idea Maintain Attachments via Merge in ArcGIS Web Editor Ideas

Maintain Attachments via Merge

MK_MDA — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:40:53 GMT

I need the ability to be able to maintain attachments from ALL selected features when performing a Merge, not just from the one feature chosen by the tool to maintain attributes from when combining geometries. For agricultural practice inspections, different sections are mapped separately by my field users that I on the back end then merge together. Currently, I am forced to download each photo from all of the features so upload any that get dropped after the Merge takes place.

In the same vein, it would be nice if selecting or hovering over different features selected to Merge could highlight the physical feature on the map to know which you are selecting to maintain attributes from when merging many together.

Re: Maintain Attachments via Merge - Status changed to: Under Consideration

CraigGillgrass — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:56:15 GMT

@MK_MDA I've added the request to maintain attachments on merge to our backlog.

With respect to this comment:
"In the same vein, it would be nice if selecting or hovering over different features selected to Merge could highlight the physical feature on the map to know which you are selecting to maintain attributes from when merging many together."

This is already possible in Merge; when you hover over the feature in the list, it will be highlighted on the map.

Re: Maintain Attachments via Merge

MK_MDA — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:17:33 GMT

@CraigGillgrass It would also be helpful if hovering over a feature would highlight it in the attribute table. It would help me see which feature I wat to maintain during the merge based on the attributes without having to click through every single one and evaluate in the merge features pane.

Re: Maintain Attachments via Merge

CraigGillgrass — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:08:50 GMT

@MK_MDA if I understand this latest request, when the Attributes table is open for the layer and when all the features that are being merged are being displayed on the screen in the Table, you would like them to highlight in the Attributes table as you hover over them in the Merge panel.

In this context, the Attributes table is what is opened using "Show table" from the overflow (...) from the Layers panel in Web Editor.

Do I have that correct?