Hiding cartographic and annotation features

The Hide Selected Feature(s) tool gives you a way to hide cartographic or annotation features quickly. The tool changes the IsVisible field from Visible to Not Visible. It does not delete the features or annotation from the database; it simply hides the visibility of the features. Hiding features increases the readability of charts while only altering a field on the feature. It is controlled by the MapId, so features are hidden on a chart-by-chart basis. Definition queries can then filter out the features or annotation to be hidden based on this field.

This tool works with any feature class that has the IsVisible field.

1. Start ArcMap.
2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Aviation Editing.
3. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Aviation Annotation.
4. Click the Production Start Editing button on the Aviation Editing toolbar.

   Note:

   The Manage Features and Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes windows automatically appear when you start an edit session using the Production Start Editing tool.

   Tip:

   If the Create Attributes, Update Attributes, or Metadata Attributes window does not appear when you start an edit session, click the Show/Hide Attributes button on the Manage Features window.

5. Do one of the following to select a feature.

   To select one or more cartographic features	Click the Edit tool on the Aviation Editing toolbar and click a single feature or drag a box around multiple features.
   To select one or more annotation features	Click the Edit Annotation button on the Aviation Annotation toolbar and click a single feature or drag a box around multiple features.
   To select both cartographic and annotation features at the same time	Click the Edit tool on the Aviation Editing toolbar and click a single feature or drag a box around multiple features.

6. Verify that the feature selected has been set as selectable.
7. Click the Hide Selected Feature(s) button on the Aviation Editing toolbar to hide the features.

   The IsVisible field for the given feature is changed to Not Visible. Definition queries can be put in place to filter out the annotation based on this field.

8. Click the Save Edits button .
9. Click the Stop Editing button on the Aviation Editing toolbar.