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Please add Color Palette back on arcgis Map Viewer (like arcgis.com classic)

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04-13-2023 08:59 AM
Status: Open
KFung_TLC
Occasional Contributor

I noticed when I edit the color of a feature on Map Viewer (not the "classic") only the Color Ramp (see attached) is available. I do not see to option of "traditional" Color palette (the one that usually occurred on ArcMap desktop, ArcGIS Pro & "map viewer classic").

It seems that other than Color Ramp, Color Picker is the default--& only option for Map Viewer available. While it is (theoretically) more powerful, in practice it's not that user-friendly--who is going to remember the combination of RGB or HSV of every color they use? Moving the cursor on Color Picker in order to "pick" a good color is too time consuming & impractical.

With the "old fashioned" Color Palette, one can just pick & choose some "standard" color for their mapping purposes. Color ramp on unique value, on the other hand, has too few options.

If not, I just hope ESRI can add the "classic" Color Palette to Map Viewer as an option--who knows when "classic" will retire like the way ArcMap does? (Yes ArcMap is FAR SUPERIOR than ArcGIS Pro--NO APOLOGY)

Ken

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Will
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Yes, it would be very helpful to have easier color style/palette transfer options between ArcGIS Pro and AGOL.  Another example, our organization has a branding guide with a bunch of standard colors (RGB) that we're supposed to use, and we've created custom style files for these colors for use in ArcGIS Pro, but it would be nice if there was an easy way to get them into AGOL for all our organization users, such as admin setting, etc.  Thanks for the consideration.

EllenGass5

Fully agree with these comments! Picking colors on ArcOnline is so cumbersome. Also, every layer comes in the same blue color, so you have to change every color even if you are just using it for planning purposes, and the color doesn't actually matter. Please make ArcOnline's color picker and random colors when adding layers mimic ArcPro.

KFung_TLC

So any action items to this one? I keep working on Arc online & I didn't notice any additions. Do you REALLY expect the user has to move around the cursor trillion times in order to find the "right color"? Is that such an difficult thing to give user a easier time?

RussRoberts

It is on our road map for color picking to also support having colors be supported in a web style. This way we can introduce standard colors that would match what you see in Pro and you can publish your own set of defined colors that could be shared to your entire org.