diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/gizmos.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/gizmos.py
index 519451d47b..f025df38a4 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/gizmos.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/gizmos.py
@@ -5900,25 +5900,14 @@ class BaseParametricGizmoGroup:
                     billboard_rot=billboard_rot,
                     scale=0.30,
                 )
-            # ARRAY button sits past the last feature-specific icon. Each
-            # gizmo group declares its own ``FEATURE_ICON_MAX_X`` (default
-            # 0.87 past the cycle slot; wall / stair override it) so the
-            # ARRAY button never lands on top of a rotate / tread-lock icon.
+            # Array gizmo integration is in-progress: the icon binds to
+            # bim.add_array_from_feature_edit but the array-from-parametric-draft
+            # operator + per-feature gizmo positioning haven't fully landed.
+            # Force-hide the icon while parametric-item editing is active to
+            # keep the user from triggering a half-wired add-array flow. Drop
+            # this gate when array integration completes.
             if hasattr(self, "array_gizmo"):
-                self.array_gizmo.hide = self.is_gizmo_hidden_by_modal(self.array_gizmo)
-                # 30% smaller than the editing-icon-row default (0.50 → 0.35):
-                # the array button is a tertiary affordance compared to the
-                # primary pen / validate / cancel triad, and the smaller
-                # footprint keeps the edit-mode row from sprawling.
-                self.set_icon_gizmo_position(
-                    "array_gizmo",
-                    mw=mw,
-                    x=self.ICON_VALIDATE_X + self.FEATURE_ICON_MAX_X + self.ICON_ARRAY_GAP,
-                    y=icon_y,
-                    z=icon_z,
-                    billboard_rot=billboard_rot,
-                    scale=0.35,
-                )
+                self.array_gizmo.hide = True
         else:
             # ``hide_pen_button = True`` keeps the pen permanently hidden — for
             # groups whose edit-mode entry is already provided by another widget