20041: Neatlines are not supported and were dropped from the layout

[JoshWhite]

I am trying to transition to Pro and I did an import of an mxd.  It didn't import my border (neatline) and so I was trying to figure out how to add it back in.  I stumbled across this bug or whatever it is called.  It has a workaround but not a very good one.  I am just wondering why neatlines are not supported in Pro.  I feel a nice border around a map makes it look more professional.  

[KoryKramer]

...since the margins still also don't show up in layout view.

Just wanted to make sure that if you're referring to showing printer margins in a layout, that can be done as described here: Set up your layout—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation 

[JoshWhite]

Thanks Kory.  I must have missed that.  When did this get added?

[Robert_LeClair]

Hi Josh - printer margins were added with the ArcGIS Pro 2.6 release July 2020.

[KoryKramer]

SO much was added in 2.6!   Check out https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas/blog/2020/07/28/ideas-in-arcgis-pro-26-a-large-gat...‌ which is just from ArcGIS Ideas.  Much more was added in addition to ideas (plus quality improvements like in every release).

Related: What's new in ArcGIS Pro 2.6—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation 

Note that if you are on 2.6 there is an available patch, and I believe Patch 2 will be available later this week.  Always good to stay up to date on patches!

Cheers

[JoshWhite]

I have it set to check for updates.  Updating Pro is so much easier than updating ArcGIS Desktop.

[PegGronemeyer1]

I appreciate this tip - but it doesn't work if you have multiple map frames in a single layout.  I still don't understand why ESRI removed the neatline - the option to draw around all objects in the layout with a certain amount of space between the neatline and "all objects" made the neatline a quick and painless addition.  Why remove an option that works well in ArcMap?  The rectangle is doable, yes, but again, the neatline was easy and quick, the rectangle is not.

[FelixMcCarthy01]

Always learning something new!!  - Thanks

[JoshWhite]

I use a lot of layouts with multiple map frames too.  One thing I found that was pretty cool was that you can have irregularly shaped map frames.  In one instance I created the main map frame with a a rectangle chunk taken out of the frame and the other frame put in that place.  Still doesn't work like neatline  but is a cool feature.  Its been so long since I was able to use the neatline though that if I had the feature back, I probably wouldn't use it now.  My original post was from 5 years ago.