I would like to see the ability to create items that appear in the menu tree, but do not have any associated marker. I know that sounds weird for a map, but we have run across a couple of use cases if you just want to display some information or have a link:
In our Transportation category, we were going to put in a sub-category in for bike racks, but we learned that one of our partner institutions had already done so, and did a much more comprehensive job that we would do. We created a location that opens their map in a new window when clicked. This is the desired behavior, but I had to include a nonsense marker to get it to work.
In our Health and Safety category, we have included an entry about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. We are required by Ohio law to do this. In this case, information about the lifeline is displayed on the sidebar when they click the location that contains a description and some links. Having a marker on the map does not make any sense at all here, but again I had to add a dummy.
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Thanks for sharing these examples, Joel! Both make sense and help explain why you’d want to include information in the menu without tying it to a physical location.
One option available today is a top bar button. You could use one to open your partner’s bike rack map in a new window or link to a page with your lifeline information, without adding a marker.
It wouldn’t place those items within your categories or display the information in the sidebar, so it doesn’t fully address your request, but it may be a useful alternative in the meantime.
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