To Edit the Properties of a Feature

View and edit the properties for one or more selected features in the Properties palette. The properties are the same as those you can edit in the Data Table.

To edit feature properties in the Properties palette

  1. Select the features to edit.

    To change a single value for multiple features (for example, to change the zoning type for multiple parcels to Commercial), select only those features.

  2. Right-click any selected feature or object and click Properties on the menu that appears.
  3. In the Properties palette, do any of the following:
    • To view only features, or only a particular type of drawing object, change the selection in the drop-down list at the top of the Properties palette.

      To see only features, select Map Features from the list.

      Drawing objects are listed by their geometry type. For example, to see only the properties for the line objects you selected, select Lines from the list.

    • To see the properties for a single selected layer, or to switch between selected layers, click the entry for Layer under Filter By Layer. Select a layer.
    • To change a value, click in its field and enter a new value.

      For other fields, hover over the property name to see information on the acceptable values.

      To set the value for a property to “NULL,” click in the value field and select <NULL> from the drop-down list in that field. If <NULL> does not appear in the list, the property cannot have a null value.

      Your edits apply to all selected features in the selected layer. The feature source is updated immediately if Update Edits Automatically is on.