Allow Rectangle Textbox to Grow/Shrink and Vertically Justify Text

[LucasMurray2]

Allow the rectangle textbox to grow or shrink based on the text within the box.  When creating data driven pages, I sometimes add long text to describe the data in the map.  If I size the textbox for the longest text and the text shrinks for one of the maps, I'm left with a large blank space between the bottom of the text and the bottom border of the box.

Also, within a rectangle textbox, allow me to control the vertical justification of the text.  Currently, it's only top justified.  I'd like the ability to make it center or bottom justifiy.

Thank you.

[RichardHowe]

In product plan 🥳🥳

If we could expedite that it would be great. It's only been 8 years.

For another use case I'll add creating a table on a map frame that isn't a data table and can't be achieved via a table frame (e.g. has excel style functionality of merged cells etc.).

[PhilLarkin1]

Auto Grow/Shrink would be great for automating map production. The alternative is writing python exceptions for all elements that might need more space than exists in a layout. 

[Tracey_Rossato]

This is so annoying. I now have to create a separate text box over a rectangle just to achieve a vertically centered label. Surely, this can be addressed. 

[wayfaringrob]

Agree with others that Esri ought to be more robust with its functionality and responsive to the needs of users. 9+ years and pages and pages of customer advocacy to implement simple text alignment options is just insane. Priorities seem really backwards. It's not just this feature that suffers from this lack of attention, but those should have been there from the beginning. Let's get it done.

[Christoph_Höser]

This will take more than 9 years? Considering all the other features in ARC GIS Pro, the entire software package must have taken 3,500 years or more to develop.
ESRI, do you even listen to customers?

[KFung_TLC]

Good Question! Who is ERSI's customers? Do ESRI even consider those who heavily involved in map production as customers? 

In wonder in ESRI's echo chamber of product development teams, did our voice even exist?