TL;DR: ArcGIS Pro needs a quick, obvious way to undo “Make This the Only Selectable Layer” without forcing users to switch TOC views and manually re-enable every layer.
Currently, ArcGIS Pro allows a user to right-click a layer in the Table of Contents and choose Selection > Make This the Only Selectable Layer. That is useful and I use it. The problem is what happens next.
Once that command is used, there is no equally simple way to reverse it. To undo the action, the user has to switch the Table of Contents to List By Selection and then manually re-enable selection across layers. That is not intuitive, and it is especially inconvenient in maps with many layers. In practice, this makes a simple temporary action feel more “sticky” than it should.
I would propose two related improvements.
First, add a button on the Map ribbon, under the Selection tools, called Re-enable Selection from All Layers. This would immediately restore selectability across all layers in the map. It would give users a clear recovery path in the same general part of the UI where they are already working with selection behavior.
Second, add a complementary context-menu option in the Table of Contents. Today, the user can choose Selection > Make This the Only Selectable Layer. There should also be a paired option such as Make This Not the Only Selectable Layer, or another clearer equivalent, that restores normal selection behavior for all layers. In effect, this would accomplish the same thing as the proposed ribbon button, but from the same context menu where the original action was triggered.
The core issue is not whether the existing functionality works. It does. The issue is reversibility and discoverability. A command that narrows selection to one layer should have an equally easy and obvious way to return to the default state.
This would improve usability, reduce confusion, and save time for users who work with complex maps and frequently shift between focused layer selection and normal multi-layer selection.
