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How to Access the Selected Table or Feature Class in the Catalog Pane Context Menu (ArcGIS Pro Add-in)?

IhabHassan — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:48:37 GMT

This is for ArcGIS Pro add-in development using Csharp .NET.
What is the public, supported way to access the selected or right-clicked table or feature class in the Catalog pane from a context menu button?

Is there a public API to retrieve the selected item(s) in the Catalog pane context menu handler?

Are there any best practices or workarounds for obtaining the path or reference to the right-clicked item?

Internal interfaces like ICatalogPane and IProjectWindow are not accessible—are there alternatives?

Any guidance or code samples would be appreciated. Thank you!

Re: How to Access the Selected Table or Feature Class in the Catalog Pane Context Menu (ArcGIS Pro Add-in)?

GKmieliauskas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:49:08 GMT

Hi,

You can access them from Catalog pane :

protected override void OnClick() { var catalog = Project.GetCatalogPane(); var items = catalog.SelectedItems; var item = items.OfType<ProGPXItem>().FirstOrDefault(); if (item == null) return; MessageBox.Show($"Selected Custom Item: {item.Name}"); }

Change items.OfType object type <T> to your needs or use without <T>

Re: How to Access the Selected Table or Feature Class in the Catalog Pane Context Menu (ArcGIS Pro Add-in)?

IhabHassan — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:21:12 GMT

thanks @GKmieliauskas , that worked nicely