{"id":80601,"date":"2017-12-04T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/arcgis-pro-ribbons-toolbars-and-ui-hacks\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:15:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:15:34","slug":"arcgis-pro-ribbons-toolbars-and-ui-hacks","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/\/uncategorized\/arcgis-pro-ribbons-toolbars-and-ui-hacks","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Pro: Ribbons, Toolbars, and UI Hacks"},"author":5181,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-80601","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"There are many reasons to use ArcGIS Pro. Maybe you need 64-bit geoprocessing or lightning fast mapping to get your job done. Perhaps you...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: justify\">There are many reasons to use ArcGIS Pro. Maybe you need 64-bit geoprocessing or lightning fast mapping to get your job done. Perhaps your project requires multiple layouts and maps, or you wanted to finally step into 3D GIS. Pro\u2019s full integration with ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise also provides some amazing possibilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Whatever your reason, the first time you opened ArcGIS Pro you were confronted with <em>something different \u2013 <\/em>a <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/introducing-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D0386BE8696D464CBCD6FB6051DAA774\">ribbon<\/a>-based application with a <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/introducing-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_22E3A5618A844A03967CAF56B4B7BF15\">contextual user experience<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t look anything like ArcMap. You might be asking: \u201cWhere are all the buttons I am familiar with, and what is this ribbon thing?\u201d Maybe you\u2019ve used a ribbon before in a word processing, spreadsheet, or email application, but never with GIS.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">ArcGIS Pro ribbon<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The ribbon is the primary interface for working in ArcGIS Pro. Hundreds of essential GIS commands and tools (buttons) are located in contextual ribbon tabs associated with whatever <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/overview-of-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_2D9333B1FE704D7387BACFE9D511DF7F\">view<\/a> you have active.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Looking at a map? You are presented with ribbon tabs for:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Navigating, adding data, and selecting features (<strong>Map<\/strong> tab)<\/li>\n<li>Performing spatial analysis (<strong>Analysis<\/strong>\u00a0tab)<\/li>\n<li>Editing and creating new features in your map (<strong>Edit<\/strong> tab)<\/li>\n<li>Packaging or publishing a map layer or the map itself (<strong>Share<\/strong> tab)<\/li>\n<li>And more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90417\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/map-ribbon-tab_final2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90417 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/map-ribbon-tab_final2-1024x137.png\" alt=\"Map ribbon tab\" width=\"640\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map ribbon tab in ArcGIS Pro 2.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">ArcMap toolbars<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is obviously much different from how buttons are laid out in ArcMap. ArcMap\u2019s tools and commands are on a number of toolbars, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>The <strong>Standard<\/strong> toolbar has a wide range of commands, like <strong>Open<\/strong> and <strong>Save<\/strong> map document, <strong>Cut<\/strong>, <strong>Copy<\/strong>, and <strong>Paste<\/strong>, <strong>Undo<\/strong>, <strong>Redo<\/strong>, <strong>Add Data<\/strong>, <strong>Editor<\/strong>, etc.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Tools<\/strong> toolbar provides interactive tools to <strong>Zoom In<\/strong>, <strong>Zoom Out<\/strong>, <strong>Pan<\/strong>, zoom to <strong>Full Extent<\/strong>, <strong>Select features<\/strong>, <strong>Clear Selection<\/strong>, <strong>Identify<\/strong>, <strong>Measure<\/strong>, and <strong>Find<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>And roughly 40 other toolbars for every GIS command or tool in the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90419\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ArcMap-toolbars2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90419 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ArcMap-toolbars2-1024x58.png\" alt=\"ArcMap toolbars\" width=\"640\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standard toolbars in ArcMap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">After years of working with a full-featured professional software like ArcMap, the toolbars, buttons, and their locations may be second nature to you. I can definitely say you are not alone.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">The learning curve<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019ve observed a pattern with those who have downloaded ArcGIS Pro to start using it for their work or just to see what it&#8217;s all about. A gradual but often quick progression that can start with some frustration at not knowing where to find a command or tool. Typically after a few days a proficiency starts to develop, but still some jumping between ribbon tabs might occur to find a less frequently-used button. Finally, after a few weeks, mastery of the ribbon is attained as you have a mental map of all the commands and tools needed to perform your job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Even if you are an experienced ArcGIS Pro user, you might wish that your most frequently-used commands would be in one convenient location. My colleague Hannah Deindorfer recently wrote about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2017\/12\/01\/arcgis-pro-tips-customize-without-a-line-of-code\/\">customizing the UI of ArcGIS Pro<\/a>. I think two of these options for customization might help you if you are having difficulty adjusting to ArcGIS Pro or have trouble locating buttons in the ribbon:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>In the <strong>Project<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Options<\/strong> &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/customize-the-ribbon.htm\"><strong>Customize the Ribbon<\/strong><\/a> window, you can move any command or tool to any ribbon location you prefer. You can create new ribbon tabs and groups, or even rename the existing tabs and groups.<\/li>\n<li>Any command or tool on the ribbon can be added to the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/get-started\/overview-of-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_75CF36E07CE441BC9573B0EF5BDEB120\"><strong>Quick<\/strong> <strong>Access<\/strong> <strong>Toolbar<\/strong><\/a> (QAT). By default, the QAT includes the commands: <strong>New <\/strong>project, <strong>Open <\/strong>project, and <strong>Save<\/strong> project, as well as <strong>Undo<\/strong> and <strong>Redo<\/strong>. This toolbar is easy to customize so your favorite commands and tools are in a convenient and centralized location in the UI.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Making an ArcMap-style toolbar for ArcGIS Pro<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019ve taken customization of Pro\u2019s QAT a few steps further. In addition to adding frequently-used commands and tools to the QAT, I minimize the ribbon. You can also move the QAT below the ribbon tabs. And just like that, you\u2019ve got a familiar, click-reducing, productivity-enhancing toolbar in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90421\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pro-toolbar1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90421 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pro-toolbar1-1024x109.png\" alt=\"Pro toolbar\" width=\"640\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ArcMap-style toolbar for ArcGIS Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u2026.Yes, I did go through the process of recreating ArcMap\u2019s <strong>Standard<\/strong> and <strong>Tools<\/strong> toolbars using the QAT in ArcGIS Pro (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=982ee4e5434d46e6a94209fe6bc875bc\" target=\"_blank\">download <em>user.config<\/em> file<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While it\u2019s a very close match between ArcMap&#8217;s standard toolbars and this customized Pro QAT, there are a few differences worth discussing and understanding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Pro projects<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 60px\">ArcGIS Pro is a <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/projects\/what-is-a-project.htm\">project-based<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> application, so the first buttons are <\/span><strong>New <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">project, <\/span><strong>Open<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> project, and <\/span><strong>Save<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> project. You do not work with map documents like you did in ArcMap. However, I\u2019ve added the <\/span><strong>New Map<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> and <\/span><strong>New Layout<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> commands after the project commands, since adding <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/map-authoring\/maps.htm\">maps<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/layouts\/layouts-in-arcgis-pro.htm\">layouts<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"> is common for almost all projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Printing and exporting maps<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 60px\">In addition to the command to <strong>Print Map<\/strong>, there is a command to <strong>Export Map to File<\/strong>, like a .pdf, .svg, or .jpg. ArcGIS Pro is great at exporting high-quality .pdfs.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Copy data paths<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 60px\">ArcGIS Pro 2.1 has a <strong>Copy Path<\/strong> command that is extremely useful, so it is on the QAT toolbar despite no such button in ArcMap. Select some item in the <strong>Catalog<\/strong> pane, then click this button to copy its path.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Delete<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The <\/span><strong>Delete<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> button only works on selected <\/span><em>features<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> in the map, as there are no map graphics or free text in the latest version of ArcGIS Pro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Map scale<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><strong>Map Scale<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> is not on a ribbon command so cannot be added to the QAT. But the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/map-scales-and-scale-properties.htm\">scale control<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> is always available in the status bar below the map.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Editing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The ArcMap <\/span><strong>Standard<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> toolbar has a button to open the <\/span><strong>Editor<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> toolbar which has commands to <\/span><strong>Start Editing<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> and <\/span><strong>Stop Editing<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">, among many others. There is no <\/span><strong>Start Editing<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> or <\/span><strong>Stop<\/strong><strong>Editing<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> in ArcGIS Pro, as <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/editing\/overview-of-desktop-editing.htm\">edit sessions are started on demand<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">, and stopped when you <\/span><strong>Save<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> or <\/span><strong>Discard<\/strong><strong>Edits<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">. The closest capability for the Pro QAT is the <\/span><strong>Create Features<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> pane. <\/span><strong>Save Edits<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> and <\/span><strong>Discard<\/strong><strong>Edits<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> were added to the toolbar for convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Zoom\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">There are no <\/span><strong>Zoom In<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> or <\/span><strong>Zoom Out<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> rectangle tools in the latest version of ArcGIS Pro. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/navigation-in-arcgis-pro.htm\">Navigation<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> and zooming can be accomplished using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts while using the <\/span><strong>Explore<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> tool, or using the new on-screen <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/the-on-screen-navigator.htm\">Navigator<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> control.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Select elements<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The <\/span><strong>Select Elements<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> tool can only be used with layout elements, as there are no graphics or free text in the latest version of ArcGIS Pro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Explore tool<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The <\/span><strong>Identify<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">, <\/span><strong>Hyperlink<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">, and <\/span><strong>HTML<\/strong><strong>Popup<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> tools in ArcMap have been combined into the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/navigation-in-arcgis-pro.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_C81B1D7778DB48779AA20D5802CB3A2D\"><strong>Explore<\/strong> tool<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> in ArcGIS Pro.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Locate<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The <\/span><strong>Search<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> command opens the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/data\/geocoding\/about-finding-an-address.htm\"><strong>Locate<\/strong> pane<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> where you can search for place names or addresses, attribute values in your configured layers, and latitude (y) &#8211; longitude (x) pairs. This combines ArcMap\u2019s <\/span><strong>Find<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> and <\/span><strong>Go To XY<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> commands.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Network analysis<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">There is no dedicated <\/span><strong>Find Routes<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> button or dialog like ArcMap has. Instead there is a <\/span><strong>Network Analysis<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> button with a menu containing several commands for network analysis. This includes routing and service areas (drive-time buffers), among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Time slider<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">In ArcGIS Pro the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/time\/visualize-temporal-data-using-the-time-slider.htm\"><strong>Time Slider<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> is not available as a ribbon button. Rather, it is enabled by configuring the time properties of a layer in your map.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Overview map and multiple views<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">There is no <\/span><strong>Create Viewer Window<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> command available in Pro. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/navigation\/link-multiple-views.htm\">Link multiple map views<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\"> to get secondary views of the same map layers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"color: #008080\">Toolbar position<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">The ArcGIS Pro QAT can only be positioned above or below the ribbon. You cannot tear the QAT off to float over the application, or dock it in a different location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I hope this ArcGIS Pro <del>hack<\/del> configuration might help a few people out there to be more productive in their work.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5181,"user_firstname":"Drew","user_lastname":"Flater","nickname":"Drew Flater","user_nicename":"drewf","display_name":"Drew Flater","user_email":"dflater@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:51","user_description":"Group Lead Product Engineer for the Geoprocessing development team at Esri, leading and contributing to projects across ArcGIS products with focus on ArcGIS Pro.\r\nDrew joined Esri in 2008, after completing his Masters in GIS at the University of Akron. Now he designs, codes, tests, and documents tools that can be used to understand and find meaning in raw geospatial data. 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