Above the directory sits a scrolling row of filter chips — one per group. They're the fastest way for a visitor to narrow a busy map down to just the things they care about: tap Cafés and the list becomes only the cafés.
What a chip shows
Each chip carries the group's icon and name, tinted with the group's colour. There's one chip per group that appears in the directory. Groups you've hidden from the directory don't get a chip, so the strip stays focused on the filters that matter to visitors.
What happens when a visitor taps a chip
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The list filters to that group
The directory narrows to just the landmarks in the chosen group, with a view all option to step back to the full list.
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The strip stays put
The chip row stays on screen, so a visitor can jump straight from one group to another.
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Tapping into a landmark still works
Choosing a place from the filtered list opens its card as normal.
Make a chip spotlight the map
By default the chips filter the list. You can go a step further and have them light up the map too:
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Open the Directory settings
In the editor, open Settings and find the Directory section.
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Turn on Highlight map on category
Enable Highlight map on category. Now when a visitor taps a chip, the rest of the map dims and that group's landmarks are spotlighted. Tapping view all clears it.
The chips still show with search off
Even if you hide the search box (the Search field option), the filter chips and the directory list remain. So a map with no free-text search still gives visitors a clean, tap-only way to browse by group.