Popup
A popup is what opens when someone clicks a feature on your map. The Popup panel configures it for the layer selected in the Layers panel, so each layer has its own.
It is a panel of the right rail, next to Style, not a section inside it.
If you come from ArcGIS Online, the model will feel familiar: a title template, a list of content elements, field aliases and formats.
Turning it on
Section titled “Turning it on”Select a vector layer, open Popup, and flip Show popup. A fresh popup shows every attribute as it is stored, which is a starting point rather than a result.
There is a shortcut too: each vector layer row in the Layers panel has a popup button that turns the same switch on and off.
The title is a template. Mix your own words with {field} placeholders that
resolve per feature, for example Parcel {parcel_id}. A field picker inserts the
placeholders for you. Leave it empty and the layer name is used.
Content elements
Section titled “Content elements”The body is an ordered list. Add elements, reorder them with the arrows, remove the ones you do not want.
Fields list
Section titled “Fields list”A table of attribute rows. By default it shows everything. Take control of it and each field gets its own settings.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Visible | Whether the field appears at all. |
| Order | Where it appears in the list. |
| Label | An alias shown instead of the stored field name. |
| Decimals and thousands separator | For numbers. |
| Date format | Short date, long date, date and time, or year. |
This is where a technical schema becomes readable: sup_m2 becomes Surface
(m²), and a raw timestamp becomes a date.
A rich text block with basic formatting, bold, italic, lists, links and headings,
and inline {field} placeholders:
<p><strong>{owner_name}</strong> owns this parcel. Status: {status}.</p>The HTML is sanitized when it is saved and again when it is displayed, so scripts and non web link schemes never reach your audience.
Highlighting the clicked feature
Section titled “Highlighting the clicked feature”Highlight clicked feature outlines the feature while its popup is open, in a color and transparency you choose. On a dense layer it is the difference between a popup that reads and one that leaves people guessing which polygon they hit.
What your audience sees
Section titled “What your audience sees”Clicking any feature of a popup enabled layer opens the popup at that spot. There is no tool to activate first, and it works across every enabled layer at once. Clicking elsewhere closes it. Your audience sees the fields you exposed, under the labels you chose, formatted the way you chose.
See also
Section titled “See also”- Style, for the appearance of the same layer.
- Feature editor, when your audience should edit attributes rather than only read them.
- Attribute table, to inspect raw values while you build.