topic Navigating a map with mouse wheel while add-in tool is active reverts to Explore tool in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Navigating a map with mouse wheel while add-in tool is active reverts to Explore tool

TimWhiteaker — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:54:59 GMT

In Pro 3.0.0, I created an add-in following Build a map identification tool tutorial. In a map in Pro, when I click on the custom tool to activate it, it is active. Then if I scroll or click and drag with the mouse wheel to navigate in the map, the active tool reverts to being the Explore tool. In Pro 2.x, if I navigated with the mouse wheel, the currently active tool would remain active. I prefer the 2.x behavior. Can I make Pro 3.0 keep my current tool active after navigating with the mouse wheel?

Re: Navigating a map with mouse wheel while add-in tool is active reverts to Explore tool

Wolf — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:14:39 GMT

I was able to duplicate this issue. It is a bug. I also noticed that when you change this line in the constructor from this:

SketchOutputMode = SketchOutputMode.Screen;

to this:

SketchOutputMode = SketchOutputMode.Map;

This will limit your tool to Maps only it will not work on Scenes (3 D), however, the active tool doesn't switch to the Explore tool anymore.

Re: Navigating a map with mouse wheel while add-in tool is active reverts to Explore tool

TimWhiteaker — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:43:13 GMT

That is a nice workaround as long as one doesn't need the tool to work in Scenes. I noticed what is perhaps another bug related to the workaround. There are different click behaviors for these situations:

When SketchOutputMode = SketchOutputMode.Map, you click once to start the sketch, drag to draw the shape, and click again to end the sketch.

When SketchOutputMode = SketchOutputMode.Screen, you click once to start the sketch and keep the mouse button held down, drag to draw the shape, and then release the mouse button to end the sketch.