var symbol = new SimpleMarkerSymbol({
  style: "square",
  color: "blue",
  size: "8px",  // pixels
  outline: {  // autocasts as esri/symbols/SimpleLineSymbol
    color: [ 255, 255, 0 ],
    width: 3  // points
  }
});

Property Overview

Property Details

angleNumber

The angle of the marker in degrees.

Known Limitations

This property is not supported in 3D SceneViews.

Default Value: 0

colorColor autocast

The color of the symbol. This can be autocast with a named string; hex string; array of rgb or rgba values; an object with r, g, b, and a properties; or a Color object.

Default Value: [255, 255, 255, 0.25] - white, semitransparent

Examples:

// CSS color string
symbol.color = "dodgerblue";

// HEX string
symbol.color = "#33cc33";

// array of RGBA values
symbol.color = [51, 204, 51, 0.3];

// object with rgba properties
symbol.color = {
  r: 51,
  g: 51,
  b: 204,
  a: 0.7
};

declaredClassStringreadonly

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

outlineSimpleLineSymbol autocast

The outline of the marker symbol.

Example:

var sym = SimpleMarkerSymbol({
  color: "red",
  outline: {
    color: [128, 128, 128, 0.5],
    width: "0.5px"
  }
});

pathString

The SVG path of the icon.

Known Limitations

This property is not supported in 3D SceneViews.

sizeNumber autocast

The size of the marker in points. This value may be autocast with a string expressing size in points or pixels (e.g. 12px).

Default Value: 12

Examples:

// size in points
symbol.size = 14;

// size in pixels
symbol.size = "20px";

// size in points
symbol.size = "14pt";

styleString

The marker style. Possible values are in the table below.

Value	Description
circle
cross
diamond
square
x

Default Value: circle

typeStringreadonly

For SimpleMarkerSymbol the type is always simple-marker-symbol.

xoffsetNumber autocast

The offset on the x-axis in points. This value may be autocast with a string expressing size in points or pixels (e.g. 12px).

Known Limitations

This property is not supported in 3D SceneViews.

Default Value: 0

Examples:

// xoffset in points
symbol.xoffset = 4;

// xoffset in pixels
symbol.xoffset = "2px";

// xoffset in points
symbol.xoffset = "4pt";

yoffsetNumber autocast

The offset on the y-axis in points. This value may be autocast with a string expressing size in points or pixels (e.g. 12px).

Known Limitations

This property is not supported in 3D SceneViews.

Default Value: 0

Examples:

// yoffset in points
symbol.yoffset = 4;

// yoffset in pixels
symbol.yoffset = "2px";

// yoffset in points
symbol.yoffset = "4pt";

Method Overview

Method Details

clone(){SimpleMarkerSymbol}

Creates a deep clone of the symbol.

Returns:

Type	Description
SimpleMarkerSymbol	A deep clone of the object that invoked this method.

Example:

// Creates a deep clone of the graphic's symbol
var symLyr = graphic.symbol.clone();

fromJSON(json){*}static

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from a product in the ArcGIS platform. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameter:

json Object A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns:

Type	Description
*	Returns a new instance of this class.

toJSON(){Object}inherited

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS Portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for more information.

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	The ArcGIS Portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.