idea Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idi-p/921463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How many times has a user selected a number of records to edit the attributes and inadvertently moved the geometry.&nbsp; Depending on the experience level of the editer they may or may not undo the changes.&nbsp; Damage can be enormous.&nbsp; It would be great to be able to select records from a feature table to edit and have the option to lock&nbsp; geometry to prevent any changes when editing only attributes. Edit attributes only option.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:09:00 GMT JohnMosher2 2010-04-01T14:09:00Z Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idi-p/921463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How many times has a user selected a number of records to edit the attributes and inadvertently moved the geometry.&nbsp; Depending on the experience level of the editer they may or may not undo the changes.&nbsp; Damage can be enormous.&nbsp; It would be great to be able to select records from a feature table to edit and have the option to lock&nbsp; geometry to prevent any changes when editing only attributes. Edit attributes only option.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:09:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idi-p/921463 JohnMosher2 2010-04-01T14:09:00Z Re: Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921464#M56 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Wouldn't that achieved with the sticky move tolerance? <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a30000006xNW1 --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:09:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921464#M56 DustinEdge 2010-04-16T02:09:00Z Re: Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921465#M57 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Sticky move kind of works, but only for all the features.&nbsp; I would like to ability to turn off geometry editing on Layer A, B, &amp; C, but allow it for only Layer D.<BR /><BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a30000009Dta4 --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:16:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921465#M57 DavidHaines 2011-01-14T20:16:25Z Re: Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921466#M58 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>ArcMap could provide complex locking possibilities for each Layer and Group in TOC like Adobe Photoshop does (partial and full locking e.g. overall layer editing lock, table/geometry editing lock, lock current layer selection to preserve selected features in layer till unlocked etc.).<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a30000009b4Tw --> </BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:21:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921466#M58 JurajKrumpolec 2011-02-04T14:21:54Z Re: Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921467#M59 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">In ArcPro (the layer fields design window),&nbsp;the user can control the editability of the attributes for a layer. One of the fields exposed in that form is the SHAPE which holds the geometry for that record. If that field is marked as read only, the ability move, rotate or scale the selected feature should be disabled.</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">This or some other method of disabling spatial edits on a given layer while still preserving a users ability to edit some or all of the attributes would be <STRONG>extremely</STRONG> helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:13:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/921467#M59 GlenColgate1 2020-10-13T17:13:17Z Re: Provide option to lock geometry while editing attribute table - Status changed to: Already Offered https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/1607254#M34531 <P>To prevent editing geometry while still allowing attribute edits you can author an <A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/geodatabases/overview/an-overview-of-attribute-rules.htm" target="_self">Attribute Rule</A> as outlined in the following blog article: <A href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/data-management/prevent-geometry-updates-allow-attribute-updates-on-features-with-attribute-rules/" target="_blank">https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/data-management/prevent-geometry-updates-allow-attribute-updates-on-features-with-attribute-rules/</A></P> Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:44:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/provide-option-to-lock-geometry-while-editing/idc-p/1607254#M34531 Scott_Harris 2025-04-18T12:44:58Z