{"id":2733412,"date":"2025-03-19T11:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2733412"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:02:41","slug":"inner-glow-patterns-for-polygons-in-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/inner-glow-patterns-for-polygons-in-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Inner glow patterns for polygons in ArcGIS Online"},"author":6971,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[720281,26451,80952,32661],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-2733412","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-blend-modes","tag-cartography","tag-effects","tag-thematic-mapping","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Here's how to hack a glorious inner glow effect. With optional patterns! I know, I couldn't believe it either.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Sure, there&#8217;s a glorious drop shadow effect in the ever-more-capable ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to give features a sweet glow, BUT there&#8217;s no inner glow effect. How do we cast that beautiful glow inward? I&#8217;ll admit that I&#8217;ve been stumped by this one for longer than I care to admit, but then it just hit me! I can composite two copies of my layer to get an inner glow! Even better, though, I can get an inner glow with complex patterns and stuff. All of life is a hack, my friends.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Inner Glow Effect for Polygons in ArcGIS Online\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYcFDILixw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>What, too busy to watch the video? I understand. Here&#8217;s the sequence:<\/p>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Two versions of your polygon layer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Bottom layer has desired fill<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Top layer has no fill and thickest outline possible<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Top layer gets Destination-In blend, to mask the fill layer beneath<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Group the two layers to isolate this masking<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Give top, outline, layer a blur effect<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Profit<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Love, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JohnNelsonMaps\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=df5ac39fcfde46bf90653d7aea897bea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> the ArcGIS Online web map if you want to take a look at it in realz life. And here are some quick examples&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Basic semi-transparent purple fill:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2733422,"id":2733422,"title":"InnerFade_Purple","filename":"InnerFade_Purple.jpg","filesize":397244,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/inner-glow-patterns-for-polygons-in-arcgis-online\/innerfade_purple","alt":"Purple faded inner glow effect for ArcGIS Online.","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"innerfade_purple","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2733412,"date":"2025-03-19 18:34:39","modified":"2025-03-19 18:36:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Purple.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Red hatched fill:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2733432,"id":2733432,"title":"InnerFade_Red","filename":"InnerFade_Red.jpg","filesize":502550,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/inner-glow-patterns-for-polygons-in-arcgis-online\/innerfade_red","alt":"Red hatched inner glow effect for ArcGIS Online.","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"innerfade_red","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2733412,"date":"2025-03-19 18:36:32","modified":"2025-03-19 18:37:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/InnerFade_Red.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>A stippled &#8220;cropland&#8221; 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I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps.\r\nWhen I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. 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