Latest Contributions by TomBole

Hi David,  Thanks for the comments. Though the New Layout gallery cannot be customized you should see the ISO sizes at the top of the gallery (above ANSI sizes) if your OS is set in a "metric" locale.  In this example I've set the locale to German.   You can also choose to display only one of the size groups to lessen the clutter of the gallery. This filtering in only temporary and will not be saved with the project. Initially we looked into expanding the original New Layout gallery to make this customizable but found that this would be much more difficult to implement than anticipated - almost a complete overhaul. Instead we created the Import Layout gallery. Though the Import Layout gallery's main purpose is to provide easy access to pre-authored layout files (layout templates), you can also use this gallery to provide access to blank pages (layout files without anything on the page) of sizes that are used by you and your organization. This might even eliminate the need to use the New Layout gallery at all. We are well aware of this potential confusion between galleries and are monitoring feedback. You are welcome to add an idea for merging the galleries to the Ideas site. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Christian,  I'm assuming that you are referring to line and polygon legend symbols not honoring the map reference scale. This is a known issue BUG-000132025, which has been addressed for the next release (version 2.7). Hope this helps,  Tom   ... View more

Hi Randy,  That is correct - page query does not work with bookmark map series since the bookmark does not currently have data that can be queried against. Perhaps in the future bookmark information such as title and description, or a new attribute(?) can be queried against. Tom ... View more

Hi Hyun-min Joo, There are no pre-set style for this type of grid that is available out of the box. Tom         ... View more

Hi Logan,  I believe the following post covers your question. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/unwanted-legend-item-appears-after-export/m-p/336214#M14750 Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

HI Brian,  An index layer is just another layer in the map.  And like any other layer you can apply a definition query. The Map Series should honor the definition query set on the index layer.  You'll need to refresh the map series after updating the definition query on the index layer. I believe the functionality that you are looking for is already there, unless there is something in your workflow that I'm missing. Tom ... View more

HI Katrin,  I'm unaware of any known or outstanding issue that would result in waiting time for a map frame to be added to a layout in excess of 5 minutes. More information is needed to troubleshoot this issue.  Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Hi Ryan,  As far as I'm aware many of the shifting focus issues I alluded to in my comment of 4/17/2019 have been addressed.  I'm unware of any outstanding issues concerning the use of the Transparency slider (Feature Layer Appearance tab on the ribbon) in the Layout context.  I've tested with 2.6.2 and ArcGIS Pro was working as I expected. That does not mean you are not running into a bug. It just means I currently do not have steps to reproduce the bug.  Can you contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Misti,  For tracking purposes you can use BUG-000121263. Tom ... View more

Hi Misti,  First, some background since this issue can be quite confusing. The Text Symbol properties (below) are general properties that can be applied to text symbols that can come up in different contexts such as map labels, annotation and graphic text on a layout. Though most properties, such as the properties under appearance, should work for any context, some do not. As the you see in the UI screenshot above next to the Text Symbol tab (underlined in blue) is the Text tab. Here we find properties that are specific to the context (or element) that the Text Symbol is being used in. This is key! The Text Symbol (and its properties, in particular the Position properties) don't know anything about the context in which the text is being used. The Text Symbol doesn't know if it is in a rectangle, or a circle. It doesn't know how much space there is to fit the text. It does know how wide you initially drew the text element and this is why horizontal alignment works. If text flowed vertically we would have the same limitation, but for horizontal alignment instead of vertical. Vertical alignment does not work with paragraph text elements because it was not originally designed to work in this context. And, unfortunately, it is not a simple matter to just get a setting designed for one context to work in others. I'm sure you have noticed that there are properties for the text element, separate from Text Symbol, that also deal with the position of the text. These properties are aware of, and specific to the context in which the text is being used. This is way we have 2 different tabs: Text and Text Symbol. One context specific and one more general.  We know that many, like yourself, want the ability to vertically align text within a text element - see Allow Rectangle Textbox to Grow/Shrink and Vertically Justify Text .  As for your request on adding vertical alignment options I would recommend adding your idea to https://community.esri.com/community/arcgis-ideas  Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more