topic Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

AllanDegreef — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:28:27 GMT

Hi, I am experiencing troubles with ordering my different feature layers in the Contents Pane.
It should be straightforward but I always get the red icon.
I have selected the Drawing Order modality of course.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

DanPatterson — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:34:20 GMT

do you mean red exclamation mark?

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Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

AllanDegreef — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:06:45 GMT

Hi Dan,

No, apparently it is called the No Symbol, this one: :prohibited:

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

AllanDegreef — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:08:58 GMT

Ok, it doesnt allow the symbol apparently.
Basically it is a red circle with a diagonal line...

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Woosh_AP — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:31:25 GMT

I installed the latest version of ArcGIS Pro yesterday (3.4.2) and since then I have been experiencing the same issue whereby I cannot reorder layers by dragging in the Contents pane and cannot drag items between other panes and the map frames. I've tried restarting my PC, but this did not resolve the issue.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:39:20 GMT

Hi @Woosh_AP - whenever I see wonky behavior after an install of new software/updates, I find doing a soft reset of ArcGIS Pro to be of value. You can learn more about this here.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

MichaelGrossman — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:10:15 GMT

@Woosh_AP

Were you upgrading to 3.4.2 from 3.4.0? Or was it from 3.3 or earlier? We are trying to figure out if this started happening at 3.4.2 or if it was there in 3.4.0 as well. Thank you for any information you can provide.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

NellyRubio — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 01:44:22 GMT

I too am having this issue. I was running on a older version 3.1 and it had that issue and just updated to 3.4 a couple days ago and it worked fine for a day and now it’s still not letting me rearrange my layers. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and no improvement.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Woosh_AP — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 07:15:37 GMT

I was upgrading from 3.4.0, so it could potentially be an issue with the patch update.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Woosh_AP — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:13:22 GMT

Thanks. Neither soft reset procedures resolved the issue. Is there any way to roll back to version 3.4.0 or earlier?

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Robert_LeClair — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:41:09 GMT

Yes there is. Go to your Control Panel and under Programs, click Uninstall a program. In the Uninstall or change a program panel, top left, click installed updates. In the Uninstall an update under ArcGIS Pro, you'll see the patch updates. Right click ArcGIS Pro 3.4 Patch 2 (3.4.2) and select uninstall. Then do the same for ArcGIS Pro 3.4 Patch 1 (3.4.1). Now your ArcGIS Pro is at 3.4.0.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Woosh_AP — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:04:13 GMT

Hi @Robert_LeClair . Thanks for this. Unfortunately, under "View installed updates" I only see Windows updates. Is there another method to roll back or can I only uninstall the entire program and reinstall it?

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Robert_LeClair — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:15:34 GMT

Interesting. So I do see 3.4.2 and 3.4.1 updates in my panel. I guess the question is now, is do you have the patches installed to begin with? You can go to the Project tab and click About to see what's installed.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

Woosh_AP — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:41:07 GMT

It appears so, yes.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

YingboDong — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:57:45 GMT

Hi .. I think I met the same problem with you. did you solve it?

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

kterry1983 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:44:53 GMT

I am having the same issue.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

ShaneTMF — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:07:00 GMT

For me this was upgrading to 3.4.2. I am also experiencing the same issue. Any fixes yet? Thanks!

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

alisterfx — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:25:13 GMT

I am having the same issue, also. For reference, I was on 3.4.0 when I noticed this issue. From this esri community message it seems that the issue is actually caused by the Windows 11 update: KB5050094. However, I have not been able to uninstall it from my system to see if this actually does resolve the issue, as others on the linked thread noted as well. But, I was able to find a workaround that AlexKweya noted in the same thread with a link to this BLOG that describes Adobe Premiere customers facing the similar bug in that software suite. The workaround presented in the blog worked for me, although it's definitely a temporary fix:

"...Since Microsoft hasn’t acknowledged the problem yet, the most straightforward workaround is to uninstall the Windows 11 update by following these steps:

Settings > Windows Update > Update history > Uninstall updates.
Find KB5050094 and Uninstall it.
Reboot your PC.

Once done, Premiere Pro should go back to normal behavior, but make sure you do not accidentally install the update again. You don’t need to pause Windows Update because it’s an optional update and it will not install unless you select it manually.

If you don’t want to remove the update because it fixes some of the most annoying issues of Windows 11 24H2, such as the DAC audio issue, you can keep Premiere Pro on one monitor and disconnect or power off the secondary monitor.

Of course, you may not want to stop using your second monitor, but that’s one of the workarounds that seems to work for many users. You can also make sure that all screens use the same display scaling (e.g., all at 100%).

If the scaling of one monitor is 100% and another is set at 150%, change one of the settings and make sure they have the same scaling."

Hopefully this will help others workaround this issue until a real fix is implemented.

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

TaylaDominy — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:19:19 GMT

I am having the same issue - except I am still using ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1. I have however, recently done a windows update

Re: Problem with drawing order in Contents Pane Arcgis Pro

OAP_SDSCJ — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:05:13 GMT

Thank you very much for your suggestions. They helped me resolve (at least temporarily) the problem.

The only solution I found was to set both screens to 100% scaling, since that specific update cannot be uninstalled (it does not appear on the list of updates to uninstall).

I hope this issue gets addressed soon, as I lost one screen: I cannot see anything at this 100% scale.