Contents Panel Not Responding - Can't Access Layers

[soltan1013]

As stated above, the program doesnt respond to any command via the contents panel.  I need to access multiple layers to perform edits, I figured to just let the program wait and it would kick into gear eventually, but its been over 2 hours...

 

[soltan1013]

Edit:  They do respond and are accessible when I am in any of my previous Layout tabs; just not when I am in the Map tab.  I can highlight over them but and right click, but everything is grayed out.

[Robert_LeClair]

Soltan - the dimmed color (gray) that you mention in the Contents Pane means there is a scale dependent display set for those layers.  You can remove them if you prefer.  Then you can complete your edits/works in Map View.  To learn more about displaying layers at certain scale, click here.