https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347144#M69189 <P>You could check them (uncheck the others you don't want) and then use the lyr.visible property to separate them.</P><LI-CODE lang="python">aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r'C:\.aprx') m = aprx.listMaps("Map")[0] checked_layers = [lyr for lyr in m.listLayers() if lyr.visible] #for lyr in m.listLayers(): # if lyr.visible: # arcpy.AddMessage(f"{lyr.name} is selected.")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:21:05 GMT StaticK 2023-11-08T14:21:05Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347025#M69187 <P>How to get&nbsp; the selected layers in the TOC (i.e. clicked via the mouse and is now highlighted)&nbsp; with arcpy? thank you.</P> Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:47:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347025#M69187 pyfans 2023-11-08T05:47:39Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347066#M69188 <P>there is no arcpy functionality to do this</P> Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:21:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347066#M69188 DanPatterson 2023-11-08T10:21:29Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347144#M69189 <P>You could check them (uncheck the others you don't want) and then use the lyr.visible property to separate them.</P><LI-CODE lang="python">aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r'C:\.aprx') m = aprx.listMaps("Map")[0] checked_layers = [lyr for lyr in m.listLayers() if lyr.visible] #for lyr in m.listLayers(): # if lyr.visible: # arcpy.AddMessage(f"{lyr.name} is selected.")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:21:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-get-the-hightlighted-layers-in-toc/m-p/1347144#M69189 StaticK 2023-11-08T14:21:05Z