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Add ability to group labels and ticks in map grids

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09-08-2025 07:27 PM
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RTPL_AU
Honored Contributor

Please provide the ability to group labels and ticks in a map grid in a layout.

The group will then share common properties such as intervals.

In our typical layouts each label has a tick.  Every time we change the map scale we have to change the interval in two places (thank you for being able to sync X & Y intervals). Being able to reduce clicks required for each scale change by 50% will be fantastic.

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Brownie points / Alternative:
This can tie in with the Idea of Central Variables.
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/add-a-central-variable-list-to-pro-to-use/idi-p/15968...

@KoryKramer  here is another scenario for using central variables.
From some CAD tools  - you can specify the value of one variable as a factor of another e.g.

labelUTM_Interval_X = 500
labelUTM_Interval_Y = labelUTM_Interval_X
majorTick_Interval = labelUTM_Interval_X
minorTick_Interval = majorTick_Interval/10

 

2 Comments
AubriOtis

Currently in Pro you can use Shift to multi-select grid components and update the interval for all of them at once. When you multi-select only the common properties are shown, which for grids/labels/ticks is the interval values. It's not exactly what you are asking for, but may be a useful trick for now. 

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RTPL_AU

@AubriOtis  Nice!

It did not even occur to me to try to grab multiples.

This also means the the background 'understands' grouping & selective variable assignment so my Idea of using app-wide variables is one step closer to being feasible 😀