The activation of polygon labels and the mapclick-to-close habit

[Michel]

I just experimented with some polygons, it’s a nice tool!

One thing I noticed:
I always use a click into the map for closing item labels (pop-ups*), if there is a polygon area behind an item label, the click opens at the same time the polygon label and center the map on it.

My recommendation:
It would be nice, if the first click into a polygon area closes current activated labels.

(and on mobile, the first click next to a label should not activate any other items.)

Greetings,
Michel

*edit

[Michel]

One thing I missed, you can close an item (pop-up) by clicking their own icon.
That’s really helpful to know, if you use it on mobile phones.

What do you think about an icon transformation:
If you open an item, the icon changes to a “close sign” or something similiar.

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Here are some images I took from my phone:

This shows the normal close point for me
(btw, to the right of the icon is a polygon area )

And here would be an example of my idea:

+the icon of the activated item should always be on top of all other icons.

Also, it would be nice, if you can close an item by clicking the item in the side panel.
(But I think that was mentioned before already, if I remember right.)**

Best regards,
Michel

**edit:
I think I found the thread I remembered.

Info tab not going back to the general description of map

Hi, I’ve noticed when going through the map, that when you click on one of the items, the info tab will no longer display the map’s description, and there’s no obvious way to get back to it. Is there a way to make that possible? My map’s description is important to the map. Thank you

[hyperknot (Zsolt Ero)]

Thanks for pointing out this old thread in the other new one. I’m actually leaning towards an X button on the top right corner of the popup.

The polygon logic is a bit tricky, how do I know if the user clicked there because they wanted to open that popup or they just wanted to close the current one? That’s seems unreliable for me.

Maybe an X button is the most reliable one on mobile.

[Michel]

I think you’re right, maybe it could be too situational.
But I also like the idea of the X button, especially for mobiles, the X would solve my closing behavior too.

And what do you think about the other two changes?

• the icon of the activated item should always be on top of all other icons
• able to close an item by clicking the name in the side panel

[hyperknot (Zsolt Ero)]

@Michel

the icon of the activated item should always be on top of all other icons

That one definitely!

able to close an item by clicking the name in the side panel

That one would be an alternative to the X button right? I’m not sure where should it be placed, maybe for mobile a separate X button on the right side of the screen would be the best.

[Michel]

Not as an alternative, more like an additional way to close an item pop-up.

Just by clicking on the name:

Regarding the X-Button, you mean something like that, right?

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If you create an X-Button, what do you think about, to make the button static?
I don’t know if static is the right word, but I mean that the button always stays in the upper right corner, even when I scroll down the pop-up.
For example, my info-screen contains a lot of information, if you read till the end you need to scroll all the way up first, to leave the info-screen.

edit: Or maybe a second “X” that is always in the bottom right corner

[hyperknot (Zsolt Ero)]

Or maybe a second “X” that is always in the bottom right corner

I’m thinking more like that.