A marker style defines the appearance of the shape portion of a marker. Think of a marker style like a style in a Microsoft Word document. In Word, a style can be applied to a paragraph to set the font, text color, and many other attributes. You can apply the style to many paragraphs, and if you change the style, the appearance of all the paragraphs that have that style change automatically. Without styles you would have to set text attributes on every paragraph that needed them, and then set them all again when you wanted to make a change.
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Example — Move your mouse over the states on the map above. The western states
use marker styles that come with MapsAlive. The mountain state use
custom marker styles. When you mouse over a state, a tooltip will tell
you about its marker's style.
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A shape’s appearance has these elements:
- Fill Color
- Fill Color Opacity
- Line Thickness
- Line Color
- Line Color Opacity
- Effects (shadow, glow, and blend)
How marker styles work in MapsAlive
You use marker styles pretty much the same way as you do in Microsoft Word. Suppose you have an interactive map of the United States with 50 markers, one for each state. When you first import the states, you choose a default marker style, for example, one that makes the states blue. If you then want to make all the states red, you can just edit the marker style to change its fill color from blue to red. Or, maybe you want to leave the democrat states blue and make the republican states red. To do that, you can select just the republican states and give them a different marker marker style that has a red fill color.
You can use the marker styles that come with MapsAlive, and you can create your own.
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How do I choose a new marker for a hotspot?
- Click in the menu.
- Click the dropdown to choose a new marker.
Note: With the Plus and Pro Plans you can also replace markers for multiple hotspots in one operation by clicking in the menu.
How do I create my own marker styles?
Click in the menu.
How do I choose a marker style for a marker?
- Click in the menu.
- Click the marker name in the list to go to the screen.
- Select the marker style from the dropdown.
Note: You can only assign a marker style to a shape, text, or photo marker. Symbol markers do not have marker styles.
Can I make a copy of a marker style?
Yes. Making a copy is a good way to customize a marker style without modifying the original.
- Click in the menu.
- Click the name of the marker style you want to duplicate.
- Click in the menu.
How do I replace multiple marker styles at once?
- Click in the menu.
- Choose a new style from the dropdown.
- Check the box next to the hotspots for which you want to replace the marker style.
- Click .
Note: Only those hotspots that use shape markers, text markers, or photo markers will be displayed in the list.
Note: The Replace Marker Styles feature is included in the Plus and Pro Plans.
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