Auto Label Manual Override

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03-29-2023 08:34 AM
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TimothyHazekamp
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It would be really cool if you could somehow build in the ability to select auto labels and manually move them so the software could place most but you could just move the couple that aren't quite working while keeping them as auto-labels.

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wayfaringrob

1,000% agree

TammiDoyle

Also agree. Another user requested the same and the solutions offered are always to convert to annotations: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/move-the-labels-in-a-manual-way/idi-p/974473/page/2#c...

 

But I very frequently find that I have 30 odd labels in a view but only one or two not well placed so it would make much better sense to have the function, either in the ribbon or right-click style, to manually move one or two to improve readability or aesthetics, rather than waiting for the annotation tool to work. 

MatthewYounce

This one is a couple years old, but when I went to enter my suggestion,  this popped up.

I agree.  Sometimes there's just one or two problematic labels that you really need to be in a certain spot... rather than having to build a separate SQL query and custom rules for them, or converting all your labels to annotations or graphics, it would be nice if you could just click on the one label and say "OK, for this one, just put it here."