topic Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

JeffWard — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:45:58 GMT

I keep trying to do things in Pro so that I can switch to using it full time but I keep hitting snags that make me lose confidence in it.

Like today, I'm trying to move a polygon feature, but it doesn't move. I go through all of the steps, select a polygon move the anchor, drag the polygon to a new location snapping it to another feature and click the finish check box, but it goes back to its original location and the tool says it was successful.

It works with points and lines, just not polygons.

Can anyone duplicate this?

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

MatthewDriscoll — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:58:36 GMT

I found that tool has a ton of problems too. It is moving, but to see it you have to hit save and zoom in or out. Makes for a very long session.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Scott_Harris — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:58:48 GMT

Hi Jeff,

I can't reproduce it, but try clearing the display cache to see if that makes a difference: Options > Display > check "Clear cache" > close and reopen the project.

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

MatthewDriscoll — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:03:49 GMT

Thanks! This fix the same problem for me.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

JeffWard — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:05:12 GMT

Thanks Matthew, but I saved edits and zoomed in and out, polygon still stays in original location.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

MatthewDriscoll — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:06:44 GMT

Bummer, I was just dealing with that yesterday and that work for me. Try doing what Scott suggested it fixed my issue.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

JeffWard — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:07:21 GMT

No luck. I guess I should mention I'm editing the default version of an sde geodatabase. But points and lines in that same geodatabase move as directed.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

JeffWard — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:08:33 GMT

Correction, it's not the default version. I'm going to switch it to default and try that.

*edit* - The points and lines were in the default version and my polygons were in a child version.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

JeffWard — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:07:42 GMT

So it turns out it was a problem with having different layers in the same map pointing to different versions of my sde geodatabase that caused the problem. I had a few layers pointing to the default version and then the layers I was editing pointing to a child version. When I added just my editing layers to a different project and pointed them to the editing version I was able to move my polygons. I think the problem corrupted my original map, I am now unable to select any polygons for the move tool even after pointing all of my layers to my editing version. But if I insert a new map in the original project and add my editing layer, point it to the editing version, I can move polygons.

I guess I had better report a bug. Thanks for all of the input everyone.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Scott_Harris — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:33:53 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for closing the loop. Please let me know if you end up submitting a bug with Tech Support. I'd be curious to know how to reproduce it.

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Anonymous User — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:14:13 GMT

I've just had this issue and a quick google found this thread.

I have a set of rectangular polygons that I'm using as the bounding boxes for a map series. I've been able to move these polygons successfully up until now (been working with them for approx a month); but now the move tool has stopped working.

As described above I select the anchor and move the tool, press F2 to finish the operation. The polygon reverts to its original location but the tool inidicates the move has been successful and there is a change to save in the edit ribbon. I cant move or rotate this polygon but I can edit the vertices (a different tool).

The polygon shapefile is saved locally on my machine and is not complex at all - just a set of 25 rectangular polygons with some attribute data such as page numbers and scale for the map series setup.

Any help would be useful. I've tried clearing the display cache and saving/zooming in and out as suggested which didnt work.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Scott_Harris — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:30:01 GMT

Hi Gareth,

Does the same thing happen if you add the feature class to a new map?

How about a new project?

Any clues in the Editing Status dialog? Edit ribbon > Manage Edits group > Status button will bring up the dialog.

Esri Technical Support can help narrow it down too.

Thanks,

Scott

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Anonymous User — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 07:42:29 GMT

In the end the solution was as simple as removing the feature class from the contents pane and reloading it from the catalog.

Re: Is the Move tool broken for polygons?

Scott_Harris — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:49:33 GMT

Glad to hear it!