mapbox / mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

Marker API: add setColor, setScale, setLabel

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Description

## Motivation

When users select a location from a list (not on the map, a separate list), we want to highlight the corresponding marker on the map.

Marker has options to set initial color, scale, but can't change them:
https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/markers/#marker

Same for 'label', which is documented at
https://docs.mapbox.com/api/maps/#marker
but not at https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/markers/#marker

Hope 'label' support wasn't dropped, it's extremely useful to add 2 digit numbers/letters to standard markers, without going through the complexity of a custom marker.

Thanks!

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Research direction

Start with the linked Marker API documentation and inspect how the existing color and scale options are exposed. Clarify the intended setter behavior and whether label support is still expected before changing the public API. Done means the requested marker properties can be changed after creation and the supported behavior is documented.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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