idea UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer" in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer"

Nabaz_Gharib — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:11:40 GMT

this question was asked 4 years ago, but still no solution.
Solved: UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer" - Esri Community

apparently, it should be simple and straightforward, but practically it is a pain.

I have 4 CAD layers in a map, and I made one of them as only selectable, the problem is the CAD files are groups within groups. now when I want to make all layer selectable I have to go to all groups expand them and make all of the selectable.

this procedure is fine for on time, but for several time it is simply a pain. I looked at arcpy to find away iterate over layer to make all of them selectable but could not find a solution.

The requested feature us add a command to make all layers (supported layers) selectable.

Re: UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer"

AlfredBaldenweck — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:57:40 GMT

Re: UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer"

-_- — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:24:00 GMT

It is possible to do this using CIM access, but it takes a bit of time, so I would appreciate it if there were a better way to do it.

import arcpy aprx=arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") view=aprx.activeView mapname=view.map.name maps=aprx.listMaps(mapname)[0] lyrs=maps.listLayers() for l in lyrs: l_cim=l.getDefinition('V3') try: if l_cim.selectable: continue else: l_cim.selectable=True l.setDefinition(l_cim) except: continue

Re: UNDO "Make this the only selectable layer"

Nabaz_Gharib — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:49:37 GMT

Thank @-_-

It works, and this is the only solution for now.