Style And Label Editor dialog box

Use this dialog box to style each style range of a theme.

The dialog box has three tabs:

• Style: Specifies the appearance of the layer's geometry. Specific styling options vary with geometry type. For information on specific options, see Style Point dialog box, Style Polygon dialog box, and Style Line dialog box.
• Feature Text Label: Use this tab to specify labels for the theme. For information on specific options, see Style Label dialog box.
• Feature Symbol Label: Use this tab to specify the symbol for the theme that appears in the Display Manager. For information on specific options, see Style Point dialog box .

All tabs contain the same basic options.

Size Context

Select Device to specify label widths and heights in screen units. Available units are Points, Inches, Millimeters, or Centimeters. Select Map to specify label widths and heights in Mapping Coordinate System (MCS) units. Available units are Inches, Feet, Yards, Miles, Millimeters, Centimeters, Meters, and Kilometers.

The Size Context and Units settings apply to all items in the dialog box, not only to selected items.

Units

Select the type of units of measurement to use.

Symbol

Click Add to add elements to the style. Symbol elements can include both text and graphics. You can include multiple symbol elements in a single style.

For compound symbols, click + to see the simple symbols that comprise it. You can format each simple symbol. You can reposition compound symbols, but not the simple symbols within them.

The graphical area shows the elements and the order in which they will appear. Elements at the bottom of this area are at the bottom of the draw order. Select an element in the graphical area to change its position, appearance, and content. Use the arrow keys to change the position of the selected item. To delete an item, select it and click X.

Symbol Settings

When a symbol element is selected, use the style options below the graphical area to specify the graphical symbol to use and its fill, outline style, line color, size, and transparency. If the symbol graphic includes text, text styling options are also available. You can specify whether to maintain the aspect ratio when changing the height or width of symbols.

Note: You can use an expression to specify most styling options. If you use an expression to specify width, height, or repeat interval, a scaling factor is included in the expression. This scaling value converts your expression to a value that can be used as width, height, offset, or interval. The factor is calculated and inserted automatically. Do not change or delete it in the expression.