ArcGIS Pro: Enable Full Right-Click Menu

[DT]

The right-click menu in ArcGIS Pro is missing numerous functions that are available in ArcMap.  These functions need to be as comprehensive, or more so in Pro.  Example one of many:  In need of a map within a few minutes during a board meeting, I was joining a table to a feature class.   I needed to check that the field used for the join had the same properties so that the join is successful and trouble-free.  In the attribute table, right-click on a field>Properties shows you within a second, literally.  Right-click in ArcGIS Pro doesn't have "properties".  Nor was I able to find it after scanning the contextual ribbons or "project window" for more than a few minutes.  It was quicker to open up ArcMap and reload the data.  The more I use Pro, the more disappointed I am.  I am quickly finding out any time "saved" in a 64 bit environment is quickly negated due to the qwerky workflows and dysfunctional interface of Pro.  I couldn't care less about a "slick and buttery" interface.  "Slick and buttery" doesn't get work done.

After forcing Pro onto myself for over a month, I am officially downgrading it to heavy processing where the multi-threading can be utilized.  It is in no condition for replacement of ArcMap.

[DuncanHornby]

My idea here is related and compliments this idea.

[KoryKramer]

Hi D T‌

Hovering over the field will display information about whether there is a join:

and/or a relate/relationship class:

[DT]

Yes, I am aware. Thanks. That isn't really what I'm after.  Before a join is even attempted, it is much quicker to check the properties of the fields being joined with a quick right-click.  I cannot count how many times Excel or the import table geoprcessing tool changed a number to a string, or changed the number of characters in a string field. A simple check eliminates wasted time attempting a join only to have it fail, or to somehow go through and create erroneous layer behavior. Or, if a check is missed beforehand and bad things happen, it is a quick way to troubleshoot the most common problem in my experience.

Edit:  I need to re-check if hovering shows just regular properties before a join is created, as they are shown on the top half of your example. Nothing came up when performing this the other day, and I have no doubt it's not computer performance. My machine is brand new, about as fast as they come - significantly beyond the optimum requirements recommended by ESRI for running any applications they provide, and all data in question is local on a SSD PCIe hard drive. 

[KoryKramer]

In the screenshots from yesterday there was no example for a text field.  That does show the type and length along with the other properties seen above. 

Hope this helps.

[AnaVilla1]

I really think this is so important in ArcGIS Pro...and I missing the Identify button too! you have the options there, it was easier...

[KoryKramer]

Hi Ana Villa‌ Please try to keep comments associated with the original idea.  This idea is about right-click functionality with the specific example given as right-clicking on a field to show it's properties.

For your comments about Identify tool functionality, those would be better placed in Add a Real Identify tool to the ArcGIS Pro's Inquiry Ribbon Area‌  In ArcGIS Pro, there are options as to which layer the Explore tool will act on:

Hope this helps.

Thank you!

[DT]

Thanks.  I got this to work.  Not sure what was going on before.  When it works, that is nice and fast.  However, I think it goes to show the unpredictable nature of hovering for pop-ups.  A right-click would be more dependable, and one would think, less resource intensive.  The pop-ups can also be too short, or too fast to come up on the wrong items, or too slow and come up on the wrong items.  So I still vote for the contextual right-click.

[Jan_Tjallingvan_der_Wal]

True, that ArcGIS Pro has a way to go to becoming a true professional tool. I must admit it has improved considerably from 1.0 to 2.0.1, but still it has ample room for improvement.

For me it still is the first GIS to turn to and I use it a lot. But that frequent use does come with an almost constant irritation originating in missing functionality, crashes and as stated quirky work-flows.

[AnaVilla1]

Thanks!

[DT]

I'll reiterate after more work in Pro for some 64-bit tasks:  A true contextual menu is the right-click menu.  Contrary to the contextual ribbons, a contextual right-click menu allows very quick access to only the tools needed right there, without breaking line of sight or mental workflow to go find something on a ribbon, and possibly need to further divert to a "project pane".  Anyone who has broken line of site with a table before, knows how inefficient it is to do so.  The same is true for complex maps.  "Finding where you were" is not efficient workflow.