TextSymbol background color

JasonMiller1

I'm using a TextSymbol to label points I'm placing on my map.  Problem is, sometimes it can be hard to read because of all the things going on with the map.  Is it possible to put the TextSymbol inside a box, give it a background color, or highlight the text in some way to help it stand out from the background?  There's no built-in way to change anything but the alignment and the underline/overline, but I was hoping someone might know a trick for this. 


http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm

HemingZhu

I'm using a TextSymbol to label points I'm placing on my map.  Problem is, sometimes it can be hard to read because of all the things going on with the map.  Is it possible to put the TextSymbol inside a box, give it a background color, or highlight the text in some way to help it stand out from the background?  There's no built-in way to change anything but the alignment and the underline/overline, but I was hoping someone might know a trick for this. 


http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm

How about create the same textsymbol twice. One as the text, one as the shade (give it a dark gray color and some offset from the other one so that it looks like the shadow of the other one).