ArcGIS Pro 2.1 | How to drag a polygon with Explore tool?

[VincentLaunstorfer]

Hi,

I am getting frustrated with the new Explore tool (Map tab) in ArcGIS Pro as I cannot click & drag a polygon to explore (formely identify in ArcMap) multiple features. Is there any workaround?

If there is no solution, please ESRI add this functionality to the next release.

There is always the option to click & drag with the Select tool but I have to open attribute tables in order to explore my features. It is rather cumbersome, in addition to ArgGIS Pro being slow.

Thanks

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Then again, everyone survived the switch from DOS to Windows

[AaronCraig2]

They did. And your point?

[DanPatterson_Retired]

they will survive the migration to Pro... as did people when they moved from ArcView 3.x to Arcgis

[AaronCraig2]

Not sure what your getting at.. Are you saying I should not voice my opinion and criticisms? That I shouldn't be upset with ESRI for replacing a great all in one tool with a bunch of individual "tools" (some call them bandaids, others call em workarounds) and all their extra buttons and clicks?

[DanPatterson_Retired]

No... you voiced yours... I voiced mine... reminding people that transition isn't going to please everyone.

It is also useful to use ArcGIS Ideas‌ to make suggestions for improvement.  Just calling out defects won't move anything forward

[AaronCraig2]

I suppose then it comes down to forum moderation.... Calling out defects in the appropriate thread vs starting a new thread for every individual one... What do you suggest I do, Dan? As you can see, MY original question to this comment was HOW do we do the drag and identify. The GIF Kory originally posted does not state how to do, just that it is being done and we can see him do it. 

[KoryKramer]

I don't typically like to do this, but I marked my answer as correct since what was being asked for in this thread (draw a polygon with the Explore tool with the end goal of multi-select to identify features) was implemented at ArcGIS Pro 2.2.

[AaronCraig2]

Right. Which I can see, but TO MY original question on this comment thread and to the answer you posted and marked as correct, you don't actually explain in that post to hold ctrl then drag. The first mention of that seems to be in the tool tip you showed me.

If you decide to keep your post as the correct answer, to the question of this thread, can you edit it to include the ctrl + drag part?

Thanks

[KoryKramer]

Hi Aaron,

A pattern that is used throughout the Pro interface is to provide tool tips when you hover over something.  To do a rectangle select with the Explore tool, hold Ctrl and drag a rectangle:

Holding Shift will give you the zoom rectangle.  

[AaronCraig2]

Good to know Kory. Thanks. I haven't left my mouse on explore long enough to see that. Or any tool tips really.. They do not stand out to me. I would not have been able to guess that was an intended pattern without you pointing out that.

Will there be continued development of the explore tool?