Add a “Re-enable Selection from All Layers” command after “Make This the Only Selectable Layer”

[WalkerKB]

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.

[Vinzafy]

It does baffle me that there is a very easy way in the GUI to make only one layer selectable, but no clear, single action to reverse that and make all layers selectable again. 

That said, we did find a keyboard shortcut + click method to enable ALL layers as selectable again, but this shortcut was not at all obvious. 

To make ALL layers selectable again (top level and sub-level layers), navigate to the "List By Selection" view in the Contents pane. Hold CTRL + SHIFT on your keyboard, then click any layer (nested or not). This will make ALL layers in the map selectable again. 

Note that the reverse is also true. If all layers are selectable and you use the shortcut above, it will turn off selection for all layers. 

E.g. Only one layer is selectable

Using the CTRL + SHIFT + CLICK to enable selection for any layer currently not selectable will change ALL layers (grouped or not) to selectable.