topic Remove tools from modify features pane in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Remove tools from modify features pane

Asimov — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:26:14 GMT

Hi, as on subject, I would like to remove (programmatically) some tools from the Modify Features pane in order to leave the user with just the tools they need, plus some custom tool we'll add:

I know I can add my custom tools to it, setting categoryRefID attribute "esri_editing_commandList" on the daml, but I'm not able to find how to remove/hide the stock items (or entire categories) I don't need. Is there a way to accomplish this through the SDK?

An alternative way to implement the workflow I need would be to intercept the OnToolActivate event of the stock tools in order to do the things I need before the user starts to use the tool, but I couldn't find any way to listen to events of a stock tool. I know I can define my own tools in order to do it, but this would take me back to the beginning, since I would still need a way to act in case a stock tool is selected.

Any idea is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Re: Remove tools from modify features pane

John_Jones — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:44:37 GMT

From daml, you can delete a button, here as an example I delete sequential numbering (no hard feelings)...

I suppose it would be less invasive to not remove the button but just clear its categoryRefID, but I had less luck with that approach.

Re: Remove tools from modify features pane

Asimov — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:05:53 GMT

That was exactly what I was hoping to do, but I couldn't find how to refer to that dock pane (and I didn't consider the dependency requirement, also).

It works perfectly, thank you so much @John_Jones!