VTSE is available with ArcGIS Location Platform, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, or as a standalone web app. If your are not logged in you will be prompted to log in with your ArcGIS account.
To access VTSE with the ArcGIS foundational product you are using, see Where can I find VTSE?.
Select style
When you first access the VTSE application you are prompted to select a style to edit.
If you never saved a style before the list will appear empty. In this case, click + New style to choose one of the Esri styles to start from. If you have previously saved styles they will appear on this screen as thumbnails as depicted above.
The style select screen offers options to help you easily filter your style items to choose one to edit:
Search: In the search field you can enter a search phase to identify the style item to edit. This searches item titles, and the search is filtered by the additional options that appear in line with the search field.
All: Filter the styles by all available items owned by or shared with the current user.
Owned by me: Filter the styles to only the items owned by the current logged in user.
Shared with me: Filter the styles to only the items that have been shared with the current logged in user.
My favorites: Filter the styles to only the items that have been starred (favored) by the current logged in user.
Folder: Filter the search to just the style items that appear in the selected folder.
Tags: Filter the search to just the style items that have been assigned a specific tag.
New style
Clicking New Style will open the style select screen where you can select one of Esri's vector basemap layers from the available choices.
The Esri basemap items can be filtered by All, Popular, Creative, Base, and Reference styles. There is also a search input where you can search the filtered list by title. The style select screen also provides tabs to select from your prior saved styles with filters for My styles, My favorites, and Shared with me.
Once you find the style you are looking for, click the thumbnail and the VTSE will open with your selection loaded. See Map view to continue.
For more information about the various styling options at your disposal, check out the five-part series Customizing Esri's vector basemaps.
To get started quickly, try the tutorial to create a custom basemap style with VTSE.