Bulk > Marker Style: Changing Marker Styles Inside a Polygon

If you need to update the style of multiple markers inside a shape’s fill area, Scribble Maps provides a Bulk Style Change option through the Bulk > Marker Style > In Polygon tool. This feature allows you to apply a new marker style to all markers located within a selected shape, making it easy to update their appearance at once.

Note: To use this feature, you must be logged-in to a Pro Basic account. To learn how to upgrade, visit this link: How to upgrade to a Pro account

Draw the shape

1. Draw a shape. For example; a polygon.

   To learn how to create the shapes, visit these links:

   • Draw a rectangle - (Rectangle Tool)
   • Circle Tool—Draw a circle
   • Draw a polygon - (Polygon Tool)

    

Create the markers inside the shape

2. Create 1 marker within the shape. For example; this marker style - Tabs > Numeric Tabs > Blue > 1.

   To learn how to create markers, visit this link:

   • Marker Tool—Create a marker

    

    
3. Create another marker within the shape. For example, this marker style - Tabs > Numeric Tabs > Green > 2.

Create the markers inside the shape

4. At the top of the Layers Panel, click on the Toolbox's gear and wrench icon.
   You will see a window with Core Operations and Plugin options appear.
    
5. Under the "Bulk" heading > "Marker Style" subheading, click on the link: "In Polygon".
    
6. Under the "New Style" heading, click on the button: "select".
    
7. Click on the new marker style. For example: this marker style - Tabs > Numeric Tabs > Red > 3.
    
8. Click on the shape you created.

Change the style of the markers

9. Click on the button: "Change Marker Styles".
    
10. A pop-up will appear to tell you the marker styles have been changed. Click "Ok".
     
11. In the top-right corner of the Toolbox window, click on the "X" button, to close the window.

View the new style of the markers

12. Look in the Map View, you will see the markers have been changed to the new style.
     
13. Look in the Layers Panel, you will see the markers have also been changed to the new style.

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If you want the map to continuously display information about the marker, you can add a label next to the marker. To learn how; visit this link: Create a label - (Label Tool).

To learn actions you can perform to improve the display of markers, visit this link: Optimize the display of markers and labels.

Make the size of a marker shrink when you zoom out.