Highlighting the selected item - new feature?

Pierre-David · March 11, 2019, 12:48am

First of all, thank you for the wonderful work you guys have done with this MapHub project!

My question, or request, would be to highlight the currently selected item on a map.
Here is a map I’m working on, which the purpose is to have a up to date map of the public transport of Dushanbe, the capital of Tadjikistan. (Yes, there is currently none available )
https://maphub.net/Dushanbe/dushanbe-transport-map

My problem is that the different routes are obviously overlapping, and it can be very difficult to “guess” where the currently selected route is drawn.

So my proposition would be to always put the selected item on the top layer.

And a bonus could be to highlight it so that it is even more visible!
There is already an adapted some when selecting an item, and that’s very useful, thanks!

Please let us know if that is something other people would like, and therefore something we can hope for in the future!

Thanks!

Pierre-David · March 9, 2019, 11:56am

Do this make sense? Any thought?
Any other people that would be interested by this?

hyperknot · March 11, 2019, 5:58am

Hi @Pierre-David thanks for the report. This is the first time that this feature has been requested, but I understand your point, it’s indeed an interesting problem.

I have a couple of ideas what might be a solution:

move it to the top of the visibility order
add a highlight around the selected feature
possibly do it on mouse hover, so it’s visible even without clicking

I’ll think about what might be a nice solution.

Pierre-David · March 11, 2019, 5:02am

Thanks a lot Zsolt for your consideration.
It seems to me that what you propose would be just perfect for my map!

And hopefully, there will not be drawbacks for different configurations.
Thanks for the wonderful work.

CraigB · January 13, 2020, 10:40pm

Just wondering if there’s been any movement/solution on this suggestion. I have a map of regions that would be made more intuitive if the item Title appears on hover (as a popover or similar). Example shown in the screenshot attached. Otherwise loving this product.