{"id":73281,"date":"2016-08-16T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/arcgis-pro-tips-shortcut-savvy-navigation\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:09:57","slug":"arcgis-pro-tips-shortcut-savvy-navigation","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/3d-gis\/3d-gis\/arcgis-pro-tips-shortcut-savvy-navigation","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Pro Tips: Shortcut Savvy Navigation"},"author":6731,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,22941],"tags":[27851,30631],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-73281","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-mapping","tag-navigation","tag-tips","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"I\u2019ve experienced moments like this on more than one occasion. Maybe you\u2019ve been there too:\n\n\u201cOk, I\u2019m almost done tracing this bui...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/frown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67315 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/frown.png\" alt=\"Frustrated user\" width=\"158\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>I\u2019ve experienced moments like this on more than one occasion. Maybe you\u2019ve been there too:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOk, I\u2019m almost done tracing this building, but the top left corner is just outside of the\u00a0<\/em><em>view. Great, now I need to adjust my view and start over.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI need to measure around this work area in exact detail, so zoom in. Wait, now I can\u2019t see the whole area to measure it, zoom out. Now I can\u2019t see all the edges, zoom in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cue the frustration.<em> \u201cIf only there was a keyboard shortcut for map navigation\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Tip #1:<\/h1>\n<p>One of the most useful tips for working in ArcGIS Pro that anyone has ever shared with me is this one:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re using a tool other than Explore, and need to move the view, just press and hold \u201cC.\u201d Then you can use your mouse &#8211; left button drag to Pan, wheel button scroll to Zoom, and right mouse button drag to Continuous zoom in and out!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now I can trace my building in one operation. I can get my measurements without having to start over. This is awesome!<\/p>\n<h1>Tip #2:<\/h1>\n<p>Another favorite of mine is the <strong>Insert<\/strong> key. Press the <strong>Insert<\/strong> key in 2D or 3D to zoom to the full extent of the layers in your map.<\/p>\n<h1>Tip #3:<\/h1>\n<p>Maybe you only want to zoom to one layer without entering a context menu? Just press <strong>Alt + <\/strong>click the layer&#8217;s name in the <strong>Contents <\/strong>pane. Just like that, you\u2019re zoomed to that layer!<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67316 alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 18px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/smile.png\" alt=\"Happy user\" width=\"158\" height=\"217\" \/>Looking for more?<\/h1>\n<p>These are just a few tricks I\u2019ve learned while working at Esri that have saved me a few seconds here and there, alleviated my frustration, and improved the smoothness of my day to day workflows. 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