topic Re: Web Experience Builder in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Web Experience Builder

ChristopherBatchman — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:15:20 GMT

When creating a WebApp using the Experience Builder, I am having an issue when I select an item that it brings up the vertices for editing, even though I do not have the Editor tool active, and I am only using the Select tool at the time. I still want to be able to edit features in the app, but not every time I select a feature. Has anyone else had this problem? What did you do to resolve this issue?

Re: Web Experience Builder

Brian_McLeer — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:42:08 GMT

I'm not sure I have an answer for you question directly, but it looks like based on this post if you put the Edit widget in a widget controller it will not have edit on by default.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-questions/how-do-i-deactivate-the-edit-feature-function/m-p/1490286#M13058

Re: Web Experience Builder

ClioClark — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:04:22 GMT

Hi @ChristopherBatchman,

This is expected behaviour, as the Edit widget is designed to be data-centric. When selecting or updating features in an experience, all widgets using the same data source automatically reflect the changes. This is why the

This knowledge article presents some potential workarounds: https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/problem-selecting-features-automatically-expands-the-si-000035177

All the best,
Clio