Label is a subclass of Marker. It draws text at a coordinate.
You should update label's boxStyle and textSymbol, and label's symbol will be updated automatically for display.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Geometry - Label</title>
<style type="text/css">
html,body{margin:0px;height:100%;width:100%}
.container{width:100%;height:100%}
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/maptalks/dist/maptalks.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/maptalks/dist/maptalks.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div id="map" class="container"></div>
<script>
var map = new maptalks.Map('map', {
center: [-0.113049,51.498568],
zoom: 14,
baseLayer: new maptalks.TileLayer('base', {
urlTemplate: 'https://{s}.basemaps.cartocdn.com/light_all/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
subdomains: ["a","b","c","d"],
attribution: '© <a href="http://osm.org">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors, © <a href="https://carto.com/">CARTO</a>'
})
});
var label = new maptalks.Label('label without box',
[-0.126049, 51.496568],
{
'draggable' : true,
'textSymbol': {
'textFaceName' : 'monospace',
'textFill' : '#34495e',
'textHaloFill' : '#fff',
'textHaloRadius' : 4,
'textSize' : 18,
'textWeight' : 'bold',
'textVerticalAlignment' : 'top'
}
});
var labelBox = new maptalks.Label('label with box',
[-0.109049, 51.496568],
{
'draggable' : true,
'boxStyle' : {
'padding' : [12, 8],
'verticalAlignment' : 'top',
'horizontalAlignment' : 'left',
'minWidth' : 200,
'minHeight' : 30,
'symbol' : {
'markerType' : 'square',
'markerFill' : 'rgb(135,196,240)',
'markerFillOpacity' : 0.9,
'markerLineColor' : '#34495e',
'markerLineWidth' : 1
}
},
'textSymbol': {
'textFaceName' : 'monospace',
'textFill' : '#34495e',
'textHaloFill' : '#fff',
'textHaloRadius' : 4,
'textSize' : 18,
'textWeight' : 'bold',
'textVerticalAlignment' : 'top'
}
});
new maptalks.VectorLayer('vector', [labelBox, label]).addTo(map);
</script>
</body>
</html>