This is the technical documentation for Tangram's styling system. For a conceptual overview of the styling system, see the Styles Overview.

`draw`

draw is an optional element in a layer or sublayer. It provides one or more draw groups for rendering the features that match the layer or sublayer directly above it. These draw groups are the sub-elements of the draw element, as in this example:

...
layers:
    water:
        data: { source: osm }
        draw:
            draw_group:
                ...
            another_draw_group:
                ...

A draw element can specify multiple groups, indicating that matching features should be drawn multiple times. In the example above, features that match the "water" layer will be drawn twice, once according to the style of draw_group and once with that of another_draw_group.

draw group

The name of a draw group can be any string. The sub-elements of a draw group are parameters that determine various properties of how a feature will be drawn. These style parameters are described in detail below.

A draw group must specify the style that will be used to draw a feature. It can do this in two ways:

A draw group may contain a parameter called style whose value names a style (either a built-in style or one defined in the styles element of the scene file). For example:

...
draw:
    fancy_road_lines:
        style: lines
        ... # more parameters follow

If a draw group does not contain a style parameter, the group's name is interpreted as the name of a style (again, either a built-in style or one from the styles element).

...
draw:
    lines:
        ... # no 'style' parameter follows

The 2nd, shorthand syntax is the preferred way to specify a style, however an explicit style parameter is necessary sometimes. For example, to draw a feature using the lines style twice, the draw element would need two draw groups with different names, e.g.

...
draw:
    first_line:
        style: lines
        ... # more parameters follow
    second_line:
        style: lines
        ... # more parameters follow

Note that two draw groups both named "lines" would be invalid YAML:

...
draw:
    lines:
        ... # more parameters
    lines: # <- You can't do this in YAML!
        ... # more parameters

If the style specified by a draw group is neither a built-in style nor a style defined in the styles element, the group will draw nothing.

style parameters

Many style parameters, such as color, are shared among draw styles – others are unique to particular draw styles.

`align`

Optional string or array of strings, one of left, center, right. Default is center, unless anchor is set (see below).

Sets alignment of text for multi-line labels — see text_wrap.

text:
    align: left

`anchor`

Optional string, one of center, left, right, top, bottom, top-left, top-right, bottom-left, or bottom-right. Default is ['bottom', 'top', 'right', 'left'].

Applies to the text and points styles. Places the label or point/sprite on the specified side or corner of the feature. When an array us used, each anchor position is tried in the order listed until a placement which does not collide is found.

draw:
   points:
      ...
      text:
         anchor: [bottom, right, left, top]

If offset is also set, it is applied in addition to the anchor.

text:
    anchor: bottom   # places the text so that the top of the text is directly below the feature
    offset: [0, 2px] # moves the text an additional 2px down

If anchor is set but align is not, then align will be set to an appropriate default value:

If `anchor` is...	`align` defaults to...
`center` `top` `bottom`	`center`
`left` `top-left` `bottom-left`	`right`
`right` `top-right` `bottom-right`	`left`

text:
    anchor: bottom-left # the label will use `align: right` by default

`blend_order`

Optional integer greater than or equal to 0. No default.

This parameter matches the behavior of the style-level blend_order parameter, but permits fine-tuning of blend ordering at the draw group level.

layers:
    overlays:
        draw:
            polygons-overlay:
                blend_order: 3

For more, see (blend_order)[styles.md#blend_order].

`dash`

Optional object, following the specification of the dash parameter.

Applies to lines styles. Allows a dash pattern to be set in a draw layer.

layers:
  roads:
    data: ...
    draw:
      lines:
        dash: [2, 1] # draw paths with a dash pattern

This parameter also allows the re-assignment or un-assignment of a previously-set dash pattern in a custom style.

styles:
  dashes:
    base: lines
    dash: [2, 1]

layers:
  roads:
    data: ...
    draw:
      dashes:
        dash: [2, 2] # override style's dash pattern

Inheritance works the same way as other parameters:

layers:
  roads:
    data: ...
    draw:
      lines: # by default, draw roads with NO dash pattern
        width: 5px
        color: white
        ...

      paths:
        filter: { kind: path }
        draw:
          lines:
            dash: [2, 1] # draw paths with a dash pattern
            ...

      ferries:
        filter: { kind: ferry }
        draw:
          lines:
            dash: [1, 3, 1] # draw ferries with a different dash pattern
            ...

The dash pattern can also be removed in a sub-layer draw by setting dash: null.

`flat`

[ES-only]

Optional boolean. Default is false.

Applies to points styles. If marked true, points will be drawn flat on the ground in 3D space, and respond to 3D camera movement accordingly.

This can be used to draw elements such as one-way arrows on streets.

`angle`

Optional number or string auto. Numeric values of the angle are in degrees.

Applies to points style. Rotates the point.

When auto is specified, angles are computed according to the underlying geometry.

`buffer`

[JS-only] Optional integer or [integer, integer], in px. No default.

Applies to points and text. Specifies an optional buffer area that expands the collision bounding box of the feature, to avoid features from being rendered closer together than desired. A single value will be applied to all sides of the feature; a two-element array specifies separate horizontal and vertical buffering values.

draw:
    points:
        buffer: [2px, 1px]: creates a two-pixel buffer on the left and right sides of the feature, and a one-pixel buffer on its top and bottom.

Buffers may be applied to both a point and its attached text:

draw:
    points:
        buffer: 1px # point portion has a one-pixel buffer
        ...
        text:
            buffer: 2px # text portion has a two-pixel buffer
            ...

`cap`

Optional string, one of butt, square, or round following the SVG protocol. Default is butt.

Applies to the lines style. Sets the shape of the ends of features.

draw:
    lines:
        color: black
        cap: round

`collide`

Optional boolean. Defaults to true.

Applies to points and text.

A point or text draw group marked with collide: false will not be checked for any collisions.

poi-icons:
    draw:
        points:
           collide: false

`color`

Required* RGB [number, number, number], RGBA [number, number, number, number], CSS color, or stops. Can also be a function which returns a color. RGB/RGBA value range is 0-1. No default.

Applies to points, polygons, and lines. (For text, see fill.) Specifies the vertex color of the feature. This color will be passed to any active shaders and used in any light calculations as "color".

CSS colors include the following color formats, as specified in the W3C's Cascading Style Sheets specification:

named colors: red, blue, salmon, rebeccapurple
hex colors: "#fff", "#000", "#9CE6E5"
RGB colors: rgb(255, 190, 0)
RGBA colors**: rgb(255, 190, 0, .5)
HSL colors: hsl(180, 100%, 100%)
HSL colors**: hsla(180, 100%, 100%, 50%)

*color is not required if a style is used which specifies a shader with a color block or a filter block. See shaders: blocks.

**Currently, alpha values are ignored in the add and multiply blend modes, and respected in the inlay and overlay modes. For more on this, see the blend entry.

draw:
    polygons:
        color: [.7, .7, .7]

draw:
    polygons:
        color: red

draw:
    polygons:
        color: '#ff00ff'

draw:
    polygons:
        color: function() { return [$zoom, .5, .5]; }

draw:
    points:
        color: [1.0, .5, .5, .5] # 50% alpha

`extrude`

Optional boolean, number, [min, max], or function returning any of the previous values. No default. Units are in meters.

Applies to polygons and lines. Extrudes features drawn with the polygons draw style into 3D space along the z-axis. Raises elements drawn with the lines draw style straight up from the ground plane.

When the value of this parameter is:

boolean: if true, features will be extruded using the values in the feature's height and min_height properties (if those properties exist). If false, no extrusion.
number or function: features will be extruded to the provided height in meters. Features will be extruded from the ground plane, e.g. the min_height will be 0.
[min, max] array: features will be extruded from the provided min height in meters, to the provided max height in meters, e.g. extrude: [50, 100] will draw a polygon volume starting 50m above the ground, extending 100m high.

Since features drawn as lines have no height (e.g. they are flat 2D objects), they do not use the min_height values. They are simply raised to the specified height.

# extrude by feature.height:
extrude: true

# extrude by another feature property:
extrude: |
    function() {
        return feature.area / 100.;
    }

# extrude by fixed value, in meters:
extrude: 10

`font`

Required element for the text style. Defines the start of a font style block. (See font-parameters.)

Applies only to the text style.

`interactive`

Optional boolean or function returning true or false. Default is false.

Applies to all draw styles. When true, activates Feature Selection, allowing this drawing of the feature to be queried via the JavaScript API (see getFeatureAt.)

Multiple draw rules can create multiple drawings of one feature. Only those drawings with interactive: true in their rule will be available to query.

draw:
    polygons:
        interactive: true

`join`

Optional string, one of bevel, round, or miter following the SVG protocol. Default is miter.

Applies to lines. Sets the shape of joints in multi-segment lines.

draw:
    lines:
        color: black
        join: round

`max_lines`

Optional integer. No default.

Applies to the text style. When the text_wrap: true parameter is present, max_lines sets the maximum number of lines that a text label is allowed to occupy. If a label would wrap onto more lines, the label is truncated with a … character at the end of the last visible word.

draw:
    text:
         text_source: function(){ return "This is a very very very very very very very long label." }
         text_wrap: true
         max_lines: 2

`miter_limit`

Optional integer. Default is 3.

Applies to lines with a join parameter set to "miter". When the length of a miter join is longer than the ratio of the miter_limit to the width of the line, that join is converted from a "miter" to a "bevel". This prevents excessively "spiky" corners on sharply curved lines.

Higher values allow sharper corners. Lower values result in more beveled corners, which produces a comparatively softer line shape.

draw:
   lines:
      color: red
      width: 5px
      miter_limit: 2

`offset` (lines)

Optional float or stops, in px or m. No default. Default units is px.

Applies to lines styles. Offsets each segment of the line from its original location, perpendicular to its original orientation.

Note that offsetting a curved line will change its shape, and may invert the curve if the offset distance is greater than the radius of the curve.

draw:
    lines:
        offset: [[15, 3.5px], [16, 6.5px]]

`offset` (points, text)

Optional [float x, float y] array or stops, in px. No default.

Applies to styles with a points or text base. Moves the feature from its original location. For points, and text labels of point features, the offset is in screen-space, e.g. a Y offset of 10px will move the point or label 10 pixels down on the screen.

For labels of line features, the offset follows the orientation of the line, so a -10px offset will move the label 10 pixels above the line ("up" relative to the line). For example, line label offsets are useful for placing labels on top of or underneath roads or administrative borders.

Drawing points for POIs:

pois:
    draw:
        points:
            # moves the point 10 pixels up in screen-space
            offset: [0px, -10px]

Drawing labels for POI points:

pois:
    draw:
        text:
            # moves the point 10 pixels down in screen-space
            offset: [0px, 10px]

Drawing labels for road lines:

roads:
    draw:
        text:
            # moves the label 12 pixels above the line
            offset: [0px, -12px]

Using stops allows different offset values at different zooms. This can be used in conjunction with anchor to position text and sprites adjacent to each other correctly when the sprite's size is interpolating across zooms.

roads:
    draw:
        text:
            offset: [[13, [0, 6px]], [15, [0, 9px]]]

`optional`

Optional boolean. Default is false.

Applies to text blocks under point styles.

When optional: true, the point will draw even if the text label does not fit. When optional: false, the point will only draw if its text label can also fit on the map.

Note that attached text will never draw without its point.

`order`

Required integer or function. No default. (Not required when a layer is drawn with the overlay blend mode.)

Applies to the polygon and lines styles, by default, and to the points and text styles when the inlay draw style is used.

Sets the drawing order of the draw style, to be used in case of z-depth collisions (when two features are at the same "z" height in space). In this case, higher-ordered layers will be drawn over lower-ordered layers. Child layer settings override parent layer settings.

layers:
    roads:
        draw:
            lines:
                order: 1
        sublayer:
            draw:
                lines:
                    order: 2   # this layer's order is now 2

Note that by default, points and text layers are drawn with the overlay blend mode, which draws everything on top of any other visible features using traditional alpha compositing. When overlay is used in any draw style, order will have no effect and is not required.

`outline`

Optional element. Defines the start of an outline style block.

Applies to points and lines. Draws an outline around the feature. outline elements can take any lines style parameters. The following parameters will be inherited from the parent lines style if not explicitly specified: order, miterLimit and interactive.

draw:
    lines:
        order: 1
        width: 2px
        color: white
        outline:
            width: 1px
            color: blue

draw:
    points:
        size: 10px
        color: white
        outline:
            width: 1px
            color: blue

Note that outlines on a points style will be ignored if it being drawn with a texture or sprite.

`placement`

Optional string, one of vertex, spaced, midpoint, or centroid. Default is vertex.

Applies to points styles. Defines the placement method of one or more points, when a points-based style is used to draw line or polygon features.

placement: vertex: place points at line/polygon vertices
placement: midpoint: place points at line/polygon segment midpoints (better for road shields, which you want away from ambiguous intersections)
placement: spaced: place points along a line/polygon at fixed intervals defined in pixels with placement_spacing (useful for symbols like one-way street arrows where consistent spacing is desirable)
placement: centroid: place points at polygon centroids (not applicable to lines)

draw:
    points:
        placement: centroid

`placement_min_length_ratio`

Optional number, stops, or function. Default is 1. No units.

Applies to points styles used to draw line or polygon features, when the placement parameter is set to spaced or midpoint. Specifies the minimum line segment length as a ratio to the size (greater of width or height) of the point being placed. This prevents points from being drawn on line segments which are smaller than the point itself (for example, a road shield bigger than the road it is labeling).

Examples:

placement_min_length_ratio: 1 (default value) will only place points on line segments that are at least as long as the point itself (the point must fit 100% along the line segment)
placement_min_length_ratio: 0 disables this behavior by allowing a point to place on a line segment of any length (minimum length of 0).
placement_min_length_ratio: 2 requires the line segment to be at least twice as long as the point
placement_min_length_ratio: 0.5 requires the line segment to be only 50% as long as the point

`placement_spacing`

Optional integer, stops, or function. Units are px. Default is 80px.

Applies to points styles, when placement: spaced is defined.

`priority`

Optional integer or function. Default is the local system's max integer value.

Applies to points and text. Sets the label priority of the feature. functions must return integers.

[JS only] Only points and text elements from the same datasource will collide with each other, so priority values only apply within a single datasource.

Lower values will have higher priority, e.g. priority: 1 labels will be drawn before those with priority: 2; labels are drawn in a "first-come-first-drawn" method, so earlier labels are more likely to fit in the available space.

For example, to set a places labels to have priority over others:

draw:
    text:
        priority: 1

Here's one way to set a label's priority based on the area of the labeled feature:

draw:
    text:
        priority: function() { return Math.min(10 - Math.floor(feature.area / 1000), 10); }

`repeat_distance`

Optional number, stops, or function, in px. Default is 256px. Functions must return a number without units (e.g. return the number 100, not a string like "100px").

Applies to text. Specifies minimum distance between labels in the same repeat_group, measuring from the center of each label. Only applies per tile – labels may still be drawn closer than the repeat_distance across a tile boundary.

draw:
   text:
      repeat_distance: 100px # label can repeat every 100 pixels
      ...

draw:
   text:
       repeat_distance: 0px # labels can repeat anywhere
      ...

`repeat_group`

Optional string. Default is the name of the top-level parent layer.

Applies to text. Allows the grouping of different label types for purposes of fine-tuning label repetition. By default, all labels with the same draw layer and label text belong to the same repeat_group.

For example: labels from the two layers below can be drawn near each other, because they are in different repeat groups by default:

roads:
   major_roads:
      filter: { kind: major_road }
      draw:
         text:
            ...
   minor_roads:
      filter: { kind: minor_road }
      draw:
         text:
            ...

However, labels in the sub-layers below won't repeat near each other, because they have been placed in the same repeat_group:

roads:
   draw:
      text:
         repeat_group: roads-fewer-labels
   major_roads:
      filter: { kind: major_road }
      draw:
         text:
            ...
   minor_roads:
      filter: { kind: minor_road }
      draw:
         text:
            ...

`size`

Optional 1D number in px or %, 2D [x|auto, y|auto] in px or %, stops having either 1D or 2D values, or function. Mixed 1D and 2D stop values are not allowed, except with 1D values in %. No default value, default units are px.

Applies to points.

draw:
    points:
        size: 32px
        sprite: museum

draw:
    points:
        size: [[13, 64px], [16, 18px], [18, 22px]]
        sprite: highway

draw:
    points:
        size: [[13, [32px,30px]], [16, 100%]]
        sprite: highway

draw:
    points:
        size: function() { return (feature.height||0)/10 + 3; } # add 1px for every 10 meters of height (plus 3px base)
        color: red

`size: %`

The percent (%) may be used when a point is drawn referencing either a texture or a sprite.

draw:
    points:
        size: 50%

The percentage is applied to the sprite or texture's size in CSS pixels, using the texture's density as a factor. For example:

A texture with actual pixel width of 64px and density: 2 is interpreted as having a CSS pixel display size of 32px.
A setting of size: 100% will display this sprite at 32px CSS pixels (e.g. 32px actual pixels on a 1x display, or 64px on a 2x retina display).

(If density is not set, it defaults to a value of 1.)

Percent scaling can also be used with zoom interpolation, including mixing with explicit px sizing:

size: [[13, 50%]], [20, 100%]] # scale from 50% to 100% across a zoom range

size: [[13, 12px]], [20, 100%]] # scale from 12px square to 100% across a zoom range

Percent scaling can accept values greater than 100%, e.g. size: 200% will scale the sprite to twice its native size.

`size: auto`

The auto keyword may be used in place of one of the dimensions in a 2D size:

size: [32px, auto] # scale the sprite or texture to 32px wide, with auto-calc height

size: [auto, 16px] # scale the sprite or texture to 16px high, with auto-calc width

Auto-scaling can also be used with zoom interpolation, including mixing with percent scaling:

size: [[15, [auto, 12px], [20, [auto, 20px]] # scale between two heights, with auto-calc width

size: [[13, [auto, 12px]], [20, 100%]] # scale from 12px high at z13, up to full size at z20

Note: Since both percent-based and ratio-constrained scaling only make sense in the context of a texture or sprite (not a simple colored shader point), specifying these for layers without either a texture or a texture and a sprite defined will generate warnings and draw nothing, for example:

draw: { points: { color: red, size: 50% } }

draw: { points: { color: red, size: [auto, 20px] } }

`sprite`

Optional string, one of any named sprite in the style's texture element, or a function returning such a string.

Applies to points. Sets the sprite to be used when drawing a feature.

draw:
    points:
        size: 32px
        sprite: museum

draw:
    points:
        size: 32px
        sprite: function() { return feature.kind } # look for a sprite matching the feature's 'kind' property

If any sprites are defined for a texture, a sprite must be declared for any points drawn with that texture, or nothing will be drawn.

`sprite_default`

Optional string. Sets a default sprite for cases when the matching function fails.

Applies to points.

poi-icons:
    draw:
        points:
            sprite: function() { return feature.kind }
            sprite_default: generic

`style`

Optional string, naming a style defined in the styles block.

Applies to all draw groups.

Sets the rendering style used for the draw group (which defaults to a style matching the name of the draw group, if one exists). See draw.

draw:
    polygons:
        style: dots
    ...

`text`

Optional block. Declares the beginning of a text block of a points style.

Applies to points styles only. (For the text draw style, see the Styles Overview.)

This block allows points styles to define an associated text label for each point, such as for POIs.

Text added in this way can be styled with the same syntax as the text rendering style, but with different default values that take into account the "parent" point (see "Text behavior" below).

The following parameters will be inherited from the parent points style if not explicitly specified: interactive and repeat_group.

For example, to create an icon with a text label, using a style "icons" that has base: points:

   draw:
      icons:
         sprite: ...
         size: 16px
         text:
            font: ...

Text behavior

The default text style behavior is adjusted to account for the parent point:

Anchor: anchor defaults to bottom instead of center (though it is possible to composite a text label over a sprite by setting anchor: center and collide: false).

The point and text can have separate anchor values:

The anchor of the text controls the text's placement relative to the size and position of its parent point.
The anchor of the points portion moves the entire entity (point + text) relative to the underlying geometry point.

Collision: The point is required, but its text is not: while the points portion of the style will render according to its collision test, the text portion will only render if both it and its parent point passed collision tests, e.g. if the point is occluded, then the text won't render either, even if it is not occluded.

Different collision behaviors can be achieved by setting the collide: false flag on either or both of the point and text:

Both collide: true (default): nothing will overlap, text will only be rendered if point also fits.
Points collide: false, text collide: true (default) and text optional: true: all points will render, text will render over points when the text fits (text will collide text but not points). This setting is helpful for labeling a dot density map.
Points collide: false, text collide: true (default): only points with text that fits will render
Points collide: true (default), text collide: false: points will render if they fit, in which case their attached text will also render, even if it overlaps something else.
Both collide: false: all points and text should render, regardless of overlap.

Offset: Text is automatically offset to account for its anchor relative to its parent point (see description above). Further manual offset is possible with the offset parameter, which moves the text in screen space, e.g. text with anchor: bottom will automatically be placed below the sprite, and an additional offset: [8px, 0] in the scene file would move the text another 8 pixels to the right.

Priority: The text's priority is assigned a default value of 0.5 below the priority of its parent point (numerically this means the priority is +0.5, since lower numbers are "higher priority"). This can be explicitly overridden by setting a priority value in the text block, though the text's priority may not be set higher than that of its parent point. This is similar to outline handling, where the order of the outline cannot be higher than the line fill. (In both cases, the values are capped to their highest/lowest allowed values.)

For example, in this case, the icon has priority: 3, so the text portion is assigned a priority of 3.5:

  draw:
     icons:
        ...
        priority: 3
        text:
           ...

`text_source`

Optional string, function, array, or mapping. Default is name.

Applies to text. Defines the source of the label text.

When the value is a string, it must name a feature property to use as the label text. For example, the default name value will draw labels showing the names of features (e.g. any that have a name field). An example of an alternative feature property label is to label buildings with their heights:

draw:
    text:
        text_source: height
        ...

When the value is a function, the return value will be used as the text of the label. For example, to label buildings as 'high' and 'low':

draw:
    text:
        text_source: |
            function() {
                if (feature.height > 100) {
                    return 'high';  // features taller than 100m will be labeled 'high'
                }
                else {
                    return 'low';   // features 100m or shorter will be labeled 'low'
                }
            }
        ...

When the value is an array, each array element is evaluated as if it was a text_source value (meaning each element can be either a string value that specifies a feature property by name, or a function that returns displayable label text). The first non-null evaluated source in the array is used as the label text.

The primary use case here is to support preferred language for text labels. For example:

draw:
    text:
        text_source: [name:en, name]

The above example will display an English label (name:en) when available, and will fall back to the default local name when not available.

When the value is a mapping, it can define two optional subparameters: left and right. Each of these values is evaluated as a single text_source value (as a string, array, or function).

For example:

draw:
    text:
        ...
        text_source:
            left: 'name:left'    # feature property name for left-side labels
            right: 'name:right'  # feature property name for right-side labels

Separate left and right-side labels are then placed along the line, with each label automatically offset by the height of the text. If an offset parameter is specified, it will be applied in addition to this automatic offset, with the Y value pushing each label in an opposite direction, away from the line.

`text_wrap`

Optional boolean or int, in characters. Default is 15.

Enables text wrapping for labels. Wrapping is enabled by default for point labels, and disabled for line labels.

Note: Explicit line break characters (\n) in label text will cause a line break, even if text_wrap is disabled.

text:
    text_wrap: true # uses default wrapping (15 characters).
    text_wrap: 10 # sets a maximum line length of 10 characters.
    text_wrap: false # disables wrapping.

`texture`

[JS-only] Optional texture object, as specified in texture

Applies to points and lines. Enables the per-layer re-assignment or de-assignment of a texture used by a previously-defined points-based style. (For styles textures, see texture.)

If a new texture is assigned here, it will override the default texture specified in the style:

styles:
    custom:
        base: points
        texture: default.png # set default texture

layers:
    pois:
        draw:
            custom:
                texture: custom.png # override

If the texture is set to null, the points will be drawn with no texture:

styles:
    custom:
        base: points
        texture: default.png # set default texture

layers:
    pois:
        draw:
            custom:
                texture: null # no texture used

If a referenced texture has defined sprites, they may also be referenced along with the texture override:

textures:
    pois:
        url: sprites.png
        sprites:
            airport: [0, 0, 32, 32]

layers:
    airports:
        data: { source: datasource }
        draw:
            points:
                texture: pois
                sprite: airport

`tile_edges`

Optional boolean, one of true or false. Default is false.

Applies to lines. Enables the drawing of borders on the edges of tiles. Usually not desirable visually, but useful for debugging.

draw:
    water:
        outline:
            tile_edges: true

`transition`

[ES-only] Optional map , where key is one or both of hide and show and value is a map of time to time. time values can be either in seconds (s) or milliseconds (ms).

Applies to points and text. Sets the transition time from hide to show.

A transition time of 0 results in an instantaneous transition between states.

poi-icons:
    draw:
        points:
           transition:
                show:
                    time: .5s
                hide:
                    time: 0.25s

`visible`

Optional boolean. Default is true.

If false, features will not be drawn.

draw:
    lines-that-wont-draw:
        style: lines
        visible: false

This paramater is also available for text blocks attached to a points layer:

draw:
    points:
        color: red
        size: 5px
        text:
            visible: false

As well as outline blocks under lines layers:

draw:
    lines:
        color: white
        width: 2px
        outline:
            visible: false

`width`

Required number, stops, or function. No default. Units are meters m or pixels px. Default units are m. A function must return a unitless number in mercator meters.

Applies to lines. Sets the width of a feature.

draw:
    lines:
        width: 9

draw:
    lines:
        width: 4px

draw:
    lines:
        width: 18m

draw:
    lines:
        width: function() { return $zoom / 4 * $meters_per_pixel; }

`z`

Optional number. No default. Units are meters m or pixels px. Default units are m.

Applies to polygons and lines. Sets the z-offset of a feature.

draw:
    lines:
        z: 50

`font` parameters

The font object has a number of unique parameters. None are required, but least one must be specified for a text style to be drawn.

draw:
    text:
        font:
            family: Arial
            size: 14px
            style: italic
            weight: bold
            fill: '#cccccc'
            stroke: { color: white, width: 2 }
            transform: uppercase

`family`

Optional string, naming a typeface. Sets the font-family of the label. Default is Helvetica.

family can be any typeface available to the operating system. The default will be used as a fallback if the other specified families are not available.

`fill`

Optional color or stops. Follows the specs of color. Default is white.

Sets the fill color of the label.

font:
    fill: black

font:
    fill: [[14, white], [18, gray]]

`size`

Optional number, stops, or function, specifying a font size in px, pt, or em. Sets the size of the text. Default is 12. Default units are px.

font:
    family: Helvetica
    size: 10px

font:
    family: Helvetica
    size: [[14, 12px], [16, 16px], [20, 24px]]

font:
    family: Helvetica
    size: function() {return 30 - (20 - $zoom)}

`stroke`

Optional {color, width} or stops. colors follow the specs of color. width may be an int or stops. No default.

Sets the stroke color and width of the label. Width is interpreted as pixels.

(To draw a stroke around a line or point, use outline; to draw a stroke around a polygon, create two separate draw groups for polygons and lines.)

font:
    stroke: { color: white, width: 2 }

font:
    stroke:
        color: [[10, gray], [15, white]] # fade from gray to white
        width: [[14, 2px], [18, 6px]]    # increase stroke width at high zoom

`style`

Optional string, specifying a font style. No default.

Currently supports only italic.

`transform`

Optional string, one of capitalize, uppercase, or lowercase. Sets a text transform style. No default.

capitalize will make the first letter in each word uppercase. uppercase and lowercase will change all letters to be uppercase and lowercase, respectively.

`weight`

Optional string or number. Strings may be one of lighter, normal, bold, or bolder; integers may be any CSS-style font weight from 100-900. Default is normal.

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