Edit annotations

Change, style, and organize the annotations you've drawn on a Felt map.

To change an annotation, click Edit map, then select the annotation. If you have Contribute access, click Contribute instead of Edit map.

Move, resize, and rotate annotations

• Move: drag the annotation.

• Resize: drag a corner handle. The opposite corner stays in place and the shape keeps its proportions. Hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) to resize from the center, or hold Shift while dragging to change the proportions. Drag a side handle of a note or image to change its shape. Text has no font-size setting, so resize text by dragging a corner handle.

• Rotate: move the pointer just outside a corner handle until the pointer becomes a curved arrow, then drag.

Pins have a fixed size, and their labels can't be resized or moved. For a larger label, turn off the pin's Label and place a Text annotation next to it.

Select annotations

To select several annotations, Shift-click each one or Shift-drag a box around them. To select all annotations of one type, right-click one and click Actions > Select all with the same type.

When annotations overlap and a click selects the wrong one, select the one you want in the List tab of the legend. A locked annotation can't be changed until you unlock it. See Lock and arrange annotations.

Edit lines and polygons

Lines, routes, and polygons show their vertices when selected.

• To move a vertex, drag it. To add one, drag the middle of a segment.

• To delete a vertex, click it, then click Delete.

• To continue a line or route, click its end vertex, then click Extend.

To edit a rectangle's corners, right-click it and click Actions > Convert rectangle to polygon.

Felt can't merge or split drawn polygons. To merge them, convert them to a layer and dissolve it. See Convert annotations to a layer and Spatial analysis.

Style annotations

To style annotations, select them and open the Style tab in the detail panel. Each setting applies to every selected annotation.

Setting	What it does	Annotations
Color	Sets the color	All except links, videos, and images
Icon, Label	Sets the icon and shows or hides the name	Pins
Fill, Stroke	Sets the fill and outline opacity	Polygons, rectangles, and circles
Opacity	Sets the opacity	Lines, routes, markers, highlighters, and images
Width, Style	Sets the line width and makes the line solid, dashed, or dotted	Lines, routes, polygons, rectangles, and circles
Routing, Endcaps	Sets the travel mode and marks the ends with dots	Routes
Align	Aligns the text left, center, or right	Text and notes
Style	Sets the text to italic, light, regular, or caps	Text and notes
Preview	Shows or hides the preview	Links and videos
On click	Shows the image larger or does nothing	Images

You can't change the font of a text annotation. To make several selected text annotations or notes the same size, right-click them and click Actions > Align sizes.

Show measurements

To show an annotation's length, area, or radius on the map, select it and open the Style tab. Turn on Distance for a line or route, Area for a polygon or rectangle, or Show radius for a circle.

To switch between US and metric units, open the Felt menu and click View > Units > US or Metric. To measure without drawing, see Measure.

Copy, duplicate, and delete annotations

• Delete: select the annotations and press Delete or Backspace. Felt has no eraser. To bring one back, press Cmd+Z (Mac) or Ctrl+Z (Windows).

• Duplicate: select the annotations and press Cmd+D (Mac) or Ctrl+D (Windows).

• Copy: select the annotations, then press Cmd+C and Cmd+V (Mac), or Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V (Windows). You can paste into another map.

Lock and arrange annotations

Lock an annotation to keep it from being moved or edited. Select it, click ··· in the detail panel, and click Lock or Unlock.

To choose which annotations appear on top, right-click one and open Arrange. Annotations always appear above layers.

Group annotations

Annotation groups let you select, style, and hide annotations together. To group annotations, select them and press Cmd+G (Mac) or Ctrl+G (Windows). Groups appear in the List tab of the legend.

To select everything in a group, click the group in the List tab, then click Select group contents.

Show or hide a group

Only groups can be hidden, not single annotations. In the List tab, click Hide group (the eye icon) next to the group. Click Show group to show it again. A group hidden in edit mode is hidden for everyone. A group hidden while viewing the map is hidden only for you.