topic TextSymbol background color in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/textsymbol-background-color/m-p/640550#M59780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm using a TextSymbol to label points I'm placing on my map.&nbsp; Problem is, sometimes it can be hard to read because of all the things going on with the map.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:36:07 GMT JasonMiller1 2011-03-22T19:36:07Z TextSymbol background color https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/textsymbol-background-color/m-p/640550#M59780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm using a TextSymbol to label points I'm placing on my map.&nbsp; Problem is, sometimes it can be hard to read because of all the things going on with the map.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:36:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/textsymbol-background-color/m-p/640550#M59780 JasonMiller1 2011-03-22T19:36:07Z Re: TextSymbol background color https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/textsymbol-background-color/m-p/640551#M59781 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">I'm using a TextSymbol to label points I'm placing on my map.&nbsp; Problem is, sometimes it can be hard to read because of all the things going on with the map.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm">http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/textsymbol.htm</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>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).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:04:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/textsymbol-background-color/m-p/640551#M59781 HemingZhu 2011-03-23T12:04:07Z