Enable Layer Editing

The Editable command is used to control whether this vector layer is editable, i.e., whether the objects in the layer can be edited.

Enable Layer Editing

Method 1:

Right-click a vector layer node in the Layer Manager, and in the pop-up context menu, click and select the Editable command to activate the editable operation.

Method 2:

The Editable button (in the shape of a pen) in front of a vector layer node in the Layer Manager is also used to control whether the vector layer is editable. You can click this button to control the editable state. When the button is activated, the vector layer is editable; when the button is locked, the vector layer cannot be edited.

Method 3:

Right-click the layer to be edited and select Layer Properties. In the Layer Properties panel, check the Editable check box.

Method 4:

In the Layer Editor, open the Layer Control dialog box, select the layer to be edited, and check the Editable check box.

Enable Multi-Layer Editing

In the Edit Data tab, in the BasicEdit group, the Multi-layer Editing check box controls whether the editing state in the current map is the multi-layer editing state. Check this check box to enable the multi-layer editing state for the current map; if unchecked, only one layer in the current map can be in the editing state. The application enables multi-layer editing by default.

  • If the current map is in the multi-layer editing state, the map can have multiple editable map layers. When the user selects an object in the map, the layer of the object will automatically switch to the current layer, and the content of that layer can be edited at that time.
  • If the current map is not in the multi-layer editing state, there can only be one editable layer in the map. If the user wants to edit other layers in the map, they need to frequently switch the editable state settings of layers.
  • The multi-layer editing function facilitates the editing of different layers in the map and reduces user operations.

Specify the Current Layer

When performing multi-layer editing, you can specify the current editing and operation layer through the Current Layer combo box. Click the drop-down button on the right to switch the current editing layer in the drop-down menu. If the selected layer does not have editing enabled, switching the Current Layer to that layer will automatically switch it to the editable state.