From cd1bf16dcd8063a240e4d6137fd4bfd3ef8f6006 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quincy Morgan <2046746+quincylvania@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 15:51:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Download, select, and display the feature specified in the
 URL upon load even if the map parameter is zoomed out beyond the editable
 extent (close #8122)

---
 modules/core/context.js | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/core/context.js b/modules/core/context.js
index dd561073c..34efd365c 100644
--- a/modules/core/context.js
+++ b/modules/core/context.js
@@ -185,15 +185,17 @@ export function coreContext() {
   };
 
   context.zoomToEntity = (entityID, zoomTo) => {
-    if (zoomTo !== false) {
-      context.loadEntity(entityID, (err, result) => {
-        if (err) return;
-        const entity = result.data.find(e => e.id === entityID);
-        if (entity) {
-          _map.zoomTo(entity);
-        }
-      });
-    }
+
+    // be sure to load the entity even if we're not going to zoom to it
+    context.loadEntity(entityID, (err, result) => {
+      if (err) return;
+      if (zoomTo !== false) {
+          const entity = result.data.find(e => e.id === entityID);
+          if (entity) {
+            _map.zoomTo(entity);
+          }
+      }
+    });
 
     _map.on('drawn.zoomToEntity', () => {
       if (!context.hasEntity(entityID)) return;