Label Tool—Create a label

Write the text and add the label

Select the Label Tool in the top toolbar.
Quick Key: Or you can press the "T" button on your keyboard.
You will see a pop-up on the left side of the Map View.
Select the radio button for whether the label will be a:
- "Text" label - (the regular label).
- "Block" label - (label inside a box).
- "Bubble" label - (includes a tail that points to a location).
For this example, we’ll select: "Bubble".
In the Map View, click the location where you want to place the label.
The label editor window will pop up.
Type in the "Title" text and the "Description" text.
Note: The text from the "Title" field will be bold on the completed label.
Click "Save".
The label will appear on the map.

You can change the length/direction of the label's tail without changing the location of the main section.

To move the label's tail:

Select the Edit/Measure Tool in the top toolbar.
Quick Key: Or you can press the "Q" button on your keyboard.
In the Map View, hover over the label. Then click-and-drag the tail node to point at the new location.

You can change the location of the main section without changing the location of the tail node.

To move the label's main section:

Select the Edit/Measure Tool in the top toolbar.
Quick Key: Or you can press the "Q" button on your keyboard.
In the Map View, hover over the label. Then click-and-drag the main section node to the new location.

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Select the Edit/Measure Tool in the top toolbar.
Quick Key: Or you can press the "Q" button on your keyboard.
(Optional) If the Layers Panel isn't open on the right side of the browser window, click the vertical bar.
In the Map View, hover over the label.
In the Layers Panel, you will see the label’s row is highlighted.

To change the background colour:

Click on the bucket tool at the top of the editor.
Select the colour from the colour picker tool.
You will see the background colour automatically change in the bubble and the editor.
Note: By default, changing the font color here will apply to both the Title and the Description.

To change the font colour:

To change the title's font colour, click on the small colour-filled square to the right of the 'Title' field and select the new colour from the colour picker tool.

This is the colour box where you can select a new colour for your title text.
Just like the background colour, select the colour from the colour picker tool.
By default, both the Title and the Description will change to the selected colour.
(Optional) To have a different colour for the Description than the Title, click the Advanced Editing link at the bottom of the editor.
Changing the Title colour will no longer affect it once you've changed the Description font colour using this method.

By clicking the 'Advanced Editing' link, you will open a robust text editor for the Description field. Here, you can format your text with options such as bold, italic, and underline. You can also set the text alignment, choose from various fonts, and organize your content with bulleted or numbered lists. The editor offers two modes: 'Visual' for a WYSIWYG interface—allowing you to design without HTML knowledge—and 'HTML' for direct editing of the markup if you require more control over the layout.