sort maps successively in the map frame

[SalahAjjur]

Hello,

Is it possible to successively sort maps in the map frame instead of wasting the user's time looking for the map number? Please see the shot below.

Thanks,

Salah

 

[JayantaPoddar]

The easiest way I can think of is to rename the initial map frames (Map1-Map9) as Map01, Map02, Map03, ..., Map09.

This will ensure all the maps are in order in the dropdown list.

[jcarlson]

Definitely the way to go. You may be able to quickly rename them all using a bit of arcpy and regex, too.

aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT")

for lyt in aprx.listLayouts():
    pad_name = re.sub(r'(?<=Map)(?=[1-9])(?![1-9])', '0', lyt.name)
    lyt.name = pad_name

[TomBole]

All, 

There is a known issue with the sorting of map frames - BUG-000138357 "Alphabetical sorting is not honored in the drop-down menu in the Format Map Frame pane".

Tom