Toggle visibility for individual Categories on Symbology tab

[MarianneFarretta]

Please include an on/off visibility checkbox in the Layer Properties Symbology tab which will allow you to control which values in a single layer are drawn.  This is currently only possible with multiple occurences of the same feature class added to the TOC, which quickly becomes overwhelming.  Thank you!

[GerryGarza]

Hi All,

One of my favorite features about QGIS over ArcGIS Pro or Desktop is the quick filter on any and all classified layers. I have been using ArcGIS for a very long time and can't believe Esri has not added this simple feature, unless I am just missing it. Please let me know if it needs to be enabled somewhere outside the app.

Regards,

Gerry

[Bud]

For non-GIS professionals, using ArcGIS Pro can be difficult. The two separate concepts of the layer legend/symbology vs. definition queries can be confusing.

I think novices would find it easier if they could simply toggle attributes on/off directly in the legend in the table of contents. That would make basic data exploration easier for beginners. 

In this case, everything else was easy for the user, such as finding the data and adding it to the map. But doing basic filtering in ArcGIS Pro was cumbersome. They wanted to just check legend attributes on/off when exploring the data. But I don't think that's possible in ArcGIS Pro.

Could Esri consider adding a checkbox functionality in the table of contents? Maybe the underlying mechanism would be: the toggled checkboxes would automatically generate a definition query behind the scenes. Related: Progressive Disclosure of Complexity (YouTube 22:57).

[SimonSchütte_ct]

Yes, that is exactly what we are looking for!

[GerryGarza]

Bud,

We waited over 20 years for multiple layouts in 1 project file. So, 11 years doesn't seem so bad to me. I believe AutoCAD has had mulitple layouts since the late '90s, maybe sooner.

Gerry

[MarkLysecky]

The best option I came up with is the filter option in symbology.  I do like QGIS style better but this does have some benefits as well.

you can also use SQL  

FEATURE_CLASS IN ('Populated Place', 'Rapids', 'Ridge', 'Summit')

[MappyIan]

This is such a good idea and I think it would be a really useful improvement to ArcGIS Pro (especially as you've been able to do this in QGIS for ages).  This idea gets my full support, and hopefully it'll be implemented at some point soon.

[CyrilDynkaMrvaPVK]

Hello @AmeliaBradshaw ,

do you have any time plan for implementing this functionality?

Best Regards

Cyril

[VincentV1]

I would like this option as well (Arcgis Online user)

[KoryKramer]

 Preview from ArcGIS Pro 3.4 planned for Oct/Nov 2024

[Bud]

That will be very useful!