Flashing, zooming, and panning the map by specific records

It is important to know how to zoom to, pan to, and locate features on a map. From the attribute table, you can select any feature and navigate your map to that feature with special commands. The Zoom To, Pan To, and Flash commands allow you to locate features by changing the scale of the map, centering the map on the feature, or flashing the feature without changing the extent or scale.

1. Right-click the gray cell (row button) to the left of the record you want to flash, zoom to, or pan to and click the command you want.
2. To flash a feature on the map, click Flash.
3. To pan to a feature on the map, click Pan To.
4. To zoom the map to a record, click Zoom To.

Tip:

Double-clicking the gray cell to the left of a record selects that record and zooms to its feature on the map. Pressing CTRL and double-clicking the gray cell to the left of a record selects that record and pans to its feature on the map.

Tip:

Clicking Zoom To Selected zooms the map to all selected records regardless of which row button you right-clicked. Zoom To Selected only works when you have selected records.

Tip:

When you are showing just selected records and want to zoom to the highlighted records, click Zoom To Highlighted. (You highlight a record by clicking it when you're viewing only the selected records in the table.)

Note:

Some of the options on the Table window's row button shortcut menu are only available when you are working with a feature layer's attribute table. If you are working with a table that has no features associated with it, you won't be able to pan or zoom to records.