ArcGIS Pro Styles: Allow add to favorites and add to new projects

[jessneuner]

It'd be great if Styles could be added to favorites and new projects, similar to databases and other content within the project. 

[KoryKramer]

Re-opening this after discussing with the team here.  Thanks for submitting the idea, @jessneuner 

[JohannesLindner]

I have to admit I assumed you could already do that...

[jessneuner]

Morning @KoryKramer ! In all honesty, I didn't think about it a different way before your initial comment and see the option to add styles to Favorites from the Favorites view now. The shortcut from the Project view would be handy but I'll admit my initial gripe has been solved! thank you! jess

[KoryKramer]

Thanks for the reply, @jessneuner   While yes it is possible to add styles to favorites, there are some known issues with how it is working.  

One that I am able to point to is BUG-000134315: Styles added to 'Favorites' are not added to new pro..

From what I can tell, it actually just works better for now to only add to Favorites, and not "pin" it with Add To New Projects.  Because (at least from the cursory testing I've done) it appears that while the style is added to new projects, it is essentially empty.  I think the best thing to do is just add to Favorites, and then when you need a style in a project, go ahead and add it from Favorites to the project. 

Sorry for the rigmarole, but hopefully the explanation above will help you and any others who might run into this unexpected behavior.  Please do let us know if you note any other problems and we'll share with the development team.

Thank you! 

[RichardDaniels]

One problem with the use of favorites as a way to pass styles between projects  is that  they are per user. Also the user has to have access to the style and know where to find them on the network or software install folder path.

Most large organizations have a a custom style they use on their maps OR use one of the ArcMap style sets that fits with their business. Currently these are 'just there' in ArcMap if you place the style file in the correct place. 

[wayfaringrob]

To add styles to favorites, you have to open the catalog pane/view and go to favorites -> Add Item. Most of the time, this is not how I want to add things; glad it's there but backwards from what I want to normally do: for other things, like file directories and geodatabases, the process is much simpler. You can drag and drop them onto favorites in the content pane within catalog view. You can also R click > add to favorites. These options are not available for styles - dragging and dropping does nothing despite appearing to work and there is no R click option.

Appears to accept drag-and-drop, but doesn't result in style going to favorites.

[AlfredBaldenweck]

Arc Pro 3.1

I was doing a demo for my users today on how to work with styles and noticed this.

If I add a style to my project, I cannot Favorite it from the Catalog Pane, nor can I add to new projects.

This is in contrast to the folder and database connections.

Instead, if I want to add my style to favorites, I have to:

1. Insert tab--> Favorites--> Add Item --> Style --> Add Style
2. Then I have to navigate to the style through the catalog.
   1. I cannot add a style I already have in my project; I have to add it fresh
3. Then, on the Catalog (Favorites) Tab, I can right-click and Add to this project or future projects.

This is extremely awkward.

Please let us favorite styles from the Catalog (Project) Pane.