Close a File/Map/.mxd

[CarlosLeon]

I'm new to ArcGIS/Map ( and this forum...which is cumbersome to say the least ) and found the exact question asked 5 years ago, but with no reply.  I replied, but I cannot find it now.  So I'm curious about why there is no <Close> in the File Menu?  I can't just close a file and leave the app window open.  I have to either exit, thereby closing the app, or start a new file.  I'm wondering if I'm missing something?

Seems odd not to have a <close> option.

Thx.

[CarlosLeon]

Team GIS...?  Anyone?

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Your choices are either File|New or Fille|Exit  To ensure that any open file locks to existing files are removed and can't be inadvertently  accessed.  File|close would leave them remaining as often happens with scripts that don't terminate properly in Arcmap

[CarlosLeon]

Thanks for your reply.  Sorry for such a delayed response.  As I said, this forum is nothing like the forums anywhere I've been.

So why can't a File>Close be created in the ArcMap code that removes the open file lock(s) for the file being closed and leave ArcMap open?  Seems to me that would be a simple add...there must be a reason File>Close was purposely avoided.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Wow... 4 years.

I suspect a file close would just be a shell around a file exit, file open/new.  Perhaps market demand is too low for it to be considered.

Perhaps

ArcGIS Ideas‌

would be a good place to post a use case and see if it garners any support.

[CarlosLeon]

Is 4 years too long to respond/acknowledge a response? 

I'm still consider myself new to ArcMap...and now with ArcGIS Pro looming over me...it feels I'll be back to the drawing board, if you will. 

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Your transition to Pro will be fine, if you abandon any thoughts of replicating your exact arcmap workflow.  There is much consternation amongst users that would have preferred just a name change rather than a workflow change.  If you used arctoolbox extensively, rather than shortcuts and menu selections, your transition will be a lot smoother since the functionality and layout (for the most part) has remained the same during the transition.  Good luck, you will be fine

[TobiasFimpel1]

I don't think you are missing something. That's just how ArcMap works, I believe.

[ElliottRobinson]

Having no close saves a step.

Also, if you had to be trusted to close every project you opened, one day you would open one-too-many projects and you would get computer gridlock. Call it Arcmageddon if you will.