topic Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE in ArcGIS Pro Questions

ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

PeteCoventry3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:06:32 GMT

I'm using Scene in ArcGIS Pro and I don't understand why my Label Placement is grayed out even though I've selected my Feature Class in the Contents panel and the Maplex Label Engine is checked? I'm new to Pro and could be missing something obvious.

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Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out

DanPatterson_Retired — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:35:20 GMT

labels turned on etc?? http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/text/labeling-basics.htm

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out

PeteCoventry3 — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 02:35:50 GMT

Dan, thanks so much for responding. As far as I can tell my labels are turned on. I've right click onto my feature an turned the labels on that way....also clicked onto the labels icon in the upper left to turn them on as well and still the label placement is grayed out.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 02:52:49 GMT

Pete, there are too many options to sift through, you will have to elaborate on where the process breaks down. I assume that you have a featureclass layer which can be labelled, but the point where the options gets activates suggests that something simple hasn't been done

two access points

1 right-click on a layer and select 'Label' , the labels appear and the toolbar options appear

2 right-click on a layer and select 'Label properties' the following dialog appears as well

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out

aronlangley — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:52:51 GMT

Hi Pete,

Ive had trouble with labels in the 2D group, when I move them to the 3D group they seem to work better.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:07:02 GMT

Sounds like a bug - BUG-000093727 : Label customization options are disabled in 3D Scene in ArcGIS Pro.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

PeteCoventry3 — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:11:55 GMT

Thank you so much for identifying the issue and reporting it, thought I was going crazy!

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

EricDéziel — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:56:34 GMT

I have the exact same problem. I can't label anything.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

PeteCoventry3 — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:02:27 GMT

Apparently it's a bug that has the label placement disabled. The issue has officially been reported, but have no idea on the timeline as to when it'll be fixed. Until we hear otherwise, we're out of luck on this one....

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

EricDéziel — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:56:02 GMT

Well, in the meantime, you can use a featureclass in the 2D section with symbology. You can copy/paste this featureclass in the 3D section with a label and no symbology. You will not have the choice of label, bit at least it will be some label...

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

Robert_LeClair — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:33:49 GMT

Update for Pro 2.1 - the bug lives on sadly in the latest iteration. For customers experiencing this issue, you may associate your Customer ID with the bug by calling Esri Support Services. With more customers added to the bug, perhaps it will be resolved sooner.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

BradTyberg — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:31:04 GMT

25Feb2018

Maplex Label Engine not working (enabled but all action buttons greyed out in content pane) for ArcGIS Pro Advanced 2.1.1.10257

Look forward to fix asap

thx ESRI

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

CalvinKwon1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:14:06 GMT

Has there been any update to this issue?

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

JustinMcCubbin1 — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:14:52 GMT

Nope. Still having the same problem in Pro 2.2.3

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

deleted-user-KeCekUcGoK9m — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:31:27 GMT

Hi, I'm having a similar issue here. I'm labeling points in a Scene but all the options are grayed out - I can't even select options from the Label Placement. I tried with different features - same thing. I'm currently using ArcGIS Pro 2.3.0

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

Robert_LeClair — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:41:15 GMT

If you move it into the 2D layers of the Contents Pane, does the Label Placement UI not gray out? Please advise.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

deleted-user-KeCekUcGoK9m — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:06:47 GMT

HI Robert. Thanks for your reply.I just moved it to the 2D Contents Pane and nothing changed in the Label Placement options. I moved it back to the 3D pane and now the labels are on top of the points - which is fine, but I'd like to make some changes on the "Position" section, but they are still grayed out.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

Robert_LeClair — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:34:08 GMT

Hi Eduardo - so in reviewing the bug report with other customers via Support Services, I've learned there is an enhancement request ENH-000119346 (Allow option to disable ArcGIS Pro 3D scene labels showing through buildings at street level." At first read, it seems unrelated, but in a deeper review of the request, it does reference the BUG in this thread and mentions that later releases will focus more on 3D labeling. So this means that this issue is with us for the near term sadly.

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

deleted-user-KeCekUcGoK9m — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:41:25 GMT

Robert, thanks again for your fast reply. Got it, thanks for letting me know - I will work my way around this issue.

Thanks!

Re: ArcGIS Pro Label Placement grayed out in SCENE

JoannaMerson1 — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:20:19 GMT

The issues with not controlling label placement are improved, but live on in 2.4.

These are labels that I had to create in the 3D layer. The label placement buttons look greyed out, but if you expand to open the full label panel you can change the position here.

However, the alignment options still don't work. I'd really like to be able to center my multi-line labels.