ArcGIS Pro Option to Disable Auto-Zoom behavior when Double-Clicking Point Features in Attribute Table?

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03-26-2024 08:01 AM
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CalvinHarmin
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When you double-click a feature class row in the attribute table, the default behavior of ArcGIS Pro is to PAN to the feature, but also ZOOM to it. In other words, change the map scale so that the feature's full extent is visible. 

This makes perfect sense for line and polygon features. But there is a problem when doing this with POINT type features: If you double click a point feature in the attribute table, it will PAN to center the point, and then zoom in ~50% of your current scale. If you double-click another point, it PANS again but also ZOOMS again.

And again, and again, and again it zooms, as you double click additional features until you are beyond any reasonable scale that would be considered useful. In other words, it's a 'dumb' behavior. 

I think a simple PAN should be the default behavior for point type features in this case. Possibly with an option to set your preferred default point zoom level, ideally both globally and a per-layer override. Or at least an option to disable the auto-zoom behavior for all point features. These options would have an obvious home in the "Feature Layer" dynamic ribbon tab as it already has options for scale visibility and such. 

Workaround: In the meantime, you can avoid this by holding CTRL button and double-clicking the feature to do a quick PAN only, no zoom.

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ChrisUnderwood
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Hello @CalvinHarmin  , as another workaround you can also highlight the row in the Attribute Table and press Ctrl+N, or right click and select Pan To.