Filter and search for templates

In the Manage Templates and Create Features panes, filtering and searching for templates shows the templates that match the active filter and the keywords or other metadata you type in the search box. Search criteria is not case-sensitive.

The active filter icon appears when a filter is turned on.

Manage Templates

The Manage Templates pane contains templates defined for all maps in the current project.

1. On the ribbon, click the Edit tab. In the Features group, click the Manage Templates dialog box launcher .
2. In the Manage Templates pane, type a keyword or other textual metadata in the Search box .

   Your search history remains available in the drop-down list until you clear it or close the project.

   • Press Backspace, or click Delete to clear the search entry.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and click the keyword to restore a previous search.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and click Clear History to clear your search history.
3. Click Filter , click Filter By, and choose a filter to filter the list by template type or layer characteristics.

   Point	Show only point feature layers and templates.
   Line	Show only polyline feature layers and templates.
   MultiPatch	Show only multipatch feature layers and templates.
   Polygon	Show only polygon feature layers and templates.
   Annotation	Show only annotation feature layers and templates.
   Z Aware	Show only z-enabled feature layers and templates.
   Group	Show only feature layers with group templates.
   Preset	Show only feature layers with preset templates.
   Editable Layer Only	Show only editable feature layers and templates.
   Layer with Templates Only	Show only feature layers with templates.
   Layer without Templates Only	Show only feature layers with no templates.
   No filtering	Show all layers and templates.

4. Click Filter , click Group By, and choose the sorting method to sort the list.

   Geometry Type	Group templates by the geometry type they create.
   Layer	Sort templates by the layer on which they create features.
   No Grouping	Sort templates in alphanumeric order.

Create Features

The Create Features pane contains templates defined for the active map.

1. On the ribbon, click the Edit tab. In the Features group, click Create .
2. In the Create Features pane, type a keyword or other textual metadata in the Search box .

   Your search history remains available in the drop-down list until you clear it or close the project.

   • Press Backspace, or click Delete to clear the search entry.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and click the keyword to restore a previous search.
   • Click the drop-down arrow and click Clear History to clear your search history.
3. Click Filter , click Filter By, and choose a filter to filter the list by template type or visibility.

   Point	Show only templates for point features.
   Line	Show only templates for polyline features.
   MultiPatch	Show only templates for multipatch features.
   Polygon	Show only templates for polygon features.
   Annotation	Show only templates for annotation features.
   Z Aware	Show only templates for z-enabled features.
   Group	Show only group templates.
   Preset	Show only preset templates.
   Table	Show only table templates.
   Contents Selection	Show only templates for layers with Visible checked in the Contents pane.
   Contents Selection by Group	Show only templates for group layers and composite layers with Visible checked in the Contents pane.
   No filtering	Show all templates.

4. To sort the list, click Filter , click Group By, and choose the sorting method.

   Geometry Type	Group templates by the geometry type they create.
   Layer	Sort templates by the layer on which they create features.
   No Grouping	Sort templates in alphanumeric order.