topic Re: Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions

Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex

TimothyBarrows — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:27:59 GMT

I am trying to make minor edits to a polygon I manually created in ArcGIS Pro. When I use Edit → Modify → Edit Vertices, clicking and dragging a vertex moves the entire polygon rather than the individual vertex. Vertices are visible and selectable, and clicking a vertex correctly highlights the corresponding row in the Vertices table. However, dragging the vertex still moves the entire feature, and using the arrow keys after selecting a vertex also moves the whole polygon instead of just that vertex.

In troubleshooting, I noticed the geometry type was Polygon Z, so I exported the feature to a new feature class with Output has Z values = Disabled, resulting in a standard Polygon. I then ran Repair Geometry and Multipart to Singlepart, turned snapping both on and off, and confirmed that the layer is editable and stored in a file geodatabase. Despite these steps, vertex-level edits continue to behave like a feature-level move rather than a geometry edit.

At this point, the geometry is no longer Z-enabled, vertices are selectable, and the Vertices table updates correctly, but ArcGIS Pro still treats vertex drags as a move of the entire polygon

Re: Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex

DanPatterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:02:30 GMT

confirm you procedure under Move a vertex in

Edit feature vertices—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex

TimothyBarrows — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:46:27 GMT

I just figured it out... it's because "Stretch Proportionally" was on...

Re: Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex

TimothyBarrows — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:49:37 GMT

Thank you so much. You've helped me before. You're a amazing

Re: Cannot edit polygon vertices in Pro – entire polygon moves instead of vertex

DanPatterson — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:14:48 GMT

glad you figured it out