{"id":251,"date":"2011-08-15T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=251"},"modified":"2011-08-15T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T14:40:45","slug":"arcgis-10-turn-off-the-feature-construction-toolbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS 10 &#8211; Turn Off the &#8220;Feature Construction&#8221; toolbar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a lot\u00a0digitizing\u00a0recently\u00a0and for the most part ArcGIS with version 10 is finally a viable way of doing it. \u00a0 There has been one thing bothering me though and that&#8217;s the &#8220;Feature Construction&#8221; mini-toolbar. \u00a0 It pops-up as you edit but more often than not it&#8217;s been getting in my way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature_construction.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252\" title=\"&quot;Feature Construction&quot; mini-toolbar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature_construction.jpg?resize=300%2C258\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature_construction.jpg?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature_construction.jpg?resize=1%2C1&amp;ssl=1 1w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/feature_construction.jpg?w=348&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Get out the way! ARGHHHH!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So I did some searching in the help file and wouldn&#8217;t you know it I can \u00a0turn the toolbar off or better yet with one key move it. \u00a0 There are so many keyboard short-cuts and functions in ArcGIS I can&#8217;t honestly keep track of them. \u00a0 But with this I&#8217;m a little\u00a0embarrassed\u00a0I&#8217;ve gone on so long without finding out how to get rid of the damn thing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So to move the mini-toolbar with press TAB to move it or SHIFT+TAB to remove it from your site.<\/li>\n<li>Or click on Editor &#8211;&gt; Options and under &#8216;General&#8217; uncheck the &#8220;Show minitoolbar&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stupidly easy isn&#8217;t it? \u00a0 Well first of all there is a lesson here, check the help file if you can&#8217;t figure it out. \u00a0 I also did at the same time a google search which got me to a new blog I hadn&#8217;t been to before!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgisdesktop\/10.0\/help\/index.html#\/\/001t00000058000000.htm\">ArcGIS Desktop 10 Help &#8220;The Feature Construction Toolbar&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230;. do some creative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?q=adjust+where+the+edit+box+appears+in+arcgis#pq=adjust%20where%20the%20feature%20construction%20appears%20in%20arcgis&amp;hl=en&amp;cp=0&amp;gs_id=30&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=%22feature+construction%22+appears+in+arcgis\">google searching<\/a> and find blogs like this one:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/donmeltz.com\/blog\/\">blog.donmetlz.com<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/donmeltz.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/23\/arcgis-10-annoyances-feature-construction-mini-toolbar\/\">&#8220;ArcGIS 10 Annoyances &#8211; Feature Construction Mini-Toolbar&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;&gt; Lots of comments on the end of this post, shows me that I&#8217;m not alone in my ignorance of this &#8216;feature&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been doing a lot\u00a0digitizing\u00a0recently\u00a0and for the most part ArcGIS with version 10 is finally a viable way of doing it. \u00a0 There has been one thing bothering me though and that&#8217;s the &#8220;Feature Construction&#8221; mini-toolbar. \u00a0 It pops-up as you edit but more often than not it&#8217;s been getting in my way. 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