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Styling Area Features
Specify the fill style and color, background color, edge style and color, and
line thickness used to draw area (polygon) features.
NOTE This functionality is for geospatial features only. If you are styling a drawing
layer, see
Creating a Style (page 658).
See also:
Defining Scale Ranges (page 643)
Adding Labels to Features (page 1091)
Allowing Labels to Obscure Points (page 1096)
NOTE This procedure is for geospatial features only. If you are styling a drawing
layer, see
Creating a Style (page 658).
To apply styles to areas
1 In
Display Manager (page 2060), right-click a feature layer that contains
polygons.
2 Click Edit Style.
3 In the Style Editor, under Scale Ranges, select the scale range to style.
For more information about scale ranges, see Defining Scale Ranges (page
643).
4 In the Area Style area for the selected scale range, click the box under
Style.
5 To fill polygons, in the Style Polygon dialog box (page 1639), select the
Apply Fill To The Area check box.
6 For Fill Pattern, select Solid or a pattern.
If you specified Solid fill, specify Foreground Transparency and
Foreground Color.
If you specified a pattern fill, specify colors for Foreground Color and
Background Color. If you do not want a background color for the
pattern, click Transparent for Background Color.
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