How to Change Legend Patch Shape?

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07-12-2016 11:02 AM
KirstynAlex
New Contributor II


I'm trying to edit my legend so that the patch shapes are circles instead of square -- is this not possible in Pro?

This is what I want it to look like:

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LonSharp
Occasional Contributor II

So it's done through the contents pane, rather than in the legend itself?

That seems a bit absurd. 

Changing the legend patch is something you generally do for the end user of a map; someone who needs a squiggly line in the legend to help understand that it's for a stream.   That's what a map legend is for.

The desktop user who is setting up the map already knows which features are streams.  I don't thing having it show up in the contents pane is particularly useful.

MelloraHall
New Contributor

A tedious work-around would be to create the legend in arcmap, save the mxd and then import it into arcpro as a layout. The shapes of the patches will show up then, but if you add or substract anything from your legend you will have to redo the process. REALLY hope they fix this soon!

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Dale_Unruh
New Contributor II

Would like to see this capability to modify legend patches with rasters also. 

kbowe94
New Contributor II

We're now on version 3 of Pro and this still isn't an option?? This is a map making software, changing legend symbols should be an inherent feature. I just my rivers to be squiggly