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Remove the name on a combo box within a python add-in

HannesZiegler2 — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:27:01 GMT

Hi, I would like to remove or edit the label that shows up next to the combo box in a python add-in I created, but I cannot figure out how. It is probably something really simple that I have overlooked in the help documents and in my book, but after 2 hours of searching I still have not found a solution, so I figured I'd crowd-source. Thank you so much if you can help me!

Re: Remove the name on a combo box within a python add-in

MicahBabinski — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:53:14 GMT

Hi Hannes,

Can you leave the caption for that widget blank (or put in a space) in the Python Addins wizard?

Alternatively, you can edit the config.xml in the addin folder within your addin folder. Set the tag for the combo box to be ComboBox caption="" (empty string in double quotes). Don't forget to recompile it by running makeaddin.py and relaunch ArcMap/Catalog.

Hope that helps.

Micah

Re: Remove the name on a combo box within a python add-in

HannesZiegler2 — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:35:48 GMT

This worked! Thank you. I had a feeling I could edit the XML file, but when I tried it out I did not re-compile before testing, so of course nothing changed. Now after making the change and re-compiling, it works.