apex-tinkering.hashnode.devImage support for the Rich Text EditorThe case In recent years APEX changed the technology behind the Rich Text Editor a couple of times; from CKEditor to TinyMCE and back to CKEditor. Initially this type of field allowed for the pasting of images which were converted to Base64 and thus ...Jan 6·3 min read
apex-tinkering.hashnode.devAdding more zoom power to a mapThe case Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to zoom in further on an APEX-map? Here’s how you can achieve that. First, you might wonder why need more zoom on a map? Well, one reason for example is being able to click on a given feature to show more infor...Dec 8, 2025·6 min read
apex-tinkering.hashnode.devCreating a generic icon-pickerThe Case Oracle APEX comes shipped with a subset of icons from the well known Font Awesome icon library. These can be used in your application in a multitude of ways. But did you realise you could also let your user decide wat icons to use in the app...Oct 29, 2025·5 min read
apex-tinkering.hashnode.devMaking a polygon layer transparentThe case In our application we needed to show the user regions (polygons) where they had work to do. When clicking on the region it should show all the work-items within that region in a report next to the map. But the region-polygon should be transp...Sep 7, 2025·4 min read
apex-tinkering.hashnode.devHiding multiple map Layers simultaneouslyThe case Recently we had a requirement for a spatial map where hiding one layer would have to hide 2 more at the same time. In this case the 3 layers would show work-items of a certain type in an area for our teams in the field. The difficulty came b...Sep 3, 2025·5 min read