uMap/Guide/Text formatting
Text fields like description allow in addition to flat text also formatting and link information.
Syntax
Short options with corresponding syntax:
- Italics:
normal and *italics* - Bold:
normal and **bold** - Main heading:
# at the start of a line - heading level 2:
## at the start of a line - A horizontal line:
--- at the start of a line - A simple link:
[[https://....]]. - A link with a readable name:
[[https://....|readable name]]. - A link to a POI in current map:
[[#zoom/latitude/longitude]] e.g. [[#15/45/3]] - An image:
{{https://....}}. - An image with width in in pixels:
{{https://....|100}}. - Inclusion of a website:
{{{https://....}}}. - Inclusion of a website with height in pixels:
{{{https://....|300}}}. - Inclusion of a website with height and width in pixels:
{{{https://....|300*200}}}. - A Unicode character is permitted in the text. Unicode is found on the web[1]. Some examples of Unicode code characters: ♻️ Ⓜ️ ☢️ ⚠️ ⚡ ⌘ €
Example
The example shows a popup where several options are used. The description of this object has following text:
# Chapter level 1
Contains normal, *italics* and **bold** text.
Some Unicode characters: ♻️, €, ⇔, ©, ⎆.
Some link examples. Straight forward: [[http://umap.openstreetmap.fr]]. More readable: [[http://umap.openstreetmap.fr|uMap]].
A dynamic property like *name* shows {name}.
This text starts after an open line (by 2* return) and after this text a manually inserted separator line is shown.
---
Examples of picture inclusion
Width set to 40 for {{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Nederlands_verkeersbord_J11.svg/200px-Nederlands_verkeersbord_J11.svg.png|40}} No size set for following picture.
{{https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/5/5e/NL_Umap-default-editor-short.jpg}}