I would suggest creating a ToggleButton. When clicked, a graphicsLayer is created to store the Text Symbol graphics. When clicked again, it removes the graphicsLayer from the application. Here is an example:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<!--The viewport meta tag is used to improve the presentation and behavior of the samples
on iOS devices-->
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<title></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://js.arcgis.com/3.9/js/dojo/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://js.arcgis.com/3.9/js/dojo/dojox/grid/resources/Grid.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://js.arcgis.com/3.9/js/dojo/dojox/grid/resources/claroGrid.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://js.arcgis.com/3.9/js/esri/css/esri.css">
<style>
html, body { height: 100%; width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
</style>
<script src="http://js.arcgis.com/3.9/"></script>
<script>
var findTask, findParams;
var map, center, zoom;
var grid, store;
var textLayer;
require([
"esri/map",
"esri/graphic",
"esri/layers/GraphicsLayer",
"esri/tasks/FindTask",
"esri/tasks/FindParameters",
"esri/symbols/SimpleMarkerSymbol",
"esri/symbols/SimpleLineSymbol",
"esri/symbols/SimpleFillSymbol",
"esri/symbols/Font",
"esri/symbols/TextSymbol",
"dijit/form/ToggleButton",
"esri/Color",
"dojo/on",
"dojo/dom",
"dijit/registry",
"dojo/_base/array",
"dojo/_base/connect",
"dojox/grid/DataGrid",
"dojo/data/ItemFileReadStore",
"dijit/form/Button",
"dojo/parser",
"dojo/_base/array",
"dijit/layout/BorderContainer",
"dijit/layout/ContentPane",
"dojo/domReady!"
], function(
Map, Graphic, GraphicsLayer, FindTask, FindParameters, SimpleMarkerSymbol, SimpleLineSymbol, SimpleFillSymbol, Font, TextSymbol,
ToggleButton, Color, on, dom, registry, arrayUtils, connect, DataGrid, ItemFileReadStore, Button, parser, array
) {
parser.parse();
registry.byId("search").on("click", doFind);
//registry.byId("showLabels").on("click", doShowLabels);
center = [-83.266, 42.568];
zoom = 4;
map = new Map("map", {
basemap: "gray",
center: center,
zoom: zoom
});
//Create Find Task using the URL of the map service to search
findTask = new FindTask("http://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/USA/MapServer/");
map.on("load", function () {
//Create the find parameters
findParams = new FindParameters();
findParams.returnGeometry = true;
findParams.layerIds = [0];
findParams.searchFields = ["areaname","st","pop2000"];
findParams.outSpatialReference = map.spatialReference;
});
function doFind() {
//Set the search text to the value in the box
findParams.searchText = dom.byId("cityName").value;
findTask.execute(findParams, showResults);
}
function doShowLabels(){
findParams.searchText = dom.byId("cityName").value;
findTask.execute(findParams, showLabels);
}
function showResults(results) {
map.graphics.clear();
var symbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol(SimpleMarkerSymbol.STYLE_CIRCLE, 15,
new SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.STYLE_NULL, new Color([255, 0, 0, 1]), 1), new Color([255, 0, 0, 1])
);
//create array of attributes
var items = arrayUtils.map(results, function (result) {
var graphic = result.feature;
graphic.setSymbol(symbol);
map.graphics.add(graphic);
return result.feature.attributes;
});
//Create data object to be used in store
var data = {
identifier : "OBJECTID", //This field needs to have unique values
label : "OBJECTID", //Name field for display. Not pertinent to a grid but may be used elsewhere.
items : items
};
//Create data store and bind to grid.
store = new ItemFileReadStore({
data : data
});
var grid = registry.byId("grid");
grid.setStore(store);
grid.on("rowclick", onRowClickHandler);
//Zoom back to the initial map extent
map.centerAndZoom(center, zoom);
}
function showLabels(results){
var items = arrayUtils.map(results, function (result) {
var geom = result.feature.geometry;
var displayText = result.feature.attributes.AREANAME;
var font = new Font(
"16pt",
Font.STYLE_NORMAL,
Font.VARIANT_NORMAL,
Font.WEIGHT_BOLD,
"Helvetica"
);
var textSymbol = new TextSymbol(
displayText,
font,
new Color("#DC143C")
);
textSymbol.setOffset(0,18);
textLayer = new GraphicsLayer();
textLayer.add(new Graphic(geom, textSymbol));
map.addLayer(textLayer);
//map.graphics.add(new Graphic(geom, textSymbol));
});
}
//Zoom to the parcel when the user clicks a row
function onRowClickHandler(evt) {
var clickedCityName = evt.grid.getItem(evt.rowIndex).OBJECTID;
var selectedCityName = arrayUtils.filter(map.graphics.graphics, function(graphic) {
return ((graphic.attributes) && graphic.attributes.OBJECTID === clickedCityName);
});
if (selectedCityName.length) {
var center = [selectedCityName[0].geometry.getLongitude(), selectedCityName[0].geometry.getLatitude()];
var zoom = 15;
map.centerAndZoom(center, zoom);
}
}
new ToggleButton({
showLabel: true,
onChange: function(val){
if(val == true){
findTask.execute(findParams, showLabels);
this.set('label', 'Hide Labels');
}
else{
textLayer.clear();
this.set('label', 'Show Labels');
}
},
label: "Show Labels"
}, "showLabels");
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="claro">
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/BorderContainer" data-dojo-props="design:'headline'" style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;">
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane" data-dojo-props="region:'top'" style="height:40px;">
City: <input type="text" id="cityName" size="60" value="Redlands" />
<button id="search" data-dojo-type="dijit.form.Button" type="button" data-dojo-attach-point="button" >Search
</button>
<button id="showLabels"></button>
</div>
<div id="map" data-dojo-props="region:'center'" data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane" style="border:1px solid #000;"></div>
<div data-dojo-type="dijit/layout/ContentPane" data-dojo-props="region:'bottom'" style="height:150px;">
<table data-dojo-type="dojox.grid.DataGrid" data-dojo-id="grid" id="grid" data-dojo-props="rowsPerPage:'5', rowSelector:'20px'">
<thead>
<tr>
<th field="OBJECTID">ObjectID</th>
<th field="AREANAME">City</th>
<th field="ST" >State</th>
<th field="POP2000">Population</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>