The Browse toolbar

The Browse toolbar consists of the following buttons:

Zoom In

Zooms in on the map using the pen.

Zoom to Full Extent

Zooms to the full extent of the map.

Go Back to Previous Extent

Zooms back to the previous extent you were viewing. ArcPad remembers the last 10 extents you have looked at since opening the map, so you can use this tool along with the Go To Next Extent tool to retrace your last 10 steps.

Identify

Activates the Identify tool. Displays the Feature Properties dialog box (or custom identify form, if present) for any feature you tap while the Identify tool is active.

The Identify option (check box) must be turned on for a layer in the Table of Contents dialog box for a feature in that layer to be identified.

Find

Opens the Find tool.

Clear Selected Feature

Clears currently selected features.

Quick Draw

Toggles the Quick Draw mode. This mode changes the way the map is displayed, uses less memory, and may improve performance of your map.

Each layer's Quick Draw behavior can be set in the Table of Contents. During Quick Draw mode, layers can be set to display in full, not display at all, or display in draft view. Draft view is simplification of the layers symbology. For polygon layers, this is an outline of the features; for line and point layers, it is a single pixel width or sized feature.

Layers selected for editing will be drawn in full while in Quick Draw mode.

Zoom In menu

Zoom In

Zooms in on the map using the pen.

Zoom Out

Zooms out on the map using the pen.

Pan

Pans the map using the pen.

Rotate Map

Sets the map rotation angle using the pen.

Zoom Full Extent menu

Fixed Zoom In

Zooms in on the center of the map by 25 percent.

Fixed Zoom Out

Zooms out on the center of the map by 25 percent.

Zoom To Selected Feature

Zooms to the extent of the selected feature.

Center on GPS

Centers the map on the current GPS position.

Zoom Full Extent

Zooms to the full extent of all the layers in the map.

Zoom To Layer

Zooms to the extent of a particular layer in the map.

Go Back to Previous Extent menu

Go Back To Previous Extent

Zooms back to the previous extent you were viewing. ArcPad remembers the last 10 extents you have looked at since opening the map, so you can use this tool along with the Go To Next Extent tool to retrace your last 10 steps.

Go To Next Extent

Zooms forward to the next extent in the extent history. ArcPad remembers the last 10 extents you have looked at since opening the map, so you can use this tool along with the Go Back To Previous Extent tool to retrace your last 10 steps.

Create Bookmark

Creates a spatial bookmark.

Zoom To Bookmark

Zooms to an existing spatial bookmark.

Identify menu

Identify

Activates the Identify tool. Displays the Feature Properties dialog box (or custom identify form, if present) for any feature you tap while the Identify tool is active.

The Identify option (check box) must be turned on for a layer in the Table of Contents dialog box for a feature in that layer to be identified.

Measure

Measures distances in the map view in point mode. Tap the Proceed button on the Command bar to end and view the measurements.

Radial Measure

Measures radial distances in the map view using the pen.

Freehand Measure

Measures distances in the map view in freehand mode.

Hyperlink

Activates the Hyperlink tool. Launches the program associated with the Hyperlink field for the feature you tap while the Hyperlink tool is active.

A Hyperlink field must be specified for at least one layer in the map for the Hyperlink button to be active. Hyperlink fields are specified for a particular layer in the Hyperlink tab on the Layer Properties dialog box.

Label

Activates the Label tool.

Displays a label for the feature closest to the location of your tap. The Label tool searches for the closest feature—using the layer order from the Table of Contents dialog box and the display pen tolerance (from the ArcPad Options dialog box). The first feature found is labeled. Up to 10 labels are displayed—label 1 is removed when label 11 is displayed. “Nothing found!” is displayed in the status bar if no feature is found.

The label consists of a title and a comment.

The text for the title is determined in the following order: the contents of a field called NAME, TITLE, ID, or the first attribute field. The text for the comment is determined in the following order: the contents of a field called COMMENTS, DESCRIPTION, DESC, or DESCRIPTIO. No comment is displayed if none of these four fields exist.

Labels can be removed with the Clear Selected Feature tool.

Go To

Activates the Go To tool. Sets the location you tap to be the current destination for navigation while the Go To tool is active.

Advanced Select

Activates the Advanced Select tool. Displays the Advanced Select dialog box with a list of features at the location you tap or drags a selection box while the Advanced Select tool is active.