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Labels ​

Overview ​

When configuring labels, there are two formats to consider:

  • Label Text – appears on the map within a polygon or adjacent to a point or line
  • Tooltip Text – appears on mouse-over hover and appears as the title of the left-click pop-up

An example of a hovered feature:

Labels Hover Example

An example of a clicked feature:

Labels Click Example

To configure Labels/Tooltips: ​

  1. In the sidebar, select the Layers tab
  2. Right click the layer and click Styles

Layer Styles Right Click

  1. Click the Labels tab

Labels Tab

Configuring Labels/Tooltips ​

Field values can be accessed in labels by placing the field name within pipes. Any plain text included outside of pipes will appear as is. Other symbols such as brackets, $, % or degrees ° can be included as plain text as well.

In addition, new line characters can be included in both the label (using \n) and the tooltip (using <br>)

Label Format

Labels can have a separate visible scale range to their layer but unless specified they will match the scale of the layer.

Label Format

Placement refers to where a label appears oriented to it's feature (lines/points)

Label Placement

Overflow allows labels to be forced to be visible even if they would not fit inside the polygon at the current scale.

Label Overflow

If multiple labelled features are in close proximity, Priority determines which labels are most visible when the view is cluttered.

Label Priority