Want to change look of features in Collect Features dialog

[MichaelBishopp]

Currently, I am testing ArcGIS mobile to see if it will meet our needs.  When I go to the Collect Features function and the dialog appears, what I see in the dialog is all of the possible features that are editable in the mobile cache with the symbolization that they have in the original Map document.  (This doesn't sound bad, does it?)  The issue is that I have a polygon feature class (Streetscapes) that is being symbolized on a particular field (CoverType) and what I see are all of the different patches within this polygon symbolization.  There is no indication of what layer the patches are associated with--all that is seen is the field value for each patch (examples include "Bed", "Flower Bed", "Other", etc).

I see this as a big problem because what if I had two polygon feature classes that were editable in my mobile cache and each had it's own symbolization?  I would see all of the patches that represent these symbols in the Collect Features dialog and would not necessarily know how to distinguish between the two different polygon feature classes.  In other words, what if I had the Streetscapes featureclass that was symbolized on Covertype and one of the Covertypes was "Other."  But then in this same cache I had a polygon featureclass called SubAreaForestCover and it was symbolized on CoverType and one of the Covertypes was also "Other."  I would then have two patches in my Collect Features dialog that would both be "Other" without any indication as to one belonged to Streetscapes and the other to SubAreaForestCover.  How would a user know which one to choose?

Am I missing something? See attached for example of what I am talking about.

[AkhilParujanwala]

I believe you would have to modify the Subtype Page, which is the page that shows which features you can select. This will require programming.

The other way you can do it is to change your mxd, since you have two layers, and they both have "Other" as a viable featuretype, you can rename both "Other" to "Other (Grass)" and "Other (Trees)".

This way when you get to the page to select which feature you would like to select, you can distinguish which "Other" pertains to which layer. This way your users will not get confused.

Alternatively you can use a different colour or symbol in ArcMap to differentiate between both "Others". The Other for grass can be a green triangle and the "Other" for trees can be a dark green circle.