Editing features

Use the editing tools to create, modify, and delete features. You also can link application records to features, and unlink records from features. The available editing tools vary based upon the geometry feature type (point, line, or polygon) that you select to edit. The Editing Tools are available in the Editing  and Versioned Editing dialog boxes.

For each feature that you want to edit, select the feature, then select and use the editing tool.

Note: If the Versioned Editing window is too large for your screen, set your screen resolution to 1280 x 1024.

To edit features:

  1. Open the Editing window using either of the following methods:

  2. If you use versioned editing:

  1. From the Select Action menu, select Versioned Editing.

  2. In the Select a Version ID field, specify the version that you want to edit and click Start Editing.

  1. Click Editing in the Tasks section in the left pane of the Map tab. Note: In non-versioned editing, you do not choose a version to edit. You make all of your edits against the default version.

  1. In the Edit field, select the feature class that contains the feature you want to edit from the drop-down list.

  2. Click Start Editing.

  3. Click the Select tool .

NOTE: To create a feature, click the Create tool for the type of feature that you want to create. You use the Select tool to select existing features to edit.

  1. Use the editing tools to perform your edits.

  2. Click Save Edits to save your changes. Click Discard Edits to delete your edits.

See Also

Editing Tools

Configure Settings for Snap Options

Edit the Attributes of a Feature

About Versions