds based on the context (you could add different tools depending on whether you click on a point geometry vs a polygon, for example). That’s a pretty cool option. J

Hope this helps.

Robert LeClair

Esri-Denver

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

EvanThoms — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:23:57 GMT

Ok, thanks. I figured the only way was through ArcObjects.

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

JonBrandt115 — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:50:51 GMT

For folks who have to edit a lot of data in a production environment this ability was very helpful in ArcMap. I used to add "Save Edits" to a couple different context menus so that I could just right click and select the icon. Same with "Merge" and "Split". It cut down on the time trying to find the icon in the ribbons or additional windows. I don't want to have to create a new Context Menu I just want to add shortcuts to already existing menus. It would be awesome if we had this ability again in Pro. (See first attachment)

In ArcMap I've added to my "Edit" context menu the ability to directly access the 6 tools outlined in red (See 2nd attachment). I inserted "Add Lats at Connection" twice so that depending on how the menu popped up I could quickly choose it from the top of the list or the bottom. If I completed a major project I might go back and get rid of one of these additional tools to unclutter the menu.

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

Carsten_Berens — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:44:25 GMT

We completely agree with Jon. We have been waiting for the ability to customise the context menus since we started working with ArcGIS pro. The customised Edit Tool Menu (see attachtment) was very effective for extensive editing work.
Dear Esri developers, please integrate "Customisable Context Menus" back into ArcGIS Pro.

Re: Customize ArcGIS Pro context menus (easily)?

PatrickAllen4 — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:09:41 GMT

Just catching up with this old thread. Any progress on this topic? We are just getting moved over to Arc Pro and modifying the context menus is a high priority for many of our users.