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I have this feature class
I would like it to be :
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Unsuitable
Water
No data
The only was I know how to sort it in the Symbology tab is alphabetically. I know I can also rearrange them in the legend in Layout View. Should I put Water and No data in separate layers and label the classes with numbers instead? Or is there away to sort them the way I like?
When you add symbology to your layer, the labels will be sorted alphabetically by default. You can specify the order of listing of labels in the Layer Properties > Symbology tab. Select a row and use the up and down arrows buttons to reorder the list.
On the image below, I've moved California to be the first item in the list.
You can also create a new field (called something like LabelField to calculate the values that will be used for symbology and symbols order). Mind that the sorting happens alphabetically anyway, so if you have more than 9 items, the order would be 1 Arizona, 10 Georgia, 11 Hawaii and so forth.
LabelFIeld I was talking about: you create a new field in your feature class and calculate it to have values that would let you sort your classes in the TOC using the order you want. Take a look at this Help topic: desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/tables/…
Aug 17 '17 at 20:57