Showcase control

When do you use it?

Add a control to activate showcase for a given field or set of selectors via a list of labels, buttons or a dropdown menu.

Basic Editor

To create a showcase control, follow these steps:

1. Click the settings icon on the right to open the editor, then click "Add custom control".

2. In the menu that opens up, change the first dropdown to "Showcase elements by field".

3. Use the other dropdowns to customize the look and location of your controls

4. Click Save at the bottom to save your changes

5. To add multiple controls, repeat steps 1-4 for each control.

Note: The showcase control works with OR logic. This means that if you combine multiple controls on one map, the view will be filtered down to any elements that satisfy at least one of the conditions of the controls. Looking for AND logic (showing only elements that satisfy all of the conditions)? Take a look at our Filter control guide.

Advanced Editor

If you like to get into the nitty-gritty of the advanced editor, you can type out controls directly. The advanced editor also allows for more advanced controls, as explained below.

Example

Showcase by field:

@controls {
  bottom {
    showcase {
      by: "State";
    }
  }
}

Showcase using custom selectors:

@controls {
  bottom {
    showcase {
      option {
        label: "People";
        selector: person;
      }

      option {
        label: "Orgs";
        selector: organization;
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported properties

• by is the field you'd like to use for showcasing wrapped in double quotes. If you don't include by: field you need to list out each option - see "supported children" guidance below.

• mode controls how the selection is showcased

  • normal showcase the selection plus any connections between the showcased elements (default)

  • loose showcase the selection plus neighboring elements

  • strict only showcase the selection itself

• as controls how the control is presented. Do you want a list of labels, buttons, or a dropdown for activating showcase?

  • labels show options as a list of clickable labels

  • buttons show options as a group of buttons

  • dropdown show options as dropdown

• multiple controls whether more than one value can be selected at a time

  • false allows the reader to only select a single option

  • true allows the reader to select multiple options

  • match-all allows the reader to select multiple options, and only showcases items that match all of the selected options

• placeholder the text to display when nothing is selected (for as: dropdown only)

• summary override the summary that's shown for the current selection (for as: dropdown). The summary will be shown regardless of what's selected so there's no need to use placeholder in this case.

• default defines which field values should be selected by default (for by: "field" only). Use select-all to select everything by default.

Check out our controls reference to see the full list of properties and values recognized by the showcase control.

Supported children

If you want to use custom selectors to build the showcase, you'll need to list each option out separately. The options are defined by option blocks nested within the control and each option supports the following properties:

• label the text to display for that option

• selector the selector to use for the showcase

• default

  • true value is selected by default

  • false value is unselected by default

Additional examples

Showcase by state and include neighboring elements, allowing multiple states to be selected at the same time:

@controls {
  bottom {
    showcase {
      by: "State";
      mode: loose;
      multiple: true;
    }
  }
}

Showcase by state using a dropdown menu, and include a placeholder with instructions:

@controls {
  bottom {
    showcase {
      by: "State";
      as: dropdown;
      placeholder: "Select a state";
    }
  }
}

Showcase by state and select all states by default:

@controls {
  bottom {
    showcase {
      by: "State";
      default: select-all;
    }
  }
}