topic Re: Set Label color to category value? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:24:16 GMT

Hello Community; It took awhile to find where this page is where one can post a question to the user community.

I am wanting to set the color of a label to the value that that variable contains in a graduated symbol color scheme for the data. Is this possible without fancy cryptic programming? Thanks; Dave

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:13:48 GMT

Is this the right place to ask questions on using Pro

Re: Set Label color to category value?

ChristopherCounsell — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:22:14 GMT

No. I've moved it to the ArcGIS Pro community.

Re: Set Label color to category value?

ChristopherCounsell — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:24:14 GMT

Don't view programming as 'cryptic'. It's more accessible than you think.

But yes, you can use Label Classes.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/mapping/text/label-classes.htm

Add a label class then use the filtering on it for each value. This is typically used for different scale levels but if you have a few values for different colours it might not be too bad. As you get more values, the more classes you'll need, so using Arcade might be easier.

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:29:55 GMT

Thanks Christopher; Now that a number of my inquiries have been moved over to this community, I am making progress again. This topic is next! Thanks for the link to a possible solution. Will study and get back with the results. Dave

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:02:22 GMT

Again thanks Christopher; This link to using label classes appears to be heading down the right path. But it can never be easy. I got to the point of creating a specific label class using the symbology definition that has the label values graduated by a color scheme. The option for color was selected. Moving to the next steps that say to ensure that List By Labeling is the active method I find that in the Contents Pane there are only the choices of List By Drawing Order, List By Element Type, List By Map Frame, and List Map Series Pages. So I am not sure what the purpose of that is. But having specified color from the symbology rather than the scale, the label colors have not adopted the symbology coloring scheme. And I just do not see a Color Scheme options button that looks like the gear sprocket button. Currently stumped. Am using Pro 3.2.2. Dave

Re: Set Label color to category value?

ChristopherCounsell — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:21:10 GMT

Label classes would need to be added for each colour and filtered. e.g. if field has values of 1, 2, 3; you configure 3 label colours of red, green and blue, filtered for 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

It's tedious. Not aware of any options to easily colour labels the same way you would symbolize the layers.

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:43:22 GMT

Hmmm, sounds like a feature request could be in the making. But, also curious where is the Color Scheme options button that looks like a gear sprocket? In the Label or Symbology working pane on the right hand side? And the List by Labeling option in the Contents pane, where is that option? Thanks for the help, though. Hopefully someone can contribute any other perspectives on this inquiry. Dave

Re: Set Label color to category value?

JesseWickizer — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:13:09 GMT

Here's how to set the color of your labels to match the colors used in your graduated symbol color scheme without programming.

Configure graduated symbols in the layer symbology.
Change the Contents pane to List by labeling.
Right-click the layer that has the graduated symbols and choose Create Label Classes From Symbology.
In the Create Label Classes From Symbology dialog box, check the Color setting to make the color of the new label classes match the color from the graduated symbol classes.
New label classes will be created with SQL queries that match the symbology ranges and text colors that match the corresponding graduated symbol color.

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:53:05 GMT

Thanks Jesse; For the reply. And apologize for taking so long to get back with some further comments.

This got me a little further down the line. I now see that the List By Labeling tag is only available in the Table of Contents for a Map itself. I was trying to find it in a Map Frame being used in a layout for exporting a product map. But that would only be logical since that is where symbologies are illustrated in a Legend.

So I went back and tried it on the source Map. Yeah, the little tag hieroglyphic is there for the List By Labeling view. So after a right click and selecting Create Label Classes From Symbology and specifying Color and not Scale Range, click OK, and it creates a series of boxes corresponding to value range categories created in the Symbology Graduated Colors method and with the 5 classes. See pic.

I don't see the point 1,2,3 etc to the right of the Labeling TOC as is shown in your example. And it still doesn't get the labels colored. What am I missing? Thanks; Dave

Re: Set Label color to category value?

JesseWickizer — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:43:01 GMT

The "Point 1", "Point 2" etc. in my screenshot is my map. My map just has those 5 points with labels.

Make sure to check the "Color" box on the Create Label Classes From Symbology dialog to make the text color match the fill colors of the symbology classes.

Re: Set Label color to category value?

DavidGray1 — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:32:14 GMT

Hi Jesse; Again, thanks for replying on this question. The current impasse on the menu Create Label Classes From Symbology is that I did have the color box chosen. And it did not change anything. Frustrating as this seems to be so close to working as a solution. The product was what was shown in the image I loaded up above. Part of the idea was that if the label text was color coded as it is in the legend, than maybe a smaller font size would work just as well and then actually have more labels appear according to the priority label arranging strategy. Thanks; Dave