Background Color and Style
This guide focuses on changing the background color and style of the map.
You can change the background color and style by following these steps.
- Click the Background color and style button under General Setting of the Map Properties panel.
- A dialog box comes up and you can change the following properties:
Color and Opacity
You can change the color by using the color palette and the opacity by entering a value from 0 - 100. (0 for transparent and 100 for opaque).
Border
You can change the border color and style in this section.
- Style: We provide these line styles: solid, dashed and dotted. You can change to none if you don't need any borders.
- Width: Enter the border width in pixels or select the width you want from the drop down menu.
- Color: Select a color for the borders.

Shadow
You can add shadows to the map in this section.
Item | Description |
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X-offset | The map shadow will move horizontally in the number of pixels specified in the box. Positive values move the shadow to the right, while negative values move the shadow to the left. ![]() |
Y-offset | The map shadow will move vertically in the number of pixels specified in the box. Positive values move the shadow to the bottom, while negative values move the shadow to the top. ![]() |
Blur Radius | The strength of the blur effect. |
Spread Radius | Distance of the shadow. |
Color | Color of the shadow. |
Inner Shadow | Check this box if you want to display the shadow within the border of the map. ![]() |
Import Your Background Image
You can import your own image as the background of the map.
Item | Description |
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File | Enter the file path to import the background image. Or click browse button to locate the image file. |
Position | Choose the anchoring position of the background image. |
Repeat | The background image will be repeated horizontally or vertically according to the selected checkboxes. Repeating will happen if the background image is smaller than the publish size of the map. Uncheck both checkboxes if you don't want the image repeats itself. |
Resize | The size of the background image will be adjusted according to the options below.
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