diff --git a/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/arrayeditor.py b/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/arrayeditor.py
index 9ec78036836..c50cfe06930 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/arrayeditor.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/arrayeditor.py
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ def bgcolor(self, state):
     def get_value(self, index):
         i = index.row()
         j = index.column()
-        return self.changes.get((i, j), self._data[i, j])
+        if len(self._data.shape) == 1:
+            value = self._data[j]
+        else:
+            value = self._data[i, j]
+        return self.changes.get((i, j), value)
 
     def data(self, index, role=Qt.DisplayRole):
         """Cell content"""
diff --git a/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/tests/test_arrayeditor.py b/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/tests/test_arrayeditor.py
index 173f9d7ef71..a2f19e7329c 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/tests/test_arrayeditor.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/variableexplorer/tests/test_arrayeditor.py
@@ -120,6 +120,45 @@ def test_arrayeditor_with_3d_array(qtbot):
     assert_array_equal(arr, launch_arrayeditor(arr, "3D array"))
 
 
+def test_arrayeditor_edit_1d_array(qtbot):
+    exp_arr = np.array([1, 0, 2, 3, 4])
+    arr = np.arange(0, 5)
+    dlg = ArrayEditor()
+    assert dlg.setup_and_check(arr, '1D array', xlabels=None, ylabels=None)
+    dlg.show()
+    qtbot.waitForWindowShown(dlg)
+    view = dlg.arraywidget.view
+
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Down)
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Up)
+    qtbot.keyClicks(view, '1')
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Down)
+    qtbot.keyClicks(view, '0')
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Down)
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Return)
+    assert np.sum(exp_arr == dlg.get_value()) == 5
+
+
+def test_arrayeditor_edit_2d_array(qtbot):
+    arr = np.ones((3, 3))
+    diff_arr = arr.copy()
+    dlg = ArrayEditor()
+    assert dlg.setup_and_check(arr, '2D array', xlabels=None, ylabels=None)
+    dlg.show()
+    qtbot.waitForWindowShown(dlg)
+    view = dlg.arraywidget.view
+
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Down)
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Right)
+    qtbot.keyClicks(view, '3')
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Down)
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Right)
+    qtbot.keyClicks(view, '0')
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Left)
+    qtbot.keyPress(view, Qt.Key_Return)
+
+    assert np.sum(diff_arr != dlg.get_value()) == 2
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pytest.main()
-