topic Re: Symbology changes when changing no. of classes in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Symbology changes when changing no. of classes

AvaFarouche — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:43:38 GMT

Hello!

When I change the number of classes I have in a layer, the symbol squares change from solid color to hatched fill. Has anyone else had this happen? Do you have any ideas why it happens? It doesn't happen every time I do it, but more than half.

I can go change it back if I click on each individual symbol square, go to Format Polygon Symbol, and switch it back from hatched to solid. But why??

I do environmental analysis, so my projects can include many, many layers of graduated symbology that I have to tailor each time for optimal visualization. When this random change happens, I have to change each class in each layer to go back to solid fill.

Thank you!

Re: Symbology changes when changing no. of classes

Ed_ — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:28:57 GMT

Could be a glitch/bug

Re: Symbology changes when changing no. of classes

Robert_LeClair — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:51:54 GMT

Whenever I see general strangeness, like this, I recommend doing a soft factory reset to restore core ArcGIS Pro functionality. You can find the details on how to do this here.

Re: Symbology changes when changing no. of classes

AvaFarouche — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:08:45 GMT

Thanks, Robert. I just downloaded Pro onto a new laptop yesterday. It did it on my old one too.

Re: Symbology changes when changing no. of classes

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:38:33 GMT

Thank you for the response. I believe I've found the reason this occurs - there's an FAQ document here that explains the why's.