Moving a layer to a SUB-group

Shane_EU — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:00:04 GMT

Can anyone post the code to move a layer to a SUB-group-layer?

The following code (courtesy of https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/475584/move-an-existing-layer-into-a-group-layer-using-arcpy-in-arcgis-pro) works fine for copying the layer to a top-level group-layer, but I can't get it working for a group layer within another group layer e.g. MyGroupLayer/SubGroupA

Thanks,

Shane

lyr_to_move = mp.listLayers("My Layer Name")[0]
group_layer = mp.listLayers("MyGroupLayer")[0]

# Use this to move layers (but not into a group layer)
#mp.moveLayer(group_layer, lyr_to_move, "AFTER")

# Use this to move a layer into a group layer
mp.addLayerToGroup(group_layer, lyr_to_move, "AUTO_ARRANGE")

Re: Moving a layer to a SUB-group

JakeSkinner — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:23:48 GMT

Hi @Shane_EU, the following should work:

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") mp = aprx.listMaps("Map")[0] lyr_to_move = mp.listLayers("Airports")[0] group_layer = mp.listLayers("SubGroup")[0] # Use this to move a layer into a group layer mp.addLayerToGroup(group_layer, lyr_to_move, "AUTO_ARRANGE") # Remove layer from map mp.removeLayer(lyr_to_move)

Before script:

After script:

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