Feature Layer polygon display problem.

Question

Is it possible to have a hollow fill for a feature layer polygon? I have an esri basemap and a polygon feature layer. I would like to show the feature layer as hollow, so the display would show the boundaries of these polygons and the basemap would be clearly visible behind. If I set the 'Fill' property of the simple fill symbol to 'transparent' I just get a black fill. The closest I can get to my desired effect is to set the fill to a neutral color, and then set the opacity to something less than 0.5This allows the basemap to show sometwhat but then I loose the prominence of the boundaries. And the basemap becomes less readable, and the context details are very important for this application My other idea was to derive a line feature layer of the boundaries and set the polygon feature layer to be invisible. I ultimately need the user to interact with the polygon layer, deriving maptips and being able to perform selections. Is there another property of the Feature Layer that I am not aware of that lends itself to this functionality? Do I need to implement a renderer? How do I do that? Thanks.

shariqueabdul · Answer

Thank you very much .... morten nielsen

perfect solution for my issue .

SomeGISGuy · Answer

Just a side note: It's better to set the Fill to {x:Null} (more efficient)

JenniferNery · Answer

You are correct, setting Fill to Transparent should give you the 'hollow' graphic. Here's one way of defining your Renderer (under Resources): Instead of overwriting the FeatureSymbol, you can set the Renderer like so: It's possible that your layer already defines a renderer that's why your FeatureSymbol was not used. To find out you can visit the layer's Url in your browser and look for "DrawingInfo" - this defines the layer's renderer.