VEShape.HideIcon Method
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Hides the icon associated with a polyline or polygon.
VEShape.HideIcon();
Remarks
The associated icon is either the object's default icon, or its icon set by the VEShape.SetCustomIcon Method. This method is ignored for pushpins.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = null;
var lat1 = 44.890661025750134;
var lon1 = -85.39930343627931;
var latLong01 = new VELatLong(lat1, lon1); //Elk Rapids
var latLong02 = new VELatLong(44.75453548416006, -85.62744140625001); //Traverse City
var latLong03 = new VELatLong(44.98131376911565, -85.21270751953125); //Bellaire
var poly01 = null;
var pin02 = null;
var pin03 = null;
var shape = null;
var points01 = [
new VELatLong(lat1, lon1 - 0.15),
new VELatLong(lat1 + 0.1, lon1 - 0.05),
new VELatLong(lat1 + 0.1, lon1 + 0.05),
new VELatLong(lat1, lon1 + 0.15),
new VELatLong(lat1 - 0.1, lon1 + 0.05),
new VELatLong(lat1 - 0.1, lon1 - 0.05)];
var inTheLake = new VELatLong(lat1 - .007, lon1);
function GetMap()
{
map = new VEMap('myMap');
map.LoadMap();
// This sample only works in 2D mode (SetCustomIcon w/HTML)
if (map.GetMapMode() != VEMapMode.Mode2D)
{
alert("This sample only works in 2D mode");
return;
}
map.SetCenterAndZoom(latLong01, 10);
map.SetMapStyle(VEMapStyle.Hybrid);
map.AttachEvent("onclick", ShapeInfo);
AddShapes();
}
function AddShapes()
{
//Create VEShape objects, assign parameters, and add to the map.
poly01 = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Polygon, points01);
poly01.SetTitle("poly01");
poly01.SetCustomIcon(
"<span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:x-small;" +
"color:Black; background-color:White'>" +
"<img src='images/boat.jpg'/>poly01</span>");
poly01.SetIconAnchor(inTheLake);
map.AddShape(poly01);
pin02 = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, latLong02);
pin02.SetTitle("pin02");
pin02.SetCustomIcon(
"<span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:x-small;" +
"color:Black; background-color:White'>" +
"<img src='images/ski.jpg'/>pin02</span>");
map.AddShape(pin02);
pin03 = new VEShape(VEShapeType.Pushpin, latLong03);
pin03.SetTitle("pin03");
pin03.SetCustomIcon(
"<span style='font-family:Arial; font-size:x-small;" +
"color:Black; background-color:White'>" +
"<img src='images/boat.jpg'/>pin03</span>");
map.AddShape(pin03);
}
function ShapeInfo(e)
{
if(e.elementID != null)
{
shape = map.GetShapeByID(e.elementID);
//Respond to ctrl-click event (toggle polygon icon visibility).
//Note that pushpin shapes ignore ShowIcon and HideIcon.
if(e.ctrlKey == 1)
{
shape.HideIcon();
}
else
{
shape.ShowIcon();
}
//Display information for the selected shape.
var info = "";
info += "ID (event object): " + e.elementID + "<br />";
info += "ID (GetID method): " + shape.GetID() + "<br />";
info += "Type: " + shape.GetType() + "<br />";
info += "Title: " + shape.GetTitle() + "<br />";
icon = shape.GetCustomIcon();
info += "Icon: " + icon + "<br />";
//Note that the Icon Anchor value for pushpin shapes is always
//the latitude and longitude of the pin itself.
info += "Icon Anchor: " + shape.GetIconAnchor() + "<br />";
label.innerHTML = info;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetMap();" style="font-family:Arial">
<div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px;"></div>
Ctrl-click to hide the polygon icon.<br />
Click any shape for info.
<div id="label"></div>
</body>
</html>