---
name: "BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Map and Markers"]
arma3_since: "1.00"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": "local", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker
revid: 328350
updated: 2022-07-13T16:00:46Z
---

# BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker

*Function · Map and Markers · Arma 3 v1.00*

Locality: effect **local**

## Description

Makes an existing or new trigger cover a marker area.

## Syntax

```sqf
[trigger, markerName] call BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker
```

**Parameters:**

- `trigger`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) - trigger that will be used to cover the marker. [objNull](../commands/objNull.md) to create a new trigger
- `markerName`: [String](../topics/String.md)

**Returns:** [Object](../topics/Object.md) - the (created) trigger. [objNull](../commands/objNull.md) if marker is not rectangular or elliptical.

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _createdTrigger = [objNull, myAreaTrigger] call BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker;
```

## See also

[BIS_fnc_markerToTrigger](../functions/BIS_fnc_markerToTrigger.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc triggerToMarker](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_triggerToMarker) (revision 328350).</sub>