Keep Settings when changing Symbology for a Layer
It is a common use case to experiment with the Symbology*.
The problem is, by changing the Symbology (Primary Symbology or Symbology Field), all previous settings are lost.
I propose to implement an option that stores all settings made within a Symbology type and an option to revert to the defaults. Ideally this information could be stored within the APRX (or auto-create Layer files?), but storing this information in the personal user profile would be a good start as well.
This would allow ArcGIS Pro users to test out different Symbology without any workarounds like copying the layer/map or exporting/importing Styles/Layer Files.
(*related: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-users-to-modify-the-number-of-classes-in/idi-p/...)
Yes, that is going in the right direction. But you will notice, that only a limited amount of changes will be available in undo/redo. If you make to many switches back and forth while tweaking the settings, your first configuration will eventually be lost.
I was thinking more in this direction:
or as new area in the Layer Ribbon:
The workflow would be as follows:
- Edit the Layer Symbology
- Save Version 1 (Single Symbol - Blue line)
- Change Primary Symbology to Unique Values, apply Scales and Classes configuration
- Save this as Version 2
- Change Primary Symbology to Graduated Colors and Quantile Method
- Save as Version 3
... (there could be various tests of different Primary Symbology or settings)
Now I could "walk through" the different Settings I tried and choose the one I think is the best.
But when I show the Layer to a colleagues, they would prefer another Symbology. Since the different variants are stored in the Layer quick presets, I could now switch to another preconfigured version or toggle between them.
At the moment, you need to duplicate the layer numerous times to test different visualizations if you don´t want to loose previous settings. Exporting Layer files each time is also not really practical.
To sum it up: I am looking for a solution to simply test out different layer symbology settings, without having to recreate the settings each time.
Undo/Redo can help to a small degree, but if you want to refine multiple settings and compare them, there is no simple solution yet.
