The order in which fields are listed on the Fields tab is the default order in which they are displayed throughout ArcMap. You can toggle visibility for all fields by clicking the Turn all fields on or off button, holding down CTRL and clicking a check box, or pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR when a field is highlighted in the list. You can check the box to show the field and uncheck it to hide it in ArcMap. The left side of the Fields tab contains a list of all the fields in the feature class or table, including any fields that have been joined to it. These settings also apply to fields that are appended in a join, although you are only able to edit the joined fields when they are accessed from the origin table. The settings you choose on the Fields tab, including visibility, order, and alias, are used throughout ArcMap when you are working with attributes, such as in the attribute table window, in the Identify window, and when editing in the Attributes window. Navigating the list of fields on the Fields tab Some field properties are defined when the table or feature class is created and cannot be changed, including field type, length, precision, and scale. Set table display options and work with columns.Write an expression that can be used to build a more complex display string entry in place of the contents of the display field.Determine the display field, which is used by the Identify window, Attributes window, and other functionality in ArcMap.Formatted data appears in the Identify window, Attributes window, legends, the table of contents, table windows, and so on. Define the formatting for numeric data, such as for currency values or to display a relevant number of decimal places.This is helpful because you cannot change the names of fields in your data once they are created. Define an alias for a field name so the field appears in the table with a name that is easy to understand.Define which fields are displayed (the visible fields).The settings on the Fields tab are used to determine how attributes will be shown in ArcMap, including in the attribute table window, in the Identify window, and when editing in the Attributes window.įor example, you can do any of the following: You can view and, in some cases, edit the field properties on the Fields tab of the Layer Properties and Table Properties dialog boxes.

Quickly setting field properties and aliasesĮach field, or column, in an attribute table has properties that describe its contents and how the data in it should be displayed.Navigating the list of fields on the Fields tab.

Tabular display