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Brand a share link: map style, theme and watermark

On the Share dialog's Appearance tab, set a share link's map style, light or dark mode and one of 46 accent colours, and add a watermark like CONFIDENTIAL.

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What Appearance sets

Appearance dresses the Viewer for one link's audience. It has four sections: Basemap style, Light / dark mode, Accent palette and Watermark text. Everything is optional. The settings are applied when a guest opens the link.

Screenshot · Appearance tab of the Share dialog
The Appearance tab of the Share facility dialog: Basemap style buttons Standard, Standard Simple, Monochrome Light, Monochrome Dark, Dusk, Streets, Dark and Light, Light / Dark / System mode buttons, a grid of accent palette swatches with one ticked, and a Watermark field
The Appearance tab of the Share facility dialog: Basemap style buttons Standard, Standard Simple, Monochrome Light, Monochrome Dark, Dusk, Streets, Dark and Light, Light / Dark / System mode buttons, a grid of accent palette swatches with one ticked, and a Watermark field

Basemap style

The same eight styles as the Viewer's map-style pill: Standard, Standard Simple, Monochrome Light, Monochrome Dark, Dusk, Streets, Dark and Light. The one you pick is what guests see first. Standard is highlighted until you choose another.

Light / dark mode

ButtonThe guest sees
LightThe light theme, whatever their device is set to.
DarkThe dark theme.
SystemWhatever their device or browser prefers. This is also what happens when you leave the mode alone.

The share page has no light/dark control of its own, so guests stay in the mode you set. Pair the mode with a matching basemap. Dark mode with Monochrome Dark, for example, suits a control-room screen.

Accent palette

The accent colour tints the Viewer's controls: highlighted pills, active states and buttons. It doesn't recolour your shapes or data links, which keep their own colours. There are 46 swatches. Hover one to see its name. The picked swatch has a tick.

FamilyPalettes
DefaultDefault (near-black)
RedsRed, Crimson, Maroon, Scarlet
OrangesOrange, Tangerine, Coral, Salmon, Peach
YellowsAmber, Gold, Mustard, Yellow
GreensLime, Olive, Sage, Green, Forest, Emerald, Mint, Jade, Teal
BluesCyan, Ocean, Sky, Blue, Navy, Royal, Indigo, Periwinkle
Purples and pinksViolet, Lavender, Purple, Plum, Fuchsia, Magenta, Mauve, Pink, Rose
NeutralsSlate, Stone, Bronze, Copper, Mocha, Midnight

For a customer-facing link, pick the swatch closest to the customer's brand colour. There's no palette picker on the share page, so guests keep the colour you chose.

Watermark

The Watermark field ("Small text drawn over the viewer. Useful for "CONFIDENTIAL" or a customer name.") puts a small pill of text at the bottom centre of the guest's map, for example "CONFIDENTIAL — Do not distribute". Up to 80 characters. It doesn't block clicks on the map, and the guest can't close it.

If you leave the tab alone

Guests keep whatever their own browser already uses: the map style they last picked in the Viewer, their light or dark setting, and their accent colour. A first-time visitor gets Standard, System and Default. There's no watermark.

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