Filter symbols by toggling checkboxes | Mapbox GL JS

This examples demonstrates a technique for filtering symbols on a map when the user toggles a checkbox.

This technique creates four symbol layers that share a common GeoJSON source. Each layer includes a filter property so that it will only show one type of feature from the source based its icon property (e.g. The poi-theatre layer will only show features where the value of the icon property is 'theatre')

When a checkbox is toggled, setLayoutProperty is called to toggle the visibility of the respective layer.

An alternative technique using a single layer and map.setFilter is availble at Filter symbols using a dynamic expression

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Referencing images in a style's sprite

This example uses the Mapbox Light style. The icon-image used in this example comes from the Mapbox Light style's sprite.

To view all available images in a style's sprite or add additional images, open the style in Mapbox Studio and click the Images tab. To add a new image to the style at runtime see the Add an icon to the map example.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Filter symbols by toggling checkboxes</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.14.1/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.14.1/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<style>
.filter-group {
font: 12px/20px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: 600;
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
right: 10px;
z-index: 1;
border-radius: 3px;
width: 120px;
color: #fff;
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox']:first-child + label {
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
}
 
.filter-group label:last-child {
border-radius: 0 0 3px 3px;
border: none;
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox'] {
display: none;
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox'] + label {
background-color: #3386c0;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 10px;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox'] + label {
background-color: #3386c0;
text-transform: capitalize;
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox'] + label:hover,
.filter-group input[type='checkbox']:checked + label {
background-color: #4ea0da;
}
 
.filter-group input[type='checkbox']:checked + label:before {
content: '✔';
margin-right: 5px;
}
</style>
<div id="map"></div>
<nav id="filter-group" class="filter-group"></nav>
 
<script>
	// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
	// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
	// https://account.mapbox.com
	mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
// This GeoJSON contains features that include an "icon"
// property. The value of the "icon" property corresponds
// to an image in the Mapbox Light style's sprite. (Note:
// the name of images is the value of the "icon" property
// + "-15".)
const places = {
'type': 'FeatureCollection',
'features': [
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'theatre'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.038659, 38.931567]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'theatre'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.003168, 38.894651]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'bar'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.090372, 38.881189]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'bicycle'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.052477, 38.943951]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'music'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.031706, 38.914581]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'music'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.020945, 38.878241]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {
'icon': 'music'
},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-77.007481, 38.876516]
}
}
]
};
 
const filterGroup = document.getElementById('filter-group');
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
// Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v11',
center: [-77.04, 38.907],
zoom: 11.15
});
 
map.on('load', () => {
// Add a GeoJSON source containing place coordinates and information.
map.addSource('places', {
'type': 'geojson',
'data': places
});
 
for (const feature of places.features) {
const symbol = feature.properties.icon;
const layerID = `poi-${symbol}`;
 
// Add a layer for this symbol type if it hasn't been added already.
if (!map.getLayer(layerID)) {
map.addLayer({
'id': layerID,
'type': 'symbol',
'source': 'places',
'layout': {
// These icons are a part of the Mapbox Light style.
// To view all images available in a Mapbox style, open
// the style in Mapbox Studio and click the "Images" tab.
// To add a new image to the style at runtime see
// https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/add-image/
'icon-image': `${symbol}`,
'icon-allow-overlap': true
},
'filter': ['==', 'icon', symbol]
});
 
// Add checkbox and label elements for the layer.
const input = document.createElement('input');
input.type = 'checkbox';
input.id = layerID;
input.checked = true;
filterGroup.appendChild(input);
 
const label = document.createElement('label');
label.setAttribute('for', layerID);
label.textContent = symbol;
filterGroup.appendChild(label);
 
// When the checkbox changes, update the visibility of the layer.
input.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
map.setLayoutProperty(
layerID,
'visibility',
e.target.checked ? 'visible' : 'none'
);
});
}
}
});
</script>
 
</body>
</html>